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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, August 1st, 2011
Four nationales of Niger Republic and two Nigerians, all youths, were yesterday paraded by the Kaduna State Police Command as suspects in the two bomb blasts that rocked Kabala West in Kaduna South Local Government Area of Kaduna State and Magajin Gari Sharia Court 1 attached to Kaduna North Local Government Area Secretariat in the […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Raw Politics
Friday, July 29th, 2011

Nigerian commercial sex workers in Sokoto State are at war with their counterparts from neighbouring Republic of Niger and Togo. Nigerian prostitutes are calling on Immigration Officials to arrest and deport the foreign prostitutes because they are snatching their customers and also operating illegally in the country. “We want them out because most of our […]
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Africa & World Politics, Kwara, Latest Politics, Ondo, State News
Friday, July 29th, 2011

Another batch of 21 Ghanaians has been deported from Nigeria, bringing the number so far deported on the orders of two state governors to 45. The Nigerian High Commissioner in Accra, Mohammed Musiliu Obanikoro, has however frowned upon the action, promising to wade into it immediately. Earlier on July 14, 2011, 24 Ghanaians were arrested […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, House, Legislature
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, adopted a motion which sought to investigate the gruesome murder of a Nigerian, Mrs Christy Schnudeck, nee Omorodion, who was resident in Germany. To this end, the House directed its Clerk, Mr Sanni Omolori, to liaise with officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to ensure that the deceased’s […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Olugbenga Ashiru, on Tuesday said Nigerian Missions abroad would henceforth undertake reciprocal treatment regarding the issuance of visas. The minister said in maiden meeting with members of the diplomatic corps accredited to Nigeria that Nigeria would longer not tolerate the shabby treatment of its citizens by foreign missions that […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Sunday, July 24th, 2011

Nigeria may have been delisted from the countries that harbour or sponsor terrorism against the United States (US) and its allies which was the source of diplomatic tension between the two countries following the ill-fated attempt by a foreign based Nigerian student, Farouk Umar Farouk Abdulmuttallab, to bomb a plane in Detroit, US on December […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
The birth of South Sudan Republic after 22 years of uninterrupted civil war confirms the belief that repression cannot quench the popular will of an oppressed people for freedom. Happy birthday songs filled the air July 9, 2011, the day the five-year peace deal led to the liberation songs, thus ending Africa’s longest independence war. […]
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Africa & World Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Top Stories
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

THE British Prime Minister, David Cameron, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to use trade and political reforms to tackle economic problems of the country. He said this at a lecture entitled, “Entrepreneur and Innovation,” organised by Pan-African University, Ajah, Lagos, on Tuesday. Cameron, who flew into Lagos, on Tuesday, highlighted the progress of democracy […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, July 18th, 2011
Former President Nelson Mandela spent his 93rd birthday with friends and relatives in his rural hometown yesterday, as South Africans paid tribute to the anti-apartheid icon through song and community service projects. Millions of South African schoolchildren began their day by singing a special version of “Happy Birthday” To Mandela, leading worldwide chorus of birthday […]
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Sunday, July 10th, 2011

As reactions continue to trail the declaration of the state of South Sudan, President Goodluck Jonathan has assured the young country of Nigeria’s preparedness to assist her in the challenges ahead. President Jonathan who joined other world leaders to witness the swearing-in of President Salva Kiir Mayardit and the official hoisting of the nation’s […]