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Borno, First Ladies, Headlines, Patience Jonathan, State News
Wednesday, May 7th, 2014
The catchphrase – “There is God ooo” – went trending on major social networking sites on Monday. The catchphrase was the statement the First Lady, Patience Jonathan, used repeatedly on Sunday night, while holding a stakeholders’ meeting over the circumstances surrounding the abduction of about 276 female pupils of the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Tuesday, May 6th, 2014
Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has spoken on the prepared list for the Super Eagles, insisting he was not arm-twisted by members of the Nigeria Football Federation to include or drop any player. The list of the players for the Brazil 2014 World Cup camping is expected to be released […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News
Tuesday, May 6th, 2014
Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, on Monday decried the Federal Government’s decision to shut down the nation’s capital, Abuja, for the World Economic Forum. He said the government’s action was illegal and could not be defended in law. The forum holds in Abuja between Wednesday […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Tuesday, May 6th, 2014
Abubakar Shekau | credits: saharareporters.com The terrorist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, on Monday claimed responsibility for the April 14 abduction of over 267 pupils of Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, in Borno State. The Agence France-Presse quoted the leader of the sect, Abubakar Shekau, as making the claim in a video the agency said it […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Tuesday, May 6th, 2014
by Samson Folarin advertisement The police have arrested four robbery suspects at the Ikeja area of Lagos State while they were having carnal knowledge of their victim, one Ogbonna, who was on her way to the office. Our correspondent learnt that the suspects- Tochuckwu Ilom (21), Confidence Oziegbe (20), Simon Peter (25) […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Sunday, May 4th, 2014
*Says someone else took his father’s credit for the Atlanta ’96 gold BY OJIEVA EHIOSUN As Nigerian football fans await the final release of the Super Eagles list for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, former Nigerian International, Baldwin Bazuaye, has affirmed that players like Vincent Enyeama, Osaze Odemwingie, Emmanuel Emenike, Mikel Obi and […]
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Headlines, INEC Politics
Sunday, May 4th, 2014
Ekiti loses 108,529 ghost voters, Osun loses 98,824 ghost voters BY JIDE AJANI Professor Attahiru Jega’s Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is moving against fraud in future elections with the full complement of the Advance Automatic Finger Identification System, AAFIS, exercise, which has seen 108,529 voters deleted from the voter register (VR) for Ekiti State. […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Sunday, May 4th, 2014
BY DAUD OLATUNJI, Abeokuta A-20-year-old man, Segun Ogunleye, was arraigned before an Abeokuta magistrate court, sitting in Isabo, for attempted murder of a police officer. The suspect, of Araromi area, Abeokuta, was reported to have attacked one Constable Bolorunduro Mayegun with a cutlass on forehead and hand to evade arrest. According to the investigating police […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Sunday, May 4th, 2014
Press Statement by the Christian Association of Nigerian-Americans, CANAN on the abduction of about 234 school girls by Boko Haram in Borno State, Nigeria Cananusa.org-NY-May 1, 2014–-It is now over two weeks after Boko Haram kidnapped about 200 innocent school girls from their Middle/High School in Chibok, Borno State of Nigeria. Since then the world […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, May 4th, 2014
Nigerian security forces have detained several people in Abuja over recent bomb attacks, days before a World Economic Forum event in the capital. Most of those held were said to be foreign, but no details were announced. Officials have ordered schools and government offices to close during the WEF event, which be attended by the […]
