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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Thursday, June 26th, 2014
By NDAHI MARAMA MAIDUGURI-Some members of the Islamist sect, Boko Haram, arrested yesterday at Mairi ward behind University of Maiduguri by members of the Civilian JTF vigilante group, have confessed that most of them are fleeing the Sambisa Forest to areas across Borno State owing to what they believe is spiritual attacks from mysterious snakes […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports, Top Stories
Wednesday, June 25th, 2014
Argentina secured top spot in Group F and preserved their unblemished record at Brazil 2014 with a 3-2 win over Nigeria illuminated by braces for Lionel Messi and Ahmed Musa. Alejandro Sabella’s side will be joined in the Round of 16 by the Super Eagles, who contributed greatly to this enthralling match and progress due […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, June 25th, 2014
BY HENRY UMORU, LEVINUS NWABUGHIOGU & JOSEPH ERUNKE DELEGATES were told yesterday that 16, 300 Nigerians were as of 2012 languishing in prisons abroad with some of them on death row. According to the revelation, 6,000 Nigerians are awaiting death penalties for drug-related offences, while 5,145 Nigerian girls are in bondage after being trafficked. Another […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Wednesday, June 25th, 2014
Senate President, David Mark, got a taste of the national team camp when he held a meeting with the Super Eagles in Campinas just before their opening match against Iran in Group F of the 2014 World Cup on Monday. Mark led the Federal Government delegation to the World Cup in Brazil. Our correspondent learnt […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, June 25th, 2014
nts | credits: bbc.co.uk Uruguay striker Luis Suarez should be banned for “as long as possible” if he is found guilty of biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini, according to former England captain Alan Shearer. Liverpool forward Suarez appeared to bite Chiellini just before Uruguay scored their winning goal. The Italian certainly felt he was bitten, […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, INEC Politics, Osun, State News
Wednesday, June 25th, 2014
Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has said that the All Progressives Congress lost the Ekiti State governorship polls due to fraud but maintained that it was impossible to rig him out in the August 9, 2014 governorship election in Osun. The governor spoke in Ikirun on Tuesday during the continuation of his campaign which […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, June 25th, 2014
The militant Islamist sect, Boko Haram, gives out abducted young girls and women to its members as wives, the 2014 Trafficking in Persons Report, has stated. It said that through forced marriages, the women and girls are subjected to sex slavery, domestic servitude and forced labour. The report, which covered 2013, noted that the sect […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, June 25th, 2014
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 Plane flying from Nigeria to Gabon missing by NAN Ad by Websteroids advertisement A four-seater plane flying from Nigeria to Gabon via Cameroon has disappeared, according to Cameroon aviation sources on Tuesday. The plane, owned by the US company Global Aviation, took off from Kano in northern Nigeria at 1800 hours […]
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Headlines, Top Stories
Monday, June 23rd, 2014
BY EVELYN USMAN LAGOS— EmotionS ran high, yesterday, at the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, following the startling confession of a 64-year‑old herbalist, on how he buried a 68-year‑old retired Customs officer and her 10-year‑old adopted daughter alive in a shallow grave behind his shrine in Ajuwon, Ogun State. The suspect identified as Alhaji Olatunji […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Monday, June 23rd, 2014
By Henry Umoru, Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Dapo Akinrefon, Charles Kumolu & Gbenga Oke Ado Ekiti — Dr Kayode Fayemi, out-going governor of Ekiti State, yesterday reiterated that he would not challenge the result of last Saturday’s governorship election in the state because he is “not desperate to remain in office,” even as commendations poured in on […]
