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American Politics, Headlines, NNP News
Wednesday, December 26th, 2012
By New Nigerian Politics The Nigerian organization, “Nigerians for Safe Travel” has issued a travel advisory against U.S.travel following the massacre of 26 innocent children and adults at the elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. The organization in a statement forwarded to New Nigerian Politics and other media outlets warned Nigerians to avoid the United States […]
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Enugu, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, December 25th, 2012
DECEMBER 26, 2012 BY OZIOMA UBABUKOH, ENUGU 14 COMMENTS Enugu State Governor Sullivan Chime | credits: File copy A content analysis of newspapers reports of Enugu State Governor Sullivan Chime’s programmes and activities since he became governor on May 29, 2007, on Tuesday showed that he had attended only 17 events out of a possible […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, December 25th, 2012
Police checkpoints have returned to some major roads in Ekiti State ahead of Christmas and New Year celebrations. Findings by our correspondent on Monday showed huge police presence and checkpoints on some of the roads, especially on the Ado-Ekiti-Iyin-Ekiti Road. Police sheds have also sprung up on the road, suggesting that their presence may not […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Tuesday, December 25th, 2012
West Bromwich Albion manager Steve Clarke has revealed that Osaze Odemwingie is looking forward to helping out the side after being snubbed by Nigeria. The striker was overlooked by his country for selection for the Africa Cup of Nations next month, despite making himself available to be picked. However, Clarke says that while the 31-year-old […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Monday, December 24th, 2012
Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition calling for British Cable News Network host Piers Morgan to be deported from the United States over his gun control views, the Associated Press reports. Morgan has taken an aggressive stand for tighter US gun laws in the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting. Last […]
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Headlines
Monday, December 24th, 2012
A commercial bus driver, Isaac Popoola, on Monday died after being allegedly assaulted by two officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority in the Oshodi area of the state. The bus conductor, Aremu Salawu, who witnessed the incident, said the LASTMA officials, Adesanya Olatunde and Oludele Ogunrinde, assaulted Popoola at about 6.30am around Brown […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Monday, December 24th, 2012
Youth and professional groups from Southern Kaduna kicked against the choice of Ambassador Nuhu Bajoga as the deputy governor of Kaduna State on Monday, even as the state House of Assembly prepared to screen the former envoy for the position. At a press conference in Kaduna, the groups said they would no longer fold their […]
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Africa & World Politics, Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Monday, December 24th, 2012
FRESH abduction has occurred in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, as four Italian oil workers were kidnapped along Pennington River, Southern Ijaw Local Government of Bayelsa State, while as of the time of going to press, their whereabouts remain unknown. The expatriates were returning from Eket, Akwa Ibom State, when the armed men accosted them […]
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Headlines, Kano, State News
Monday, December 24th, 2012
FOLLOWING last Saturday’s suicide bombers’ attack on Airtel and MTN communications outfits in Kano, many Christians stayed away from attending Sunday service, just as some of them had resolved to reconsider their decision to travel down Southern part of the country to spent the Christmas and New Year celebration. This is just as the Kano […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Monday, December 24th, 2012
The United States government has warned its citizens against travelling to Nigeria, particularly during the holiday season, saying they could be kidnapped, robbed or attacked by gunmen. The US Department of State, in a message to Americans, warned them not to embark on any trip to Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Plateau, Gombe, Yobe, Kaduna, Bauchi, Borno, […]
