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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
The Nigerian Police Command in Anambra State has dismissed the trigger-happy police sergeant who, eight days ago, shot and killed a 26-year-old youth, Mr. Onyeka Agupudo in Agulu, Anaocha Local Government of Anambra State. His dismissal came just as Agulu youths under the aegis of Agulu Youth Development Empowerment Committee (AYDEC) petitioned the Inspector-General of […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
Libyan rebels raced into the capital Tripoli yesterday and moved close to center with little resistance as Moammar Gadhafi’s defenders melted away. Opposition leaders said Gadhafi’s son and one-time heir apparent, Seif al-Islam, has been arrested. It was gathered that the fighters moved easily from the western outskirts into the regime stronghold in a dramatic […]
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Headlines
Saturday, August 20th, 2011
Ms. Bola Akande By Tokunbo Adedoja A Nigerian, Ms. Bola Akande, has been appointed Administrator of the City of Brentwood, State of Missouri, United States. The Nigerian, who is the daughter of former General Secretary of the Nigerian Baptist Convention, Rev. S.T. Ola Akande, is the first African to be appointed the City Administrator of […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Saturday, August 20th, 2011
Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia plans for a successful outing in the crucial Nations Cup qualifier in Antananarivo on September 3, 2011 against the Barea of Mozambique may run into a storm as the list of players he drew for preparation towards the match has been rejected by the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF. According to […]
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Headlines
Saturday, August 20th, 2011
Nigeria is one of the highest donor countries to the Rotary International (RI) polio fund, according to the RI president, Rotarian Kalyan Banerjee. Banerjee, who spoke during a reception organised by District 9110 to mark his visit to Nigeria, explained that the country has been a generous donor to the move to eradicate polio. Consequently, […]
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Headlines
Saturday, August 20th, 2011
Publisher, Beacon newspaper, a provincial newspaper in Rivers State, Mr. Meneri Amakiri, has passed on in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Sunday Vanguard gathered that the sad incident occured in the early hours of Saturday. The late Amakiri came to the limelight as a journalist working for the Observer when the first military administrator of old […]
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Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp)
Saturday, August 20th, 2011
NATIONAL Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has opened 13 bids for the execution of its 2011 capital projects across NYSC orientation camps in the country. Items bidded for are: Tents, Water-tankers, Generators and Toyota Hillux van. Speaking during the opening of tenders in Abuja, the Director General of NYSC, Brig-General Maharazu Tsiga told the contractors that […]
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Headlines
Friday, August 19th, 2011
As the disappearance of Mikel Obi’s father, Pa Michael Obi is still shrouded in mystery, family members have resorted to fasting and prayer while also denying any link with the abductors. When Saturday Tribune visited Obi’s family house at RayField in Jos on Friday, members of his family were seen in a sober mood […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Friday, August 19th, 2011
Lagos State Government is set to demolish over 500 clusters of shanties at the Ilaje lagoon front in Bariga Local Government Area of the state. The demolition, when carried out, would render over 2,000 residents homeless. The state Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure Development, Prince Adesegun Oniru, who addressed the over 2,000 affected residents on Wednesday […]
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Borno, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News
Friday, August 19th, 2011
A man believed to be the supplier of chemicals used in making explosives has been arrested by the Borno State Police Command, following investigations by detectives. Mr. Simeon Midenda, Commissioner of Police in-charge of Borno Command on Friday disclosed this while addressing the press on the efforts of his command to unravel the identity of the suspected […]
