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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, June 1st, 2013
It’s not 419: Ethiopian Airlines warms up for Enugu flights By News Express, www.newsexpressngr.com, on 31/05/2013 Claims by cynics that the recent foundation-laying ceremony for the international terminal of Akanu Ibiam International Airport Enugu in Nigeria’s South-East was a political gimmick have been rubbished by a leading international airlines which President Goodluck Jonathan said had […]
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Tuesday, May 28th, 2013
London – The family of a man suspected of hacking a British soldier to death on a London street condemned the attack as senseless on Tuesday, distancing itself from the murder which has provoked an anti-Muslim backlash. Lee Rigby, a 25-year-old soldier, was butchered in broad daylight by two men who said they killed him […]
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Tuesday, May 28th, 2013
By Vera Samuel Anyagafu THE India High Commissioner, Mr. Mahesh Sachdev, has disclosed that the Indian High Commission is neck deep in its efforts to ensure that it maintains a hassle-free visa regime for Nigerians who intend to migrate to the Republic of India for study purposes. Sachdev who was speaking during the Indian Education […]
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Africa & World Politics, Edo, Headlines, State News
Monday, May 27th, 2013
THE Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Chris Cooter, has said the Canadian government would partner with the Edo State government in the area of vocational training. Mr Cooter stated this in Benin, when he paid a visit to the Executive Director of Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), Reverend David Ugolor, at […]
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Monday, May 27th, 2013
By Kenneth Ehigiator LAGOS — Massive protests trailed the arrival of a British Airways’ flight from London at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, last night, as passengers aboard the flight could not retrieve their luggage, following the technical problem suffered by the airliner on touchdown. Vanguard gathered the luggage cabin of the aircraft failed […]
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Africa & World Politics, National Politics
Sunday, May 26th, 2013
By News Express, www.newsexpressngr.com, on 26/05/2013 A radical Nigerian Muslim has condemned Wednesday’s slaughtering of a British soldier in London by two young Muslim converts of Nigerian parentage but claimed that Britain was only reaping what it sowed. Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, both in their twenties, launched an unprovoked street attack on Lee Rigby […]
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Sunday, May 26th, 2013
By Femi Fani-Kayode Some things just don’t add up when it comes to the Woolwich killings. There are certainly more questions than answers. Let us examine the facts. An off-duty British soldier by the name of Lee Rigby was walking down the street in the charming and peaceful London suburb of Woolwich. All of a […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Sunday, May 26th, 2013
Contrary to reports that President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday missed the opportunity to give a speech at the ongoing Special Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the African Union (AU) President Jonathan has said that Africa has not yet overcome the challenges of neo-colonialism, poverty, disease and others though Africa has […]
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Sunday, May 26th, 2013
LONDON (AFP) – One of the suspects in the brutal murder of a soldier in Britain was arrested in Kenya three years ago and questioned over alleged links to Islamist insurgents, it emerged on Sunday. The Kenyan government confirmed that Michael Adebolajo was detained in 2010 but said he was handed over to British intelligence […]
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Sunday, May 26th, 2013
New York – Nigerians all over the world have been urged to speak out and condemn the brutal murder of a British soldier on a London street on Wednesday. Amb.Habib Habu, Consul General of Nigeria in New York stated this in a message on Thursday. According to him, the beheading of the 25-year-old soldier was […]
