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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, March 4th, 2015
Kenyan President Sets Ablaze Massive Elephant Tusk Pile Elephant Tusks Kenyan President Sets Ablaze Massive Elephant Tusk Pile By: Francis Anyajion: March 04, 2015In: Africa, News Kenya’s president, president Uhuru Kenyatta set fire to 15 tons of elephant tusks during World Wildlife Day yesterday, Tuesday to discourage pouching-the illegal trade of capturing and killing rare […]
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Election 2015, Elections, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Niger Delta, Presidency
Wednesday, March 4th, 2015
Niger Delta youth, under the aegis of Niger Delta Youths Organisation Worldwide (NDYOW), have concluded arrangement to hold a solidarity rally for the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan in the March 28 presidential polls. In a release signed by the president of the organisation, Mr. Uduak Bassey, and secretary, Mr Udeme Joseph, and made available […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics, United Nations
Wednesday, March 4th, 2015
The exodus of Nigerians fleeing from Boko Haram attacks in the North-East of the country continues amid an influx of another 16,000 refugees into neighbouring Cameroon, the United Nations refugee agency has said. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the latest movements are expected to bring the total of Nigerian refugees in […]
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Headlines, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Wednesday, March 4th, 2015
Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun (left); former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Deacon Victor Durodola, during a novelty match organised by the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library to commemorate the former President’s 78th birthday in Abeokuta … on Wednesday. | credits: Ogun State Government It was a fun filled football match on Wednesday evening at the MKO […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, INEC Politics, Raw Politics, State News
Wednesday, March 4th, 2015
APC National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed and Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, and the All Progressives Congress on Tuesday engaged in a war of words over the fate of Prof. Attahiru Jega as the chairman of the the Independent National Electoral Commission. Fayose began the verbal onslaught when he described […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Wednesday, March 4th, 2015
The Police Public Relations Officer, Zone 2 Command, CSP Gbenga Adeoye, says the Assistant Inspector General of Police, , Mr. Joseph Mbu, never ordered the killing of 20 civilians for every policeman killed during his visit to the Ogun State Police Command. Adeoye in statement on Tuesday said the purported claim was “gross misinformation,” adding […]
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First Ladies, Headlines, Patience Jonathan, Top Stories
Wednesday, March 4th, 2015
Mrs. Patience Jonathan The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation on Wednesday described the wife of the President, Dame Patience Jonathan as “an incredibly crude woman.” The party also commended Nigerians for putting up with her. The campaign organisation was reacting to a report that Mrs. Jonathan described the APC Presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Latest Politics
Wednesday, March 4th, 2015
President Idriss Deby President Idriss Deby of Chad on Wednesday called on Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, to surrender or face death. Derby told a news conference in N’djamena, that he knows the whereabouts of Shekau, who, according to him, was sighted in Dikwa , a village in Borno State two days ago. “Abubakar […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015
Mr. Ayodele Fayose Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has awarded a N1.2bn contract to the Carpenters and Furniture Association of Ekiti State. The association on Monday evening signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the state government on the contract. The Chief of Staff to Fayose, Chief Dipo Anisulowo, who represented the governor at […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015
Teju Cole and Helon Habila Two extraordinary Nigerian novelists, Helon Habila and Teju Cole, were named among the winners of this year’s WindhamCampbell Literature Prizes administered by Yale University, an Ivy League institution based in New Haven, Connecticut. The prize, which is worth $150,000 per recipient, is awarded to “honor and support writers anywhere […]
