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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines, Niger Delta, Rivers, State News
Sunday, September 2nd, 2012
MOVEMENT for the Survival of the Ogoni People, MOSOP, says kinsmen and women of Ken Saro-Wiwa, in the Rivers State axis of Southern Nigeria, are currently living in great fear and frustration. This allegation is contained in a Save Our Souls letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki Moon, and […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics
Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
A former Somali prime minister denied diplomatic immunity must pay 21 million dollars in damages to the victims of his alleged torture and human rights abuse, a U.S. federal court ruled on Tuesday. Mohamed Ali Samantar, who served as Somalia’s defence minister in the 1980s and prime minister from 1987 to 1990, agreed in February […]
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American Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
United States President Barack Obama has declared Nigeria as the world’s next economic success story, stressing that this was one of the major reasons why his government was committed to helping the country build strong democratic institutions and remove constraints to trade and investment through the African Growth and Opportunity Act. Making this declaration at […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines, Niger Delta
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
SECURITY EXPERTS from the United Kingdom and United States of America have joined forces with the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, code-named ‘Operation Pulo Shield’, to tackle oil platform vandals and illegal bunkering gangs operating in the region. It was gathered that the latest move followed concerns by the government and non-government agencies […]
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American Politics, Latest Politics
Friday, August 24th, 2012
The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) Public Affairs to the President, Dr Doyin Okupe says the Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) ASIWAJU Bola Tinibu got it wrong at his lecture in Washington DC adding that it is unfair for the A C N leader to describe Jonathan’s government as a “giant bureaucracy suffering […]
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American Politics, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Monday, August 20th, 2012
By Phil Tam-Al Alalibo | NNP | August 21, 2012 – The spirit of Owambe is pervasive among Nigerians well ingrained in their socio-psychological awareness no matter where they are domiciled on God’s green planet. Even when the federal government of Nigeria outlawed the mutilation of the currency indirectly banning the practice of Owambe, I […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Monday, August 20th, 2012
The US congress is considering a special legislation that will enable an indigent Nigerian student in that country, Sopuruchi Chukwueke, have a pemanent US residency, after his visa expired 10 years ago. Chukwueke’s bill, sponsored by U.S. Senator, Carl Levin, a Michigan Democrat, applies solely to him. It would grant permanent residency to the Nigerian, […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Saturday, August 18th, 2012
A 400 level student of the College of Engineering and Environmental Studies (CEAT), Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ibogun Campus, Miss Folaranmi Janet Oluwatimilehin, has been selected for 2012 Summer Internship at Boeing Commercial Airplanes Seattle, USA. Miss Folaranmi was taken out of the three students that competed for the position from the College. The Internship Programme […]
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American Politics
Saturday, August 18th, 2012
A former North Texas high school teacher was convicted Friday and sentenced to five years in prison for having sex with five 18-year-old students at her home. The Tarrant County jury decided on the sentence for Brittni Nicole Colleps, 28, of Arlington after nearly three hours of deliberation. It took jurors less than an hour […]
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American Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Tuesday, August 14th, 2012
The militant Islamic group, Boko Haram, may have started talks with the Federal Government. The Voice of America reported on Tuesday that a purported spokesman for Boko Haram, Habu Mohammed, said the the group was engaged in direct talks with the government on ending violence in the North. According to the VOA, in a statement, […]
