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All Nigerian Peoples' Party (ANPP), Bayelsa, Headlines, INEC Politics, Party Politics, State News
Thursday, February 9th, 2012
NBA cautions against violence, sends 573 monitors THE expectations and the stakes are high over tomorrow’s governorship election in Bayelsa State. Last minutes activities leading to the polls by both the electoral umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the participating political parties and other stakeholders have reached a peak. The only unexpected action came from […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, February 9th, 2012
LAGOS – The panel set up by the federal government to investigate the price fixing allegation levelled against British Airways and Virgin Atlantic Airways has exonerated both airlines. The panel, instituted by Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, also dismissed the $235 million fine slammed on the two British airlines. The panel unanimously held that the […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Thursday, February 9th, 2012
Email13 BY VINCENT UJUMADU AWKA- VIOLENT protest sparked off in Onitsha, the commercial city of Anambra State Thursday, over the killing of a commercial bus driver simply identified as Edwin by a trigger happy policeman for failing to part with N50 tip. According to the conductor of the bus, Samuel Ekwueme who was crying uncontrollably, […]
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Headlines
Thursday, February 9th, 2012
From ISMAIL OMPIDAN, Kaduna Thursday, February 09, 2012 Alhaji Abdulkadir Sanusi Dantata Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Remains of the late renowned businessman and chairman of construction giant, Dantata and Sawoe, Alhaji Abdulkadir Sanusi Dantata, are expected to be flown home today for burial. Dantata died in a German hospital on […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
The Federal Government has defended ex-militants who allegedly bombed Lawfab Hotel, Osubi, in Delta State on Monday. Some suspected ex-militants, receiving training under the Amnesty Programme, had reportedly bombed a hotel where they had been accommodated by the Federal Government with high calibre dynamite. Sources told journalists that what the ex-militants simply wanted was […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has moved to stop the payment of N25m compensation awarded by a Lagos High Court in favour of the Nollywood actor, Mr. Babatunde Omidina, popularly called Baba Suwe. The anti-drug law agency on Wednesday asked the court for a stay of execution, pending the determination of its appeal against the judgment […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
mate of the Ogun State Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP’s) governorship candidate in last year’s elections, Mr. Tunde Oladunjoye, yesterday flayed former Presidential Spokesman Dr. Doyin Okupe’s criticism of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo. He was reacting to Okupe’s statements during a factional meeting of the state party in Ijebu-Igbo on Monday, where the former presidential spokesman blamed […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Sokoto, State News
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
From TIMOTHY OLA, Maiduguri The Jama’atu Ahlis Sunnati Lidda’awati Wal Jihad otherwise known as Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the series of attacks in Kaduna, Kano and Maiduguri this week, including the bombing of Air force base in Kaduna, warning that more attacks were underway. It gave the indication that Sokoto may be the […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Kano, State News
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
From Desmond Mgboh, Kano The joint security team, which battled with the members of the Boko Haram sect in Mariri in Kano State on Monday night, may have deployed a rocket propeller to finally end the confrontation, a security source said in Kano yesterday. Throwing insight into the operation, which lasted several hours until the […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of a man who allegedly killed his banker wife yesterday told a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja that he saw blood on the hands of the husband as at the time the incident occurred. At the resumed hearing on the matter before Justice Lateefat Okunnu, a co-tenant […]
