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Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
-Saharareporter Comrade Abiodun Aremu addressing the press By SaharaReporters, New York The Joint Action Front [JAF] has indicated its willingness to join forces with striking university lecturers over the government’s unwillingness to honor the agreement it reached with their union. In a statement today, JAF condemned the resort to threat by the Minister of […]
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Headlines, State News
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
Posted: December 2, 2013 – 15:44 Maiduguri International Airport By Saharareporters, New York Operations at the Maiduguri International Airport have been suspended and the Joint Task Force has taken over the airport following a raid on nearby military units by Boko Haram. Residents of Maiduguri said the Islamist militant sect attacked the Nigerian Air Force […]
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Armed Forces, Headlines
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
Posted: December 2, 2013 – 20:35 Nigerian Army By SaharaReporters, New York The 7th Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri, Borno State, has formally confirmed Monday morning’s attacks in the troubled town by the Boko Haram militant sect. The spokesman of the Division, Col. Mohammed Dole, made the confirmation in a statement sent to […]
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Headlines, State News, Top Stories
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, Mrs Joy Ifije, Benin widow harshly treated by the gov. and her son Bright Ifije By Peter Okhiria Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has offered employment to the widow, Mrs Joy Ifije, whom he upbraided, penultimate week, and whose goods were seized by men of the State War […]
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Friday, November 29th, 2013
The Nigeria Referees Association on Friday said it had stopped further investigations into the death of one of its members, Osita Nwadiashi, who died during the body’s compulsory annual fitness test. It would be recalled that Nwadiashi slumped and died on Nov. 6 at the National Stadium, Abuja, during the 2013 pre-season fitness test for […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, November 29th, 2013
Police in Dresden say they have arrested a 55-year-old police officer on suspicion of murder after the body of another man was found in the Erz mountains in eastern Germany. They say there are indications that parts of the victim may have been eaten. The dead man lived in Hanover and had been reported missing. […]
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Edo, General Politics, Headlines, Raw Politics, State News
Friday, November 29th, 2013
> http://youtu.be/zENM6ihnyoE Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo on Friday apologised for the comments he made to a widow in Benin during an inspection tour on Mission Road, in the state capital, a fortnight ago. Oshiomhole said that he now regretted the comments which had become the subject of discourse in the social media. The Governor, […]
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Headlines
Thursday, November 28th, 2013
Timilehin Ebun Thirty nine-year-old police sergeant, Rasaki Alowonle, has been arraigned before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court, Lagos State, for shooting and causing the death of a nine year-old-boy, Timilehin Ebun. The sergeant was arraigned for manslaughter on Thursday at the court after a legal advice from the state’s Directorate of Public Prosecution […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, Bayelsa, Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Thursday, November 28th, 2013
former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva There are strong indications that a former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva and his loyalists in the New Peoples Democratic Party, have finally dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress. Sylva, who was denied a second term ticket by the PDP, […]
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Governors, Headlines
Thursday, November 28th, 2013
Chief Tony Anenih The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Tony Anenih, has described the defection of five governors of the party to the opposition All Progressives Congress as a sad development. He, however, urged party loyalists across the nation not to panic over the governors’ […]
