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Monday, August 11th, 2014
BY; VICTORIA OJEME ABUJA – President Goodluck Jonathan Monday described late Patrick Sawyer actions as pure ‘madness’ and craziness. Jonathan made the statement at the annual Interfaith Conference in Abuja. The president who expressed his disappointment with the way and manner Sawyer brought Ebola to Nigeria assured citizens that government is ready to stop the disease. “As […]
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Monday, August 11th, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday mourned a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Chike Offodile (SAN), and a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Ade Ajayi. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, the President said he received with sadness, the […]
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Friday, August 8th, 2014
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the spread of Ebola in West Africa an international health emergency. WHO officials said the possible consequences were “particularly serious” because of the virulence of the virus. The announcement came after experts convened an emergency meeting in Switzerland. So far more than 930 people have died from Ebola […]
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Thursday, August 7th, 2014
Court Orders SSS, Police To Produce Suspects President Goodluck Jonathan Monday met with service chiefs and other members of the security council to consider a brewing diplomatic crisis threw up by the arrest of some Lebanese businessmen and their accomplices for alleged involvement in terrorism. THISDAY checks revealed that the meeting was called against the […]
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Thursday, August 7th, 2014
By Sola Ogundipe, Sam Eyoboka, Chioma Obinna, Olasunkanmi Akoni, Victoria Ojeme, Monsur Olowopejo, Olayinka Latona, Levinus Nwabughiogu & Gabriel Olawale LAGOS — FOLLOWING the death of the matron that was one of the primary contacts of the late American-Liberian, Mr. Patrick Sawyer, who died recently of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in Lagos, Minister of Health, […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics
Wednesday, August 6th, 2014
r Buhari, Atiku 2015: North divided over Buhari, Atiku By Our Reporter on August 4, 2014 · • Youths beg ex-Head of State to step down As the 2015 presidential election draws near, a group under the umbrella of Northern Youth Voters Forum (NYVF) has appealed to former Head of State and leader of the […]
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American Politics, Latest Politics
Wednesday, August 6th, 2014
The Federal Government said on Wednesday that it is seeking collaboration with the Centre for Disease Control in Atlanta, U.S., to deal with Ebola virus disease in Nigeria. The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, made this known to newsmen in Abuja on the death of a nurse who treated Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian and […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Tuesday, August 5th, 2014
BY Kingsley Omonobi & Caleb Ayansina ABUJA — The Federal Government, yesterday, said it did not believe that details of the accusations of extra-judicial killings leveled against Nigerian military by Amnesty International had been properly verified. The report released, Monday, by Amnesty International, accused Nigerian troops of extra-judicial killings of over 600 persons in the […]
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Bayelsa, Boko Haram, Latest Politics, State News
Tuesday, August 5th, 2014
Yenagoa— Traditional rulers in Bayelsa State have called on members of the Boko Haram sect to sheathe their swords and embrace amnesty like the former militants of the Niger Delta region did. The royal fathers, under the aegis of EA/EJA Oil Field Traditional Rulers Leadership Forum made the call in Yenagoa after a meeting with […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Thursday, July 31st, 2014
Minister of National Planning, Dr Olanrewaju Sulaiman. The Federal Government said on Wednesday that it had secured a fresh funding of about N100bn for developmental projects over the next five years from the European Development Fund. The immediate past Supervising Minister for National Planning, who is now the Minister of State for Finance, Ambassador […]
