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Abuja (FCT), Anambra, Borno, Headlines, Katsina, State News
Thursday, November 17th, 2011
PANIC-stricken residents of Abuja scampered for safety on Wednesday, as two fuel tankers exploded in different petrol stations, resulting in an emergency situation. The two incidents happened in the space of two hours, with security operatives and officials of the National Emergency Agency (NEMA) rushing to the scenes to save life and property. They were […]
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Headlines, Osun, State News
Thursday, November 17th, 2011
THE struggle over the usage of hijab (veil for Muslim ladies) in public schools has led to the closure of public schools in Iwo Local Government Area of Osun State. The quest to implement the usage of hijab created crisis in the town, as some Muslim groups insisted that all Muslim ladies should be allowed […]
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Headlines
Thursday, November 17th, 2011
AS part of its 2011 convocation ceremony, the University of Ibadan (UI) will, today, honour four prominent Nigerians for their positive contributions to the socio-economic development of the country. Those to be honoured by the institution are the late president, Alhaji Umaru Yar’Adua; former Nigerian Ambassador to the United States (US), Professor Agboola Gambari; the […]
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Headlines
Thursday, November 17th, 2011
The imbalance in the Nigerian financial system has been brought to the fore with 2,512,531 depositors, or six per cent of those who placed their money in the Deposit Money Banks in 2010 having N9.53tn or 88 per cent of the total N10.84tn bank deposits during the year. The remaining 41,926,817 or 94 per cent […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police, Ondo, State News
Thursday, November 17th, 2011
By DAYO JOHNSON AKURE—AN ex-convict Segun Ojo and a suspected kidnapper Tolulope Adedayo have been arrested and paraded by the Ondo State Police Command. Speaking yesterday in Akure, the state Police image maker, Adeniran Aremu, said that the ex- convict who had served a 14-year jail term was arrested for stealing. Aremu added that Adedayo […]
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Headlines, South-East, Women Politics
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
Umuahia— CO-ORDINATING minister of the economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, yesterday expressed worry that youth unemployment rates were highest in the South-East states of the country, despite “the vibrant industries and entrepreneurial spirit among people of the region.” She said the Federal Government, through its YouWIN programme, would assist the youths, including […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011 Victim Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Mr. Abiodun Adamayeloye is a footballer, who played for one of the local teams in Lagos and he aspired to hit the goldmine one day, to become an international soccer star. But the curtain has drawn for the budding star and […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
A 21-year-old man, Amanya (other names withheld), yesterday narrated a chilling tale of how he allegedly plotted and murdered a female senior staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), barely a month after he was employed by the deceased as a driver. The victim, whose name was given as Mrs. Afishetu Dupe Abdullahi, was […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday stopped the Bayelsa State chapter of the Peoples Demoeratic Party (PDP) from conduting its governorship primary slated for November 19. The court made the pronouncement following a motion brought by Governor Timpreye Sylva, who was denied a return ticket. There had been a face-off between the PDP […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
A suspected domestic cooking gas explosion has left a mother, Hauwa Bashir, and her six daughters dead in Katsina metropolis. The second wife, also called Hauwa, of the bereaved man, Bashir Sani, 37, however escaped death with her one-year old daughter. The disaster struck at Raffuka Quarters around 8.30 pm on Tuesday, when the hurricane […]
