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Boko Haram: Shettima consoles with Bama refugees

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News Friday, September 5th, 2014

By Ndahi Marama MAIDUGURI—Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State who has been on foreign trip since last week was forced to cut off his trip and return to Maiduguri following the recent Boko Haram attacks on Bama town. Governor Shettima who arrived Maiduguri, yesterday, through a chartered flight along with his entourage went straight to […]

Wole Soyinka, may he never live long

Posted by admin Headlines, Wole Soyinka Friday, September 5th, 2014

Wole Soyinka, may he never live long on September 05, 2014 / in Viewpoint 12:33 pm / Comments IT was a night of radiant quality stars, in December 2010, at the State House, Banquet Hall of the Ghanaian Government, Accra,Ghana, where Professor Wole Soyinka was awarded the Millennium Excellence Award and Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize, […]

TIME Magazine: How Nigeria keeps Ebola at bay

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Friday, September 5th, 2014

TIME Magazine: How Nigeria keeps Ebola at bay Written by TIME Magazine Category: Columnists advertisement FEARS that Africa’s most populous country would become a tinderbox for the disease have so far not come to fruition. Ebola is still running rampant in parts of West Africa. Over 1,500 people have died in Guinea, Sierra Leone and […]

Court freezes Sani Dangote’s account

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, September 4th, 2014

THE Federal High Court sitting in Lagos yesterday ordered 20 commercial banks in Nigeria to dishonour any withdrawal cheque from Sani Dangote, younger brother of Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and his companies, Dansa Foods Limited and Bulk Pack Services Limited. The presiding judge, Justice Okon Abang, gave the order while presiding over a […]

No Ebola case in Niger -Official

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger, State News Thursday, September 4th, 2014

The Niger State Government on Thursday made it clear that there was no case of Ebola Virus Disease in the state, and so will take proactive measures to ensure that it does not gain entry into the state. The Commissioner for Health, Hajia Hadiza Abdullahi, at a news conference in Minna disclosed that government was already creating […]

Boko Haram takes over Bara in Yobe

Posted by admin Bauchi, Boko Haram, Headlines, State News Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014

Boko Haram insurgents have captured another territory in Yobe State on Wednesday after engaging in a fierce battle over Bama, a town not far from Maiduguri in Borno State. Reuters reported that the newly captured town was taken over by the Islamist fighters without any resistance, with witnesses saying that the town has no Nigerian […]

Jonathan approves Lagos to Calabar rail line

Posted by admin Cross River, Headlines, State News Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday announced that the Federal Government had signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the construction of a new railway line that will run from Lagos to Calabar and also extend to the Obudu Cattle Ranch. The President made the announcement when he performed the groundbreaking of the second cement line being […]

FIFA threatens to ban Nigeria over NFF crisis

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014

The world football governing body, FIFA, has set a September 8 deadline for Nigeria for the country’s football administration to work according to set down statutes or be suspended from international football. A FIFA letter sent to the Nigeria Football Federation on Wednesday read in part, “Following the decision by the FIFA Emergency Committee, FIFA […]

Military and Boko Haram battle it out in Bama

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News Monday, September 1st, 2014

BY NDAHI MARAMA MAIDUGURI – No fewer than 45 suspected members of Boko Haram sect have been killed in an encounter with military troops when the terrorists attempted to invade and take over Bama Local Government Area of Borno State. Over 30 of the insurgents were also injured in the fierce battle with security operatives that lasted […]

Wait for the true story of my romance tale with Peter Okoye of P-square- Munachi Abii

Posted by admin Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines Monday, September 1st, 2014

For most ex-beauty queens, the challenge of sustaining the tempo after their reign has always been difficult. But the story is different for Munachi Abii, former Most beautiful girl in Nigeria. A combination of beauty, brains, and talent has kept her in the limelight. In this interview, she reveals how Banky W’s Lagos Party remix helped […]