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Headlines, Katsina, State News
Friday, September 9th, 2016
Katsina: Christian girl kidnapped for Moslem conversion, group petitions The Association of Hausa, Fulani and Kanuri Speaking Christians of Nigeria (TARAYYAR MASHIYAWAN NIJERIYA-TAMANI) has written a letter of complaint to the Nigeria Police Force, following the alleged abduction of 15 years-old Christian Miss Habiba Ishaku for the purpose of converting and marrying her out […]
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Headlines
Monday, September 5th, 2016
A look into Ebube Nwagbo’s movie and our today’s youth By: Amaechi Ossai The youth of today are under pressure. Consciously or unconsciously, the youth box themselves into a needless spot in their pursuit to belong and be termed “popular, cool, fashionable, hip” in today’s pop culture. This need to “fit in” also comes with the added advantage of being accepted by their peers. […]
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Headlines
Monday, September 5th, 2016
A foremost scholar of Oral Literature and award-winning novelist, Isidore Okpewho, has died at 74. He was a prolific author, co-author and editor of about 14 books, dozens of articles and a seminal booklet, A Portrait of the Artist as a Scholar. Okpewho, a professor, died peacefully at a hospital in Binghamton, a town in […]
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Headlines
Monday, September 5th, 2016
Giving Credit to Whom It is Due By Tope Bankole and Uzoma Ngozi On July 26, the media was awash with news of the commissioning of the Abuja-Kaduna railway project. The news elicited a tweet from the PDP via their official twitter handle. This eventually sparked off a controversy on who should actually take the […]
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Armed Forces, Army, Bayelsa, Headlines
Monday, September 5th, 2016
Emmanuel Addeh in Yenagoa Four soldiers attached to the Joint Task Force, JTF, Operation Delta Safe,ODS, who are currently carrying out an operation codenamed ‘Crocodile Smile’, to rid the Niger Delta of criminalities, were on Monday feared dead in the creeks of Bayelsa State. The loss of the security personnel, it was learnt, followed a […]
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Headlines
Monday, September 5th, 2016
• Pastor Chukwuma Nwkocha By Evelyn Usman & Ebere Aham It was a shocking revelation yesterday at the Lagos State Police Command as three teenagers recounted how the General Overseer of Tongue of Fire Ministry, Shogunle, Lagos, Pastor Chukwuma Nkwocha, had been sleeping with them, in exchange for money to pay […]
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Borno, Headlines, State News
Thursday, September 1st, 2016
How civil servants defraud state with multiple ATM cards —Shettima — 2nd September 2016 Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima, has revealed how senior civil servants in the state colluded with commercial banks to defraud the state with the use of fake bank accounts. The governor said the fraudulent workers mobilised people to pose as civil […]
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Headlines
Thursday, September 1st, 2016
By Isaac Anumihe The ban on rice importation and biting economic conditions are forcing daring smugglers to freight bags of rice as coffins carried in ambulances. This unprecedented antic of moving rice in an ambulance under the guise of corpses from Benin Republic into Nigeria was uncovered yesterday at the Seme Border by the operatives […]
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Aviation, Headlines, National Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, September 1st, 2016
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja Another domestic carrier, First Nation Airlines, has suspended its operations, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has said. This is coming in less than 24 hours after Aero Contractors Airlines, Nigeria’s second largest commercial carrier, announced an indefinite suspension of its scheduled flight services and its staff with effect from Thursday, September 1, […]
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Africa & World Politics, Budget, Headlines
Thursday, September 1st, 2016
Brazil sacks President for budget padding – Dilma Rousseff Brazil’s Senate has voted in favour of permanently removing President Dilma Rousseff from her office, in an impeachment trial set to end 13 years of leftist rule in the country, Al Jazeera reports. Sixty-one of 81 senators voted against Rousseff on Wednesday after a five-day trial […]
