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Bauchi, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
Barely 48 hours after the multiple bomb blasts that occurred at the 33 Artillery Brigade, Bauchi, killing 13 and injuring 40 others, gunmen have hurled another bomb at a police station in Bulkachuwa town of Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi State, killing a police corporal. An eyewitness told Daily Sun that the gunmen fired […]
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Elections 2011, Headlines, Nigerian Police
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
The post-election violence which erupted in some parts of the north claimed the lives of 514 civilians and six policemen. The Inspector General of Police (IGP) who gave the grim details yesterday said 75 civilians were injured, 165 churches and 53 Mosques, 444 vehicles and 1,442 houses were either burnt or destroyed. The police boss […]
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Headlines
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
Nigeria dominated from start to finish as it handed out a humiliating reverse to an Argentina side composed primarily of Under 25 prospects in Abuja. Two goals from Ike Uche in the first half helped leave the Albiceleste in disarray by half time as they went in three goals down; Victor Anichebe also hit from […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
FOLLOWING the recall of Nigeria’s Ambassador to Kenya, Dr. Chijioke Wilcox Wigwe by the Federal Government, Wigwe has dismissed the reason behind his recall, describing it as desperate ploy by his estranged wife to tarnish his image. It would be recalled that the ugly incident, which sparked off public outrage in Kenya, the authorities […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
FINAL SCORE – Nigeria 4 – Argentina 1 – 90 min – At last Argentina finds the net through a needless PK awarded by the ref in the 98 min of play…Nigerians are very upset at the ref for gifting a goal to the visitors….this calls into question the ability of African referees in big matches….why the extra 8 […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
The Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) on Tuesday named 22 players for the African Cup Nations qualifier Group B match against the Super Eagles. Mr Ashenafi Ejigu, the Secretary General of the EFF said that the players were selected from seven major clubs in the country. These include Saint George Football Club, Defence Force FC , […]
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Governors, Headlines, State News, Zamfara
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
The newly sworn-in Governor of Zamfara state, Honourable Abdulazeez Abubakar Yari has reversed the sales of state government property made by his predecessor, Mahmud Shinkafi in the past one month. Governor Yari who is the third executive governor of Zamfara state stated in Gusau, the Zamfara state capital. The new governor who lamented what he […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
Nigeria and Argentina go up against each other for the first time on Nigerian soil, beginning from 7pm tonight inside the mainbowl of the National Stadium, Abuja. Sponsors Guinness have called it the ‘biggest match of the decade’. It is the fifth meeting between both countries at senior level, with Argentina having narrowly edged three […]
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EFCC Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

A former Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank Plc, Mr. Erastus Akingbola, alongside an associate, Mr. Bayo Dada, was on Tuesday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in a Lagos High Court, sitting in Ikeja. They were finally arraigned after three adjournments on 22-count charge of stealing as against […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
A women advocacy group, Women Arise, has condemned the conduct of the Nigerian Ambassador to Kenya, Dr. Chijioke Wigwe, who was reported to have inflicted serious bodily injuries on his wife, Mrs. Tess Iyi Wigwe, in a domestic violence. In a statement by the President, WA, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, on Tuesday, the group described […]