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Boko Haram, General Politics, Headlines, Kaduna, Top Stories
Monday, December 24th, 2012
BARELY 24 hours and few days to the Christmas and New Year celebrations, the Federal Government has uncovered secret plots by the Islamic extremist group popularly known as Boko Haram to unleash mayhem in some parts of the country and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. A highly-placed security source who disclosed this to Nigerian […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Monday, December 24th, 2012
By SaharaReporters, New York New Kaduna State governor, Mukhtar Ramalan Yero, has sent the name of the state’s Peoples Democratic Party chair Nuhu Bajoga to the Kaduna state house of assembly for clearance and approval. The Kaduna state commissioner of information, Saidu Adamu, today confirmed this to reporters. SaharaReporters had broken the news on Saturday […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Sunday, December 23rd, 2012
DECEMBER 23, 2012 BY TUNDE FAGBENLE 98 COMMENTS | credits: Something is happening in Ekiti State that needs to be told. And I will, since I bear witness to it. Quite a few folks, including my good friend and brother Femi Orebe and Sam Omatseye, both columnists in The Nation newspaper, have written volubly, extolling […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Kano, State News
Sunday, December 23rd, 2012
The Joint Task Force on Saturday said two suicide bombers died in coordinated attacks on MTN and Airtel offices. An online news portal, Premium Times, reports that the two attacks occurred within five minutes indicating a coordinated effort. JTF spokesman, Ikedichi Iweha, confirmed the death of the bombers to journalists in Kano on Saturday. Iweha […]
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Edo, Governors, Headlines, Kano, State News
Sunday, December 23rd, 2012
DECEMBER 23, 2012 BY ALLWELL OKPI 42 COMMENTS | credits: bhagwad.com Since 1999, only two governors have signed death warrants of the execution of death row inmates in the country. The first was in 2006 by the former governor Ibrahim Shekarau of Kano State, while the second was by Governor Adams Oshiomhole in October 2012. […]
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Delta, Headlines, Niger Delta, State News
Sunday, December 23rd, 2012
KIDNAPPING (read man-stealing) has metamorphosed into such a very big industry in Delta State that it currently has a loose association, comprising graduates and undergraduates with an organized set-up and leadership. Our investigations showed that it is no longer a case of the money-making kidnappers abducting and looking for where to hide their captives from […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Sunday, December 23rd, 2012
The Rivers State police command, yesterday, arraigned three more suspects before a Port Harcourt Chief Magistrate Court over their involvement in the gruesome murder of four University of Port Harcourt students in Aluu, Ikwerre Local Government Area. The accused persons are Finebone Jeffrey (23), Joshua Ekpe (27) and Abang Cyril (27) who are standing trial […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Sunday, December 23rd, 2012
Poor attitude has cost top stars, Osaze Odemwingie and Taye Taiwo a chance to fight for places in the Eagles’ squad to 2013 AFCON in South Africa. MTNFootball.com learnt that Keshi defended his decision to drop Odemwingie and Taiwo by citing the players’ attitudes with particular reference to the Nations Cup qualifier in February in […]
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Headlines
Sunday, December 23rd, 2012
By Sola Ogundipe and Chioma Obinna The fire that broke out Friday night at the Oshodi Central stores, Lagos, office of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, is still raging more than 12 hours after. When Vanguard arrived the scene of the incident at about 10.00 am Saturday morning, tongues […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, December 23rd, 2012
NEW DELHI, (AFP) – Police shot dead a journalist Sunday during a protest over a sex assault on an actress in northeast India as security forces in New Delhi fired tear gas at new demonstrations over a student’s gang-rape. After the victim of last Sunday’s gang-rape in Delhi began recounting her ordeal to police, a […]
