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Armed Forces, Army, Headlines, Niger Delta, Top Stories
Saturday, September 17th, 2016
Punch The Nigerian Army said it had recovered 55 assorted weapons from suspected criminals in the Niger Delta. The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 82 Division, Enugu, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahitu, told newsmen in Enugu on Saturday that the recoveries were made during a military exercise tagged “Operation Crocodile Smile”. He also disclosed that 23 militants […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Saturday, September 17th, 2016
Punch Salesgirl dumps day-old baby by roadside, blames lover Samson Folarin and Olaleye Aluko A salesgirl, Ifunanya Eme, has been arrested by the police in the Ajangbadi area of Lagos State, for allegedly dumping her day-old baby girl by the roadside. Our correspondents learnt that Eme, who hails from Enugu State, was arrested on […]
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Corruption Politics, EFCC Politics, First Ladies, Headlines, National Politics, Patience Jonathan, Raw Politics
Saturday, September 17th, 2016
Guardian Wants four accounts unsealed Former First Lady, Mrs. Patience Ibifaka Jonathan, yesterday instituted a $200 million suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at a Federal High Court in Lagos. This followed an admission of money laundering by four firms, which she claims the anti-graft agency had used to inconvenience and […]
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Aviation, Headlines
Wednesday, September 14th, 2016
By Michael Eboh, Favour Nnabugwu & Lawani Mikairu LAGOS — Foreign airlines flying to Nigeria have started refueling abroad, to bypass highly priced and increasingly scarce aviation fuel in the country. This is coming on the heels of Arik Air’s suspension of flight operations to all airports across the country due to its inability to […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Wednesday, September 14th, 2016
Seven Niger soldiers were killed and eight others wounded in two separate attacks by Boko Haram Islamists over the past week, the army has said. The two attacks took place in the southeastern Diffa region near the border with Nigeria, according to a military statement released late on Tuesday. Five of them were killed in […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, September 14th, 2016
Man beats wife for asking for feeding allowance A 52-year-old man, James Oluwadairo, on Wednesday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly beating his wife and failing to provide for his children. The accused, a driver, who resides at 28, Olarekun St., Abule Egba, a suburb of Lagos, is facing a charge of […]
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First Ladies, Headlines, Patience Jonathan
Wednesday, September 14th, 2016
Patience Jonathan must explain source of wealth –CACOL — 14th September 2016 Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL), yesterday, demanded that wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, must explain funds used to build a N10 billion hotel in Bayelsa State. Patience, according to The Financial Times, a United Kingdom newspaper, allegedly inaugurated the hotel, known as Aridolf […]
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Aviation, Headlines
Wednesday, September 14th, 2016
Lagos International Airport hit by severe power outage — 14th September 2016 By Louis Iba The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says the epileptic supply of electricity to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos is due to the excavation of electricity cables to allow contractors do some work on a new terminal at […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, September 14th, 2016
— 14th September 2016 The National President of the Youth Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria (YOWICAN), Engineer David Kadzai, on Wednesday, frowned at the Nigeria Immigration Service for allowing the so-called foreign herdsmen, turned terrorist, to infiltrate Nigeria, going by the assertion of the Sultan of Sokoto. Kadzai was reacting to a statement […]
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Headlines, State News
Saturday, September 10th, 2016
We are all vulnerable —Experts How poor surveillance fuels fever By Chioma Obinna Nigeria may be battling the worst outbreak of Lassa fever in history. The fever which has afflicted over 284 has killed about 154 Nigerians from different parts of the country from August 2015 to date. Fresh cases are recorded every day in […]
