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Latest Politics, National Politics, Niger Delta, Raw Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, May 12th, 2016
By Emma Amaize & Brisibe Perez WARRI—MEMBERS of Niger Delta Avengers, largely an Ijaw militant group, which admitted bombing oil and gas installations in Delta State, recently, have gone underground following a massive manhunt for them by the Army, Navy and other security agencies. President Muhammadu Buhari had recently given a marching order to the […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Thursday, May 12th, 2016
FORMER Nigeria captain Joseph Yobo is pleased to have secured the services of major international players to take part in his testimonial game later this month in Port Harcourt. Yobo, 35, has been in Europe visiting his old stomping grounds and speaking to players expected at the game and is happy at the overwhelming response […]
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Headlines
Thursday, May 12th, 2016
By Emem Idio YENAGOA – JUSTICE Aliya Nganjiwa, of the Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa has granted the request of the prosecution to take the evidence of Miss Ese Oruru in private at the resumed pre-trial hearing Thursday, in the case involving Dahiru Yunusa, aka “Yellow”, who is standing on a five count […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Thursday, May 12th, 2016
By Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA-President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in London said that Nigeria is favourably disposed to the initiative of restricting corrupt people from traveling, investing and doing business abroad. This was even as the president unveiled the Open Contracting Data Standard, (OCDS) a new strategy to effectively curb corruption in Nigeria. The new plan […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, May 12th, 2016
Brazil former President Dilma Rousseff Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was suspended Thursday to face impeachment, ceding power to her vice-president-turned-enemy Michel Temer in a political earthquake ending 13 years of leftist rule over Latin America’s biggest nation. A nearly 22-hour debate in the Senate closed with an overwhelming 55-22 vote against Brazil’s first female president. […]
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Latest Politics, Niger Delta, Oil Politics, Raw Politics
Thursday, May 12th, 2016
By Emma Amaize Regional Editor, South-South and Perez Brisibe WARRI – NIGER- DELTA Avengers, Thursday, listed some oil blocs allegedly owned by former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Minister of Defence, General Theophilus Danjuma, ex-Minister of Petroleum, Alhaji Riwalnu Lukman, other Northerners and South-Westerners in Niger-Delta region and issued them a two-week ultimatum to shut […]
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Borno, Headlines, State News
Thursday, May 12th, 2016
BY NDAHI MARAMAS MAIDUGURI – A heavy explosion has rocked the busy Musa Usman Secretariat main Gate in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital. The incident took place at about 11:40am Thursday, left two dead and scores injured sources said. The area has since been condoned off by military troops and men of the Civilian JTF. […]
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Air Force, Armed Forces, Corruption Politics, General Politics, Headlines
Thursday, May 12th, 2016
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — THE trial of former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh (retd), continued before the Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, with a former cashier at the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, Emmanuel Abu, revealing how he deducted N7.4 billion from salary account of the Force in 14 months. Abu, […]
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Headlines
Thursday, May 12th, 2016
By Ebele Orakpo “Oh Chineke God, deliver us from this wahala. Is this what we voted for? The suffering is too much,” lamented Patrick, a commuter in the Apapa-bound bus, in reference to the long queues at petrol stations, often spilling into the road and obstructing the free-flow of traffic. “Kai, we have never had […]
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Africa & World Politics, General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, May 10th, 2016
Mixed reactions from Nigerians, on Tuesday, trailed comments credited to British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, that Nigeria was “fantastically corrupt.” Cameron made the scathing statement in a video that went viral today. He was caught in a conversation with the Queen of England, Elizabeth II, reports BBC. PM Cameron was talking about this week’s anti-corruption […]
