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Abuja (FCT), Education, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
THE authorities of the University of Abuja, on Tuesday, closed down the university indefinitely, over students’ rampage that prevented the conduct of the second semester examinations. The exams were billed to commence on 19th of November, but could not hold because of the two-day protest that led to the shutdown of the institution by the […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
Some concerned Christians of Northern Nigeria extraction have cautioned their counterparts in the Northern Christian Elders Committee of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to stop criticising the Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah, who spoke against the acquisition of private jets by clergymen. In a statement signed by their leader, Yahuda Peter, they […]
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Headlines, Plateau, State News
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
A group of notorious gunmen in Barakin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State on Monday night waylaid Fulani herdsmen at Bisichi village and opened fire on them, killing 12 cows while 12 of them were also hit by the assailants’ bullets. According to a statement issued by the Special Task Force (STF) in charge […]
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Armed Forces, Headlines
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
THE international wired service, Reuters, on Tuesday, said it has withdrawn the video purporting to have shown Nigerian troops shooting some captured villains after discovering it was fake. A news item posted on the site of the news agency said it had since discovered that the video was staged. The Nigerian Army had, on […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
Essien-Garricks | credits: Winner of an airplane at the MTN Ultimate Wonder promo, Ebube Essien-Garricks, speaks with MAUREEN AZUH on how she became the lucky millionaire and her plans Stories of a rise from grass to grace, to many people, may be a case of a happy ending in movies and works of fiction. […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
Advertising guru, Dr. May Nzeribe, died in London on Monday, while receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment. Nzeribe, who was one of the brains behind the formation of the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria, was also a civil war veteran. He served as a Major in the Biafran Army and an Aide-de-Camp to the Biafran […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
A NIGERIAN gospel singer, Oluwamayowa Ajayi, who fleeced four American women he met on the internet dating site, Match.com, of over £120,000 was jailed for six and a half years on Friday evening at Snakesbrook Crown Court in East London. Ajayi, 31, who is an overstayer in Britain, looked blank and and showed no outward […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
November 20, 2012 by Segun Olatunji, Abeokuta The police in Ogun on Monday arraigned a 62-year-old man, Alabi Ibrahim, before a Magistrate court in Abeokuta, Ogun State, for allegedly defiling his 10-year-old step daughter. The suspect was arraigned in Court 4 before Magistrate M.O Olayinka in a case with charge number MA/918c/2012 brought against him […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
Police in India have arrested a woman they say criticised on Facebook the shutdown of the city of Mumbai after the death of politician Bal Thackeray. A woman friend who “liked” the comment was also arrested, they said. The women, accused of “hurting religious sentiments”, were released on bail after appearing in court in the […]
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Headlines, Osun, State News
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
-Punch Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola THE declaration of November 15 a public holiday to mark the commencement of the Islamic year in Osun State has set off major alarm bells that cannot be ignored. The Governor of the State, Rauf Aregbesola, rather took his dalliance with religion a step further when he claimed that […]
