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Ekiti, Headlines, State News, Top Stories
Saturday, May 28th, 2016
-Punch Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti Governor Ayodele Fayose has said he has no immediate solution to the demands of striking workers in Ekiti State, stressing that he cannot sell himself or his family to raise funds for the workers. The governor said in a broadcast on Thursday that the workers must understand that strike […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Friday, May 27th, 2016
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has ordered the late former Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieseigha, and his wife, Margaret, to vacate a piece of land measuring 5336.919 square metres at Ovom area of the state. The court order is contained in a judgement delivered by Justice […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Friday, May 27th, 2016
Oyetunji Abioye United States carrier, United Airlines, will stop flying to Nigeria next month, ending operations on its only African route because of weakness in the energy sector and difficulties in repatriating money from tickets sold in the country. This came barely six weeks after Spain’s national carrier, Iberia Plc, stopped flights to Nigeria, citing […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, May 27th, 2016
At least 100,000 people were trapped Friday along Syria’s border with Turkey after the Islamic State group swept through rebel territory in Aleppo province, rights groups and activists said. The shock IS advance on two rebel-held towns came as the jihadist group is facing an offensive further east in its own heartland of Raqa province. […]
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Headlines
Friday, May 27th, 2016
Ese Oruru and her baby Arukaino Umukoro and Simon Utebor The rescued 14-year-old girl, Ese Oruru, was on Thursday morning delivered of a baby girl. Ese was allegedly abducted in Bayelsa State in August 2015 and taken to Kano State where she was converted to Islam and married out without the consent of her parents. […]
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Delta, General Politics, Headlines, Niger Delta, State News
Friday, May 27th, 2016
OVIE OKPARE, WARRI Niger Delta Avengers late Thursday night simultaneously bombed several pipelines operated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation around Batan community in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State. Local residents told THE PUNCH on the telephone that multiple explosions were heard, a situation they said threw people of the area into serious […]
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Africa & World Politics, Borno, Headlines, State News
Friday, May 27th, 2016
The French Embassy in Nigeria says it is supporting two food-aid projects in Borno and Yobe with N300m. A statement issued by Mr Vanin Georges, Culture and Information Officer of the Embassy, said the implementation of the projects are to be carried out in Borno and Yobe, starting in June. “The French Embassy in Nigeria […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Headlines
Wednesday, May 25th, 2016
NIGER government has arrested scores of Boko Haram militants and will hand them over to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for trial, President Mahamadou Issoufou has said. This was contained in a document from the World Humanitarian Summit, ongoing in Istanbul, Turkey and made available to reporters in New York. The document said Mr Issoufou made this […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, May 25th, 2016
Deji Akinwande, a Nigerian professor in the United States (US), has received America’s highest research award. Earlier in the year, Akinwande was named by President Barack Obama, as one of the recipients of “the highest honour bestowed by the US government for science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.” […]
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Campus Sex Files, Headlines
Wednesday, May 25th, 2016
Dear Professor Oluchi, I am a 300 level student at Lagos State University and my boyfriend recently told me that he is bisexual and is interested in of all people a former boyfriend of mine whom I broke up with to date him. I am very shocked and confused at this announcement as his sexual […]
