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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, December 10th, 2012
Posted: December 10, 2012 – 04:05 Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and Ghanaian President elect, John Dramani Mahama-Photo: Reuters By SaharaReporters, New York Following embarrassing and undemocratic utterances by General Olusegun Obasanjo at yesterday’s meeting of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the leadership of the commission today held a review meeting that […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, December 10th, 2012
Ghana’s main opposition party says it is considering legal action to annul President John Mahama’s victory in Friday’s fiercely contested election. NPP chairman Jake Obetsebi Lamptey told the BBC it would decide on Tuesday whether there was “robust” evidence to prove the result had been manipulated. The election commission said Mr Mahama had secured 50.7% […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Monday, December 10th, 2012
A man suspected to be an okada rider was on Saturday evening electrocuted to death in Ejigbo, Lagos State. The deceased, identified as Oche Samuel, was said to have met his death at the shop of a motorcycle mechanic in the area. It was learnt that the deceased had taken his bike for repairs before […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Monday, December 10th, 2012
The police in Ekiti State have arrested a couple, Mr. Dada Ojo and his wife, Adejoke, for allegedly dumping their newborn baby inside a bush. Our correspondent learnt on Sunday that the woman and her husband were arrested on Friday. A source in the community said the cry of the baby in the bush attracted […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Monday, December 10th, 2012
Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola said post-civil war generation of Nigerians has moved beyond the sad episode and has resolved to ensure that the union of various ethnic groups in the country live in harmony. The governor said this in his speech at the 2012 Achebe Colloquium on Africa in Rhode Island, United States of […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Friday, December 7th, 2012
Mikel Obi has been hit with a three-match ban and fined £60,000 for his part in the Mark Clattenburg race row debacle. The Chelsea midfielder ran into the referee’s dressing room at the end of Chelsea’s defeat against Manchester United in October and confronted him over an alleged racial slur. Mikel had already admitted a […]
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Headlines
Friday, December 7th, 2012
The family of a lady, Gloria Akpan, has accused their daughter’s lover, Ita Eyo, of killing her in his residence in Ayobo area of Ogun State. Gloria and Eyo both from Akwa Ibom State had been cohabiting since March 2012 before the sad incident occurred on November 3. The lady was six-month pregnant before she […]
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Headlines, Oyo, State News
Thursday, December 6th, 2012
Oyo State Police Command has arrested Alhaji Lateef Akinsola, a factional leader of the state’s National Union of Road Transport Workers ( NURTW). His arrest was made public in Ibadan yesterday in a release issued by the Deputy Commissioner of Police in the state, Clement Adoda. Adoda said Akinsola, popularly known as ‘Tokyo,’ was undergoing […]
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Aviation, Headlines
Thursday, December 6th, 2012
At last, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Wednesday in Lagos issued new Airline’s Operators Certificates (AOC) to embattled airline, Dana Air, and the Kaduna-based Skyjet Aviation. Dr Harold Demuren, Director-General , NCAA, issued the certificates to the airlines at the NCAA annex, Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. Demuren, however, warned Dana Air Management not […]
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Headlines, Imo, State News
Thursday, December 6th, 2012
•Gov promises to go public with probe reports By CHINELO OBOGO Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha has set up a panel that would probe his predecessor, Chief Ikedi Ohakim. A statement signed by the Special Assistant on Media, (print), to the governor, Ebere Uzoukwa said the probe was long overdue and the government has concluded […]
