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Headlines
Thursday, March 17th, 2016
FORMER governor of Akwa Ibom State and Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Obot Akpabio will, tomorrow, deliver the convocation lecture of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), former Anambra State University, at the TETfund Auditorium, Igbariam campus. Vice chancellor of the university, Prof Fidelis Okafor announced this yesterday, during a pre-convocation press briefing at the university. Prof […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Tuesday, March 15th, 2016
The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday dismissed the General Manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency, Olushola Adeigbe. Adeigbe’s sacking, according to the government, is as a result of the last week collapse of a five-storeyed building in Lekki, Lagos. The governor also approved the dismissal of the Head of Inspection and […]
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Biafra, Latest Politics
Tuesday, March 15th, 2016
By Chimaobi Nwaiwu Nnewi—Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB and Biafra Independent Movement, BIM, yesterday accused the Anambra State police command of killing about 20 of its members secretly, challenging them to debunk the allegation. The accusation was made in Onitsha by the Regional Administrator, Anambra West, Mr. Wilfred Aninze, […]
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Armed Forces, Army, Headlines
Tuesday, March 15th, 2016
An ex-soldier, identified as Sunday Umaru, has been arrested by the Plateau State Police Command for killing his girlfriend after he saw some text messages on her phone. Sunday, who served in the 3rd Armoured Division of the Nigerian Army, but attached to Sector 7 of Operation Save Haven, Jos (OPSH), was alleged to have […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Raw Politics, Rivers, State News
Tuesday, March 15th, 2016
National and Rivers State leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), top politicians and reporters yesterday came under gun attack from suspected thugs of the Peoples Democratic Party in a near ambush in Rivers State. But the heavy presence of security forced the assailants to take to their heels. The attack came between Omoku, the […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Monday, March 14th, 2016
Ese The Federal High Court, sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, yesterday, ordered the further detention of Yunusa Dahiru, alias Yellow, in Okaka Prisons, for the alleged abduction of 14-year-old Ese Oruru, following discrepancies in his bail application. Justice H.A Ngajiwa ruled that Yunusa remain in prison custody pending the determination of an application seeking his […]
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Corruption Politics
Monday, March 14th, 2016
Fani-Kayode (N840m), Goodluck Group (N320m), Falae’s firm (100m), Udenwa and Onwuliri (N350m), Nenadi Usman (N36.9m), Okey Ezenwa(N100m) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has uncovered how N3.145b was paid into the accounts of six chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) and Goodluck Support Group (GSG) by the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) in the build-up […]
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Corruption Politics, Headlines, Raw Politics
Monday, March 14th, 2016
No cash backing for N2.3b Armed Forces premium $316.2m can’t be traced FACTS AND FIGURES •$235.6m gas cash diverted to escrow accounts •N73.5b spent contrary to established purpose •N36.4b released to ONSA for dam rehabilitation •N10billion SURE-P funds undisclosed •National Assembly’s management disbursed N9,514,568,222.62, without payment vouchers •N12.6b rice levy spent on urgent and critical […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Monday, March 14th, 2016
Fidelis Soriwei, Adelani Adepegba and Nnodim Okechukwu Security has been heightened at prominent hotels, shopping malls and other key places in the Federal Capital Territory, particularly those frequented by foreign nationals and high-profile Nigerians, following the terror attack on Cote d’Ivoire that claimed 16 lives on Sunday. Six gunmen had stormed Cote d’Ivoire beach resort […]
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Headlines
Monday, March 14th, 2016
I stand by my ranking of Yoruba obas – Alake March 15, 2016 3374 Samuel Awoyinfa The Alake and Paramount Ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, has said he stands by his rankings of monarchs in Yorubaland. Gbadebo said his rankings were based on a government gazette, not a newspaper publication, as the Awujale and […]
