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American Politics, Headlines
Monday, July 16th, 2012
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The first-ever daily pill to help prevent against HIV was approved Monday by US regulators for use in uninfected adults who are at risk for getting the virus that causes AIDS. Truvada, made by Gilead Sciences in California, has been on the market since 2004 and was approved by the Food and […]
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Cross River, Headlines, State News
Monday, July 16th, 2012
A young man, Mr. Lawrence Ette, has been accused of stoning his 23-year-old girlfriend, Miss Rosaline Christopher, to death. ROSELINE advertisement The tragedy was said to have occurred penultimate Sunday at 13, Academy Street, Calabar, Cross River State. An eyewitness, who is the landlady of the deceased, Miss Dorothy Bassey, said Rosaline had […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Monday, July 16th, 2012
PORTMOUTH manager, said Nigerian international Kanu Nwankwo can go ahead and sue the club even as he insists on dropping all the club’s senior players from the team. There had been reports that the former Nigeria striker could sue the club for breach of contract, but Appleton says he is leaving that for administrator Trevor […]
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Bauchi, Headlines, State News
Monday, July 16th, 2012
BAUCHI State governor, Mallam Isa Yuguda, on Monday, announced the sack over 4,000 political appointees in the state, while he retained the services of appointees for essential services. A statement dated July 15, 2012, signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Ibrahim Dandija, made available to journalists in Bauchi on Monday, said those […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Monday, July 16th, 2012
THE seeming peace in Bayelsa was shattered on Monday, as suspected cultists, armed with sophisticated weapons, unleashed terror, in Yenagoa, the state capital, when they allegedly shot to death two middle-aged men, including the security aide to Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, simply identified as “British.” Nigerian Tribune authoritatively gathered that the victims, who were from […]
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Headlines, Kogi, State News
Monday, July 16th, 2012
THE people of Kogi State, on Monday, lost one of the oldest first class traditional ruler, Alhaji (Dr) Aliyu Obaje, the Attah of Igala, who dies at the age of 102. Dr Obaje died on Monday at Idah, at about 2.00 p.m. The late Attah Igala was enthroned on November 2, 1956. He was the […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Monday, July 16th, 2012
LAGOS State government, on Monday, commenced the demolition of the large Makoko waterfront slum. It will be recalled that the state government, on July 12, had warned Makoko residents that the structures they had mounted on the waterfront were not only illegal, but also constituted environmental nuisance. According to information gathered, a letter from the […]
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Headlines
Monday, July 16th, 2012
THE director, Entrepreneurship Development Centre of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Mr O. O. Kukoyi, has attributed the inability of many Nigerian graduates to be gainfully employed to lack of acquisition of skills. Kukoyi said this in his welcome address at the mini-graduation ceremony for vocational skills acquisition trainees organised for Higher National Diploma, HND II […]
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Headlines
Monday, July 16th, 2012
NO fewer than 11,560 eligible candidates have applied for admission at the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) and have also participated in the institution’s post-University and Tertiary institutions Matriculation Examination (UTME) screening in the institution. The post-UTME, which was concluded at the weekend, would pave the way for just about 400 of the candidates who […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Monday, July 16th, 2012
THE Ekiti State government has faulted the state police command for not making any arrest in the alleged murder of a 70-year-old woman, Mrs Rebecca Adewumi, in Omuo, Ekiti East Local Government Area of the state on allegations that she was a witch. A statement by the state Ministry of Women Affairs, Social Development and […]