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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News, United Nations
Friday, July 29th, 2016
Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai last night visited wounded soldiers and the 3 staff of the UN agencies and other international humanitarian organizations that were injured during an ambush at the Accident and Emergency Ward of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital at about 10.00pm. The Army Chief who was accompanied by […]
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Headlines, Niger, State News
Friday, July 29th, 2016
Eleven people have died in flooding in Niger and 30,000 left homeless after vast swathes of the country — including arid desert locations — were deluged with heavy rain, the UN said Friday. The worst affected regions are both desert areas: Tahoua in the west, where seven people died and 5,321 people were left homeless, […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Friday, July 29th, 2016
Hillary Clinton on Thursday claimed her place in history as the first woman presidential nominee of a major US party, promising economic opportunity for all and rejecting Donald Trump’s dark vision of America. Pledging to be a president for “all Americans,” the former secretary of state received thunderous cheers from thousands of delegates in the […]
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Headlines, North-East, United Nations
Friday, July 29th, 2016
By Kingsley Omonobi Abuja The United Nations has suspended its humanitarian assistance mission in the North East epicenter of Boko Haram terrorism following a bloody attack on humanitarian convoy by the Boko Haram insurgents, which left several officials of aid groups seriously wounded. The suspension will be in place pending the review of the security […]
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Armed Forces, Army, Headlines, South-South
Friday, July 29th, 2016
The Nigerian Army said last night that its training exercise for the Niger Delta code named “EXERCISE CROCODILE SMILE” in 82 Division and part of 2 Division areas of responsibility traversing the South-South geo-political region will commence this weekend. “The general public is please requested not to panic on the sight of unusual movement of […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, July 29th, 2016
Indonesia has executed three Nigerian drug convicts by firing squad, an official said. The Nigerians were put to death along with one Indonesian on Thursday (after midnight Indonesian time), Noor Rachmad, deputy attorney general for general crimes, told reporters. He did not say why 10 other drug convicts, who had been expected to face the […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Monday, July 25th, 2016
Obama’s half-brother sells revealing letter from president: Set to Vote for Trump to Make America Great Again By Carlos Greer June 27, 2015 | 8:24pm Modal Trigger President Barack Obama and his older half-brother Malik Abongo ”Roy” Obama President Obama’s Kenyan half-brother wants to make America great again — so he’s voting for Donald Trump. “I […]
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Headlines
Monday, July 25th, 2016
Corning just launched Gorilla Glass 5, its latest evolution in break-resistant glass for smartphones. This should be welcome news to anyone who has ever dropped his or her phone and smashed its screen. Despite all the recent advancements in smartphone technology, the screens have always been the weakest link — and expensive to replace. This […]
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Headlines, Press Releases, Women Politics
Sunday, July 24th, 2016
News Release. Abuja, April 15, 2016 LOW SAVINGS: OKONJO-IWEALA DID NOT INDICT THE JONATHAN ADMINISTRATION Some recent media reports have distorted comments made by former Finance Minister Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala regarding how lack of political will negatively impacted national savings over the past few years. Contrary to the slant given by these loud headlines, Dr […]
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Headlines, Women Politics
Sunday, July 24th, 2016
Who is Afraid of Okonjo-Iweala? In recent times, the news space has been awash with news and opinion articles about the immediate past finance minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Most of the features have stemmed from people with questionable character and, unfortunately, the local media have been complicit in aiding their spread. As if […]
