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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Saturday, March 22nd, 2014
MAIDUGURI (AFP) – Public secondary schools in northeast Borno state have been closed indefinitely following deadly attacks blamed on Boko Haram Islamists, teachers and parents said Saturday.The closure reportedly affects 85 secondary schools, catering to some 120,000 students across the troubled state, a stronghold of the militant sect waging a five year insurgency in Nigeria.The […]
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Headlines
Saturday, March 22nd, 2014
Latest news going viral online stated that Yahoose crooner Olumide Adegbolu popularly known as Olumaintain has said that he spent $60 000 on just a wristwatch. The Nigerian actor said this when E Rave reporter asked him what his most priced item is and he said it’s his $60, 000 wristwatch. “I have a diamond […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Wednesday, March 19th, 2014
Victor Anichebe | credits: File copy Nigeria striker Victor Anichebe insists he has not been asked to return to the national side for the World Cup. The 25-year-old recently put his international career on hold to “manage his body” and to focus on his club. Super Eagles media officer Ben Alaiya once said coach […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, March 19th, 2014
In early March 2014, domestic media houses reported that the Jonathan administration had earmarked N300 million to combat damaging publicity by foreign news outlets. The PREMIUM TIMES, quoting directly from the current national budget, reported that the amount would be spent on “external publicity/media insertions in foreign media: print media, electronic media, media forum […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, March 19th, 2014
Flag of Nigeria | credits: nigeriaintel.com According to the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, values refer to the beliefs people have about what is right and wrong and what is most important in life, which control their behaviour. Some universally accepted values include integrity, truth, love, trust and patience. Unfortunately, these are lacking in the […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, March 19th, 2014
Joy Amodu Inset Danjuma The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 27-year-old security guard, Joy Amodu, for allegedly torturing her 10-year-old cousin, Foziya Danjuma. PUNCH Metro learnt that Amodu, allegedly beat up her niece for bedwetting on February 29, 2014. Our correspondent learnt that the victim was tortured for several hours before she […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS)
Wednesday, March 19th, 2014
Uche Igwe | credits: File copy I am outraged, as many citizens of Nigeria, at the avoidable deaths of young people as a result of the stampede during the immigration recruitment last Saturday. I join many patriots to call for the sack and possible prosecution of the Comptroller General of Immigration, the Minister of […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS)
Wednesday, March 19th, 2014
| credits: File copy President Goodluck Jonathan has directed that three employment slots be reserved for the families of those who died during the stampede that occurred during the recruitment exercise conducted by the Nigerian Immigration Service on Saturday nationwide. Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Wednesday […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS)
Wednesday, March 19th, 2014
Jide Ojo | credits: File copy “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter” – Martin Luther King It is the season of anomie in Nigeria. The country is now in the Hobbesian State of Nature where life is short, brutish and nasty. In the last one week, […]
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Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp)
Wednesday, March 19th, 2014
Emmanuel Unogu A former corps member, Emmanuel Unogu, has been offered N100,000 by the National Youth Service Corps for the loss of his right leg during the service year. Unogu, who served with the Urueffong/Oruka Local Government, Akwa Ibom State in 2008, was involved in an auto accident, which later led to the loss […]
