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Latest Politics, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS)
Monday, August 18th, 2014
By CHRISTOPHER OJI on August 18, 2014 · National, Trending Mr. David Shikfu Parradang, Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), is seen by his officers and rank-and-file as a welfarist who does not handle the well being of his workers with kid gloves. Within one year of holding sway, Parradang has lifted […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Monday, August 18th, 2014
By Our Reporter on August 17, 2014 · COVER ■ For defending husband Decontee Sawyer, widow of the late Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer who imported the deadly Ebola virus into Nigeria has come under scathing criticisms from Nigerians for defending her late husband’s mission in Nigeria at a time he was said to have been placed […]
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Education, Latest Politics
Friday, August 15th, 2014
Some Nigerians on Friday expressed mixed reactions on the 70 per cent mass failure in the May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results. A cross section of Nigerians, who spoke with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN in Abuja, attributed the failure to non-charlatan attitude by students, teachers and the government. Prof. Chris Okoro, […]
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Latest Politics
Friday, August 15th, 2014
By Henry Umoru ABUJA — FORMER Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, attributed mass failure recorded by Nigerian students in the May/June 2014 West African Examinations Council to the non-chalant attitude of government to education from primary to university level. He described failure of the students as the nation’s failure. According to him, the failure of […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, August 13th, 2014
Former Chief Justice of Nigeria and chairman of the conference, retired Justice Idris Kutigi | credits: File copy Northern delegates attending the ongoing National Conference have dissociated themselves from the “New Draft Constitution” made available to all the delegates by the leadership of the conference in Abuja on Monday. The northerners said that they […]
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Latest Politics, State News
Wednesday, August 13th, 2014
Ebola: FG bans inter-state movement of corpses | credits: AFP The National Council on Health has banned the transport of corpses and critically ill persons on both local and international routes with immediate effect. It said only dead bodies with waivers granted by the Federal Ministry of Health would be transported within and into […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, August 13th, 2014
Us-Africa Summit advertisement A photograph showing President Goodluck Jonathan and other African leaders posing with their American counterpart, Barack Obama, is the subject of a raging debate online. Jonathan is seen standing at the far end of the third row in the group photograph, which has since gone viral […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
By Our Reporter on August 12, 2014 · COVER The Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, on Tuesday reiterated the military would not cede any part of the country to insurgents. Olukolade made this known in Abuja when he reacted to the claim that terrorists […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
Sebagen Henry Noboh Monday, August 11, 201 Re: Wike dares Jonathan advertisement “When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to libel, scandal, and suspicion, then our democratic society is outraged, and democracy is baffled.” – J. William […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
By TIMOTHY OLANREWAJU, Maiduguri on August 12, 2014 · National Wives of army personnel in Borno State have protested against the movement of their husbands from Maiduguri barracks to an upgraded army formation in the state. The women, who gathered at the 21 Armoured Brigade (Giwa Barracks) in Maiduguri yesterday morning for the peaceful demonstration, […]
