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Headlines, INEC Politics
Thursday, July 2nd, 2015
Acting National Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Mrs. Amina Zakari The Acting National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mrs. Amina Zakari, has said she accepted her appointment with humility. She told journalists in Abuja on Thursday that she would do her job diligently and that the commission would continue to work hard […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News, Top Stories
Thursday, July 2nd, 2015

Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh | credits: http://www.nigeriancurrent.com/ The fighters of the dreaded Boko Haram sect laid a siege to some Borno communities between Tuesday and Wednesday night and killed 145 persons and injured several others. Some of the deceased were killed in some mosques where the villagers had gone […]
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Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News
Thursday, July 2nd, 2015
Former Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Godswill Akpabio The Akwa Ibom State National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, where the election of former Governor Godswill Akpabio as senator representing Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District is being challenged, on Thursday, rejected a prayer for an indefinite adjournment of its proceedings. The counsel representing […]
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American Politics, Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Thursday, July 2nd, 2015
Buhari, Obama ENIOLA AKINKUOTU examines the implications of the United States’ Supreme Court judgment on the foreign policy outlook of President Barack Obama In less than three weeks, President Muhammadu Buhari will visit his counterpart in the United States, Barack Obama, for the first time to discuss political and economic issues as well […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Thursday, July 2nd, 2015

Super Eagles’ midfielder, Ogenyi Onazi has formally apologised to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), for his on-field action that led to a straight red card/ in last month’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against Les Sao of Chad in Kaduna. In a letter dated 30th June, 2015 and addressed to the NFF General […]
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Headlines
Thursday, July 2nd, 2015
Brenda Myers-Powell was just a child when she became a prostitute in the early 1970s. Here she describes how she was pulled into working on the streets and why, three decades later, she devoted her life to making sure other girls don’t fall into the same trap. Some people will find Brenda’s account upsetting. Here […]
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Armed Forces, Headlines, North-East
Thursday, July 2nd, 2015
THE Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Kenneth Minimah, on Monday in Abuja, said the Nigerian Army was not owing allowances of troops involved in the ongoing counter-terrorism operations in the North-East Minimah, represented by Major General Donald Oji, the Army Chief of Civil Military Affairs, said this while briefing newsmen on the activities lined […]
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Headlines
Thursday, July 2nd, 2015
A 34-year-old man, Omepa Dickson, was, on Thursday, arraigned in a Mararaba Grade 1 Area Court in Nasarawa State for allegedly biting off a neighbour’s finger. The accused, who resides at Kabayi, Mararaba, is facing a charge of causing grievous hurt. The prosecutor, Corporal Friday Adaji, told the court that one Adejo Simon of the […]
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Headlines
Thursday, July 2nd, 2015
President Muhamadu Buhari has appointed Mr Lawal Musa Daura as the new Director General of the Department of State Security Service. The appointment, which is said to be with immediate effect, was conveyed in a letter by the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mr Danladi Kifasi. Daura was born in Daura, Katsina State, […]
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Headlines
Thursday, July 2nd, 2015
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State capital, has ordered that the two suspected killers of the former Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Professor Albert Ilemobade, Yemi Bamitale and Daniel Ita, be remanded in prison. The two accused, who were facing a five-count charge of murder and robbery, have […]