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Boko Haram, Headlines
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
The Boko Haram and its activities are now a serious national concern. Today, it would seem that the Nigerian security agencies are getting overwhelmed and lacking in capacity and ability to checkmate it and stultify its activities. With its serial bomb blasts and promise to do much more, critical stakeholders have not stopped talking about […]
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Headlines
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Mrs. Queen Ezeanochie Okonkwo is a graduate of Mass Communication from the Anambra State University, Igbariam, Nigeria. She also holds a Diploma in Law from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. She is so passionate about the family system, the role women play in establishing the home. She opens up on her book, To be a Woman […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Nigeria’s Super Eagles will be conspicuously missing at the 28th edition of the (Orange) Africa Cup of Nations that gets underway later this afternoon in the city of Bata with co-host, Equatorial Guinea and Libya setting the tune. It will be the first time in 16 years that Nigeria would not feature at the greatest […]
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Headlines, South-East
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
The International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law has called for the immediate intervention of President Goodluck Jonathan in saving the lives of Igbo Christians living in the North. In a letter to the President on Thursday, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Intersociety, Mr. Emeka Umeagbalasi, said the rate […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
AC Milan defender Taye Taiwo has allegedly joined Premier League outfit QPR in a six-month loan deal, according to his agent. Fabio Parisi has taken to his twitter account ‘@parisitweet’ to upload a picture of the 26-year-old full-back shaking hands with R’s manager Mark Hughes which accompanies a tweet that says: “Taiwo has […]
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Headlines
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
The police on Thursday fired canisters of tear gas at prominent activists and national leaders, including Prof. Ben Nwabueze, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite and former Minister of Finance, Dr. Idika Kalu, in Lagos. Nwabueze, Kalu and Braithwaite were leading some protesters who were demanding an immediate withdrawal of soldiers from the streets of Lagos and […]
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Headlines
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
Twenty-three members of the Millenium Gospel Mission, a church where human skulls and other vital parts of human body were discovered in Osogbo last Wednesday were yesterday arraigned in an Osogbo Magistrate Court for alleged conspiracy and breach of public peace. The accused persons, including a septuagenarian, were said to have, on January 11, 2012, […]
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Headlines, Plateau, State News, Yobe
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
Over 200 Christian families from Yobe State and environs have taken refuge in some church premises within Jos, the Plateau State capital for alleged increasing threats to their lives and property in that part of the country. The families who were mainly n COCIN headquarters and ECWA Jarawa said they decided to leave various parts […]
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Headlines
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
After six days of street protests and mass rallies, the strike embarked upon by labour unions and civil society organizations have finally come to an end. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) had called out workers to strike over the increase in the pump price of fuel from N65 to […]
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Armed Forces, Headlines
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012 • East Marine Diving Academy administrative block. Inset: Udokwu PHOTOS: Sun news Publishing More Stories on This Section Ordinarily, it would be expected that when officers of the Navy visit a marine academy, the students would be enthralled. And memories of the visit would linger in the hearts of such students […]
