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Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency)
Sunday, March 13th, 2016
7643 National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has discovered a methamphetamine laboratory run by Mexicans and dislodged a major drug trafficking organisation in the country. Officials of the Special Enforcement Team NDLEA discovered the illicit methamphetamine production laboratory in Asaba, Delta State. According to the Head, Public Affairs, NDLEA, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, the “super” methamphetamine laboratory, […]
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Headlines, Oyo, State News
Sunday, March 13th, 2016
43268 It was a colourful blend of two cultural heritages, as the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, was on Saturday betrothed to his new wife, Wuraola Obanor, at a traditional marriage held in Benin, the Edo State capital. The wedding rites were performed in the traditional Benin culture at the residence […]
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Articles, Columnists, Economy, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Friday, March 11th, 2016
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | March 11, 2016 – Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, who has become a sort of deity to several functionaries of the APC-led federal government, raised the stakes when he called for an “emergency economic conference” to find ways of fixing the economy. During a visit to the Minister […]
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Articles, Columnists, Economy, Leke Ademo, Naira (Currency), NNP Columnists
Friday, March 11th, 2016
By Leke Ademo | NNP | March 11, 2016 – I grew up in Nigeria at a time when Nigeria was still in its early developmental stage, certain areas seem to have been on a decline. It didn’t start today, it has been declining for years, but we did little about it until it became […]
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Headlines
Friday, March 11th, 2016
Chief Ifeanyichukwu Nwokoye 1517 Tony Okafor, Awka An Anambra State High Court presided over by Justice R.O Onunkwo on Thursday gave four officials of the Department of State Services in the state who were involved in a battery matter two months to appear before it or risk being sentenced in absentia. The court order was […]
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Headlines
Friday, March 11th, 2016
Mrs. Etoor and the triplets at home 246 Chukwudi Akasike A housewife, Mrs. Blessing Etoor, defied doctor’s instruction that she would be delivered of her babies by Caesarean section. Mrs. Etoor, an indigene of Eleme in Rivers State by marriage, who now has 10 children (six girls and four boys) through multiple births, eventually gave […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, March 11th, 2016
S’African special forces to train Nigerian soldiers – Minister advertisement TOP HEADLINES Fidelis Soriwei The Ministry of Defence has said Nigeria is not asking South Africa to deploy its special forces to assist in the fight against Boko Haram. Reports on Tuesday had said the Minister […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, March 11th, 2016
The formalities for their departure were organised by the Libyan authorities and the mission of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). Before embarking, their personal belongings, which were confiscated at the time of their arrest, were returned alongside a boarding pass. / AFP / MAHMUD TURKIA The International Organization for Migration flew 172 Nigerian migrants […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Cross River, Headlines, State News
Friday, March 11th, 2016
Mudiaga Affe, Calabar Eighteen persons have been injured, while two others are on critical condition, after a gas cylinder exploded in the Central Bank of Nigeria’s office in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The explosion, which happened at about 11am on Friday, shattered the CBN banking hall and caused traffic jam on roads around […]
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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry), Top Stories
Friday, March 11th, 2016
Ibinabo Fiberesima 1097 Ramon Oladimeji The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal has upheld the judgment of a Lagos State High Court sentencing an ex-beauty queen, Ibinabo Fiberesima, to five years imprisonment for manslaughter. The lower court presided over by Justice Deborah Oluwayemi had convicted Fiberesima of manslaughter, ruling that the actress’ reckless driving […]
