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Books & Magazines, Columnists, Headlines, Onyema Nkwocha
Monday, September 26th, 2011
A New Book on the Preservation of Igbo and Nigeria’s Historical Events and Culture –“The Republic of Biafra: Once Upon A Time In Nigeria My Story Of The Biafra-Nigerian Civil War – A Struggle For SURVIVAL (1967-1970”) Dr. Onyema Nkwocha Synopsis of the Book Product Not quite four months after the Western Region’s election […]
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Headlines
Monday, September 26th, 2011
It was high drama recently in Lagos when over 7000 Nigerians realized they had fallen prey to the tricks of one Fred Olawale Makanjuola, owner of Crystal Services, an immigration consultancy outfit.t was high drama recently in Lagos when over 7000 Nigerians realized they had fallen prey to the tricks of one Fred Olawale Makanjuola, […]
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Abia, Headlines, State News
Monday, September 26th, 2011
THE threat to Nigerian unity, fanned by ‘indigene’ and ‘non-indigene’ issue is apparently not about to abate, going by a recent order emanating from the Abia State Government. The Theodore Orji-led government practically sacked so-called non-indigenes from the state’s public service, even when many of these are Igbo sons and daughters from other states in […]
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Headlines
Monday, September 26th, 2011
Lagos urges mass use of mosquito nets NIGERIA has recorded a 42 per cent decrease in maternal deaths due to pregnancy-related complications between 2008 and 2011, according to a report on global maternal and child mortality released at the just-concluded United Nations Summit on Non- Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and published in The Lancet medical journal. […]
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Headlines
Monday, September 26th, 2011
TRADITIONAL rulers in the North have urged the Federal Government to provide constitutional roles for them in the wave of intense security challenges facing the country. The monarchs, who met in Kaduna at the weekend under the chairmanship of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, also condemned the level of insecurity and poverty […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta
Monday, September 26th, 2011
LEADERS of oil-rich Ogoni, Rivers State, have petitioned the United Nations Human Rights Council to prevail on the Nigerian government to commence the implementation of the recommendations of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report on Ogoni. The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), which submitted the petition to the 18th session […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, September 26th, 2011
FOR three weeks they wandered in the desert and their destination was Nigeria. At last, they arrived in their motherland, which they left years ago in search of the greener pasture. But the joy of these over 100 Nigerians, who escaped from the war-torn Libya and arrived safely in their country to reunite with their […]
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Headlines
Sunday, September 25th, 2011
Two years after a robbery attack on one of the new generation banks in Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State, all banks in the town are yet to re-open for business. Investigation by the News Agency of Nigeria revealed that the management of the banks operating in the town had decided not to commence business due […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Sunday, September 25th, 2011
The Federal Government has drawn up a terrorism watch list similar to the one maintained by some developed countries. Travelers who arrived from or are going to the countries on the list would receive special attention by the security agencies, and the Nigeria Immigration Service. THE PUNCH learnt over the weekend that the countries […]
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Abia, Headlines, State News
Sunday, September 25th, 2011
ABIA State Government has said its statement on the gang rape video clip was based on claims by the Vice-Chancellor of the state University, the institution’s student union government and the state police commissioner. Five suspected members of a cult group had gang-raped a student of ABSU, recorded the incident and posted it on […]
