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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
Ethiopia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegne, has been sworn-in as the country’s acting Prime Minister after the death of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. Desalegne has now made history as the first Protestant Christian head of government and one of few southern region politicians in the Ethiopia’s Cabinet. The 47-year-old politician was appointed deputy prime minister […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, August 20th, 2012
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia’s long-time ruler who held tight control over this East African country but was a major U.S counter-terrorism ally, died of an undisclosed illness after not being seen in public for weeks, Ethiopian state television said Tuesday. He was 57. Meles died Monday just before midnight after contracting an […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Monday, August 20th, 2012
Five riot policemen have been arrested for “unethical practices.” They were arrested along various highways on the orders of the Commissioner of Police in charge of Police Mobile Force, Joseph Mbu, for improper dressing and other unethical practices. Three of the errant officers were arrested in Enugu State (MOPOL 3); one in Umuahia, Abia State […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Monday, August 20th, 2012
The US congress is considering a special legislation that will enable an indigent Nigerian student in that country, Sopuruchi Chukwueke, have a pemanent US residency, after his visa expired 10 years ago. Chukwueke’s bill, sponsored by U.S. Senator, Carl Levin, a Michigan Democrat, applies solely to him. It would grant permanent residency to the Nigerian, […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, August 19th, 2012
Back to news home Julian Assange wikileaks founder Ecuador has granted asylum to the founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, while fighting extradition from the United Kingdom. Mr. Assange took refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy after the UK’s Supreme Court dismissed a bid to reopen his appeal against extradition and gave him two-weeks grace […]
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Africa & World Politics, Delta, Headlines, National Politics, Raw Politics, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, August 19th, 2012
The former governor of Delta state, southern Nigeria, James Ibori, convicted for fraud by a court in Britain, has been transferred to the Worcestershire Long Lartin Prison outside London. The maximum-security prison houses terrorists, rapists, drug barons and other violent criminals. A recent report in The Guardian, a United Kingdom newspaper, portrayed the prison as […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, August 19th, 2012
A Sudanese airplane has crashed while landing in Talodi town, on its way to South Kordofan state for Muslim Eid holiday celebrations, killing all passengers on board, including a cabinet minister. Spokesman for the Sudan Aviation Authority, Abdelhafiz Abdelrahim, confirmed the accident, saying the plane plane was making to land on Sunday at about 8:00 am (0500 GMT) when […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Saturday, August 18th, 2012
*Dead body recovered – Police *Govt orders immediate waterfront evacuation By Evelyn Usman It was tragic Eid-el-Fitr, yesterday, as high waves accompanied by ocean surge swept away 16 persons in Lagos. One victim was reported dead. The police confirmed the body was recovered. The victims, Sunday Vanguard learnt, last night, include 11 traders in a […]
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Bauchi, Headlines, State News
Saturday, August 18th, 2012
By SUZAN EDEH Security agents, yesterday, stepped up checks on motorists and pedestrians in Bauchi State ahead of the end of Ramadan prayers. Security patrols were intensified especially in densely populated areas of the Bauchi metropolis and the suburbs of Yelwa (crisis prone area), Bayara, Guru, WuntinDada, and Tsohon Kanfani, along Bauchi -Jos Road. Other […]
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Headlines, Kano, Nigerian Police, State News
Saturday, August 18th, 2012
By AbdulSalam Muhammad, Kano There was protest in Gwale area of Kano central by residents following the killing of a 12-year-old boy identified as Hassan Muhammad by a police sergeant attached to Gwale divisional station. The trigger happy cop, identified as Laminu Adamu, was said to have fired a shot that hit the teenager on […]
