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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
advertisement By EGUFE YAFUGBORHI PORT HARCOURT— Some female students of Rivers State University of Science and Technology, RSUST, Port Harcourt, have been displaced, following a dawn fire, which razed one of the female hostels on campus. The fire consumed the entire Hostel A2 bungalow, displacing official residents and several squatters in over 30 rooms with […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
My sack letter was ready 4 months ago – Keshi Written by Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has revealed that his sack letter was ready by October and it was not from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Keshi said on Supersport Monday Night Football programme that his dismissal letter was already prepared […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Monday, February 25th, 2013
Chelsea forward Victor Moses has revealed how former internationals Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha and Nwankwo Kanu talked him into choosing Nigeria over England, especially after he was overlooked by England coaches. The former Crystal Palace sensation was named the Player of the Tournament at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa following his […]
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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines
Monday, February 25th, 2013
By BENJAMIN NJOKU, FLORENCE AMAGIYA, ANOZIE EGOLE & IYABO AINO LAGOS—Emotion ran high as friends, colleagues and family members paid their last respect to the late pop singer and former Big Brother Africa star, Goldie Harvey, when she was buried yesterday. Goldie died penultimate Thursday night after a brief illness at Reddington Hospital, Victoria Island, […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta
Monday, February 25th, 2013
BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME PORT HARCOURT— MOVEMENT for the Survival of Ogoni People, MOSOP, has listed autonomy for the area among issues that must be addressed before oil exploration can resume in any part of Ogoniland. In a statement by Chairman, MOSOP Kingdom Coordinators and chapter leaders, Mr. Frank Jonah, the movement, said challenges of environmental […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Monday, February 25th, 2013
By OLASUNKANMI AKONI, BOSE ADELAJA, MONSUR OLOWOOPEJO & DONALD ARJI …Arrests 10 armed bandits, recovers dangerous weapons LAGOS—LAGOS State Government Monday made good its threat to shut down the popular auto spare parts market, Ladipo in Mushin area of the state for allegedly contravening the State Sanitation law, paralysing business activities of traders among other […]
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General Politics, Headlines
Sunday, February 24th, 2013
Former Vice-President Abubakar Atiku has called on northern Muslims to embrace immunisation in order to eradicate polio. Atiku, who was the guest speaker at Rotary International District 9110’s dinner and dance ball on Friday in Lagos, said the religious bias that had been associated with immunisation was unjustified. “Even when I was the vice-president, I […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Lagos, State News
Sunday, February 24th, 2013
The Lagos State Government on Saturday urged residents of the state to ignore reported threats by some groups to attack the state. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Lateef Ibirogba, and the Commissioner for the Environment, Mr. Tunji Bello, said the government had put measures in place to ensure the protection of lives and […]
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General Politics, Headlines
Sunday, February 24th, 2013
A former Minister of External Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, on Saturday said it was not possible for any Nigerian to be a billionaire without being corrupt. Akinyemi stated this in Akure, the Ondo State capital while delivering the second term inauguration lecture of Governor Olusegun Mimiko. The professor of International Relations and Diplomacy spoke on […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, Niger Delta, State News
Sunday, February 24th, 2013
YOUTHS in the Niger Delta region have lauded the court ruling that ordered that compensation be paid to the people of Odi community in Bayelsa State for the invasion of the area. Soldiers had in November 1999 invaded Odi and killed many innocent indigenes of the community. The youths, who spoke under the auspices of […]
