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Headlines, Sports, Track & Field, Uncategorized
Sunday, March 15th, 2015
Blessing Okagbare Reigning African queen of the track, Blessing Okagbare has denounced the use of her image and footage by a body said to be working for President Goodluck Jonathan who is also the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, without seeking her consent. An advertorial by GoodHouse Nigeria tagged GEJ Okagbare, which she said […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, March 14th, 2015
Sierra Leone’s Vice-President Samuel Sam-Sumana says he is seeking political asylum at the US embassy in the capital after soldiers surrounded his house. Mr Sam-Sumana told the BBC he and his wife had fled the residence but it is unclear if they are inside the embassy. The move comes a week after his expulsion from […]
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Headlines
Friday, March 13th, 2015
-Punch The Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, has told President Goodluck Jonathan, that it is not proper in Ijebuland or Yorubaland for an Oba to canvass for votes for any candidates seeking elective posts. Rather, monarchs in Yorubaland only encourage their subjects to make their informed choices. The monarch said […]
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Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, Judiciary
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015
Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Muhammed The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, is making frantic efforts to ensure the current democratic dispensation is not truncated by a number of election-related suits in various courts, The PUNCH has learnt. It was learnt that apart from publicly warning judges against any ruling capable of […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015
Members of Boko Haram sect Thirty-four persons were killed and 12 wounded in a fresh bomb attack on the Monday Market in Maiduguri, Borno State on Tuesday. Eight others were killed and 15 others injured in another highway ambush by members of Boko Haram at Ngamdu, a village along the Maiduguri/Damaturu Road at about […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015
A 30-year-old Nigerian mobile phone maker, Michael Akindele, is beginning to attract attention from the global community, especially the international media. Akindele is an application developer and co-founder of SOLO, a Nigerian smarthphone marker. For instance, a Forbes contributor, Mfonobong Nsehe, describes the Nigerian as a serious challenger in the highly competitive smart phone business. […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015
Flying Eagles coach Manu Garba Nigeria’s U-20 men’s national team, the Flying Eagles, will attempt to qualify for their sixth consecutive FIFA U-20 World Cup, when they play Congo at the Leopold Sedar Senghor Stadium in Dakar in the ongoing African Youth Championship, on Wednesday (today). The 2015 U-20 World Cup is scheduled […]
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Headlines, North-East, Presidency
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015
Uche Igwe At last, President Goodluck Jonathan visited the troubled areas of Baga and Mubi recaptured from the Boko Haram insurgents by the Nigerian military. It was nice to see the President visit injured soldiers, commend and encourage those at the battlefield. It was nice to hear him chant, “Never again.” The visit constituted […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015
The Nigerian Army has launched a major operation to liberate the strategic town of Bama, Borno State from Boko Haram insurgents. Investigation revealed on Tuesday that deployment of ground forces and equipment was preceded by days of targeted aerial operations in Bama and its environs. An intelligence source, who made this known, said that the […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Saturday, March 7th, 2015
COORDINATED multiple bomb blasts, separately detonated by three suspected female Boko Haram suicide bombers, Saturday, rocked the Maiduguri Monday Market (MMM), Borno Express Terminus motor park and Baga road fish market, killing 55 people and injuring 86 others within an hour. This came as the Nigerian Army through a signed statement announced the recovery of two […]
