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Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, February 20th, 2016
-Vanguard Dollar scarcity: Parents of overseas students weep in banks Fisayo Falodi, Success Nwogu, Jesusegun Alagbe, Demola Olonilua and Armstrong Bakam As dollar scarcity worsens in Nigeria, parents who have children schooling abroad have taken their frustrations to banks, with some of them weeping openly, as Saturday PUNCH observed. Investigations by our correspondents […]
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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines
Saturday, February 20th, 2016
-Vanguard With TOFARATI IGE A social media storm was kicked up when one-half of one of Africa’s finest pop duo, P-Square, Peter Okoye, recently took to his Twitter page to announce that their elder brother, Jude, has been sacked as the group’s manager. *Peter One of Peter’s tweets read, ‘Pls whoso ever makes any transaction […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, February 20th, 2016
-Vanguard Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni extended his three-decade rule on Saturday, after winning a fifth term in polls rejected as fraudulent by the opposition leader under house arrest. Yoweri Museveni of Uganda The veteran 71-year-old won 60 percent of the vote in the sometimes chaotic elections, far ahead of the 35 percent garnered by detained […]
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Akwa Ibom, Education, Headlines, State News
Saturday, February 20th, 2016
-Vanguard Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom says the state will soon implement the one teacher one subject policy in public primary schools in Akwa Ibom. Emmanuel stated this in Eket at the inauguration of five renovated classrooms block at St. Paul’s Lutheran School in Ikot Ibiok, Eket, on Saturday. Mr Andrew Okon renovated […]
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Headlines, Judiciary
Saturday, February 20th, 2016
-Vanguard TOP HEADLINES U.S. military trains Nigerian soldiers on counter-terrorism I was almost lynched for being Igbo ˆ’ Onyeka Onwenu Court seals Psquare’s Omole home Jonathan’s cousin found dead 2 days after kidnap Face-lift for Murtala Muhammed International Airport as Nigeria builds new terminal By Innocent Anaba Lagos lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, […]
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Benue, Election 2015, Elections, General Politics, Headlines, State News
Saturday, February 20th, 2016
-Vanguard See some of the results coming from the polling booths in the ongoing Benue South Senatorial District re-run election. The Senatorial District is made up of Ogbadibo, Okpokwu, Ado, Oju, Apa, Agatu, Ohimini, Otukpo and Obi local government areas. Mark-Onjeh Former Senate President, David Mark, of the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP, is seeking […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, February 18th, 2016
By Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA — It was nothing short of a melodrama at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday, between State House correspondents and the Federal Government over the many foreign trips of President Muhammadu Buhari during a press briefing. Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information, who justified the trips, said they were necessary to bring […]
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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines
Thursday, February 18th, 2016
By TOFARATI IGE Two years after they were rumoured to have broken up, Nigerian pop duo, P’square are back in the news again as one-half of the singing duo, Peter Okoye yesterday moved against their management company owned by their elder brother, Jude Okoye. In a series of tweets, Peter who has been on a […]
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EFCC Politics, Latest Politics, Raw Politics
Wednesday, February 17th, 2016
EFCC re-arraigns Dokpesi over ‘N2.1bn fraud’ The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned The Founder and former Chairman of DAAR Communications PLc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, before Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Dokpesi was first arraigned before Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the same court in December 2015. On Wednesday, he pleaded […]
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Ebonyi, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, February 17th, 2016
Voodoo Plot to Topple Ebonyi Governor, State Official Alleges (Emmanuel Uzor, ABAKALIKI) In what sounded more like a line straight out of a Nollywood production, the Ebonyi state government yesterday raised alarm over what it described as ‘failed’ politicians in the state allegedly resorting to using witchcraft in attacking state Governor David Umahi and members of his Executive […]
