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Headlines
Saturday, November 8th, 2014
At least 23 automakers have signified interest to set up assembly plants in Nigeria, the Director-General of the National Automotive Council, Mr. Aminu Jalal, has said. He said this at the fifth Conference of the Haulage and Logistics Magazine organised by the Intelligent Data Company in Lagos. Jalal was represented at the conference, which had […]
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Headlines
Saturday, November 8th, 2014
Gani Adams The Yoruba social-cultural group, Oodua Peoples Congress, has said it now secures the lives and properties of more Nigerians in view of the country’s high level of insecurity. OPC also said it was training more members towards protecting prominent politicians and public office holders. Speaking to our correspondent in an interview on Friday, […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, November 8th, 2014
Bishop David Oyedepo The British government has said it is investigating David Oyedepo’s Winners’ Chapel International’s request to establish an independent school in the country. The fee-paying school, Kingdom Heritage Model School in Dartford, was set to open to children from the age of four in September. The school, which will teach “Biblical truths” in […]
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Headlines, INEC Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Saturday, November 8th, 2014
A former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party and the Independent National Electoral Commission have joined forces to ensure that the All Progressives Congress does not retain power in Lagos next year. Tinubu said that just as three parties merged to form the APC and become a […]
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General Politics, Headlines, House, Legislature
Saturday, November 8th, 2014

The embattled Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, on Saturday declared that his fate as the speaker was in the hands of God. He said the ruling Poeples Democratic Party could not remove him as Speaker. He stated that only God and his colleagues in the House could remove him from office as […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, November 7th, 2014
The talks are continuing as the various parties attempt to agree on a civilian interim leader. Some opposition parties do not want Mr Compaore’s former governing party to be involved in the discussions. Col Zida has agreed to hand over power to civilians but late on Thursday said he was not concerned by the African […]
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Bauchi, Headlines, State News
Friday, November 7th, 2014
At least 10 people have been killed in a bomb blast as they queued to withdraw money from a cash machine in northern Nigeria, residents have told the BBC. They say the attacker approached the queue with a parcel before it exploded in Azare, Bauchi state. No group has said it carried out the attack […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Thursday, November 6th, 2014
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a Divisional Police Officer, Mr. Oladipo Afolayan, for allegedly raping a woman in his office. The development comes a few months after another Lagos DPO, Mr. Adekunle Awe, was arrested for allegedly raping a woman, Idowu Akinwunmi, in his office at the Onikan Police Division. PUNCH Metro learnt […]
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Adamawa, Headlines, State News
Thursday, November 6th, 2014
AS survivors of the Boko Haram attack on the town of Mubi continued to flee, a family man, who fled to Kano, has told the British Broadcasting Corporation (BB)C Hausa in an interview that parents were forced to collect N5,000 and surrender their daughters to the insurgents. Similarly, a woman, who also fled to […]
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Gombe, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, November 5th, 2014
Gunmen, suspected to be members of the terrorist group, Boko Haram, attacked the headquarters of Nafada Local Government Area of Gombe state, North-East Nigeria on Tuesday, killing soldiers, an Islamic cleric and left no fewer than 10 persons dead. But the state Police Commissioner, Kudu Nma, however, said he had yet to hear of the […]