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Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
The uncooperative attitude of the police yesterday almost marred the arraignment of suspects alleged to have stolen 20 Direct Data Capturing, DDC, machines at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. The drama that trailed the arraignment began when the suspects were brought to the premises of the Ikeja Chief Magistrate Court at about 10.30 […]
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Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
kemba Nnewi, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, 77, had a wish three weeks before he was admitted into the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital: to die on January 13. One of his aides, who did not want his name in print, disclosed this on Wednesday as arrangements to fly him overseas were being finetuned by the doctors handling […]
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Edo, Headlines, Raw Politics, State News
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday described the demise of late elder statesman, Chief Anthony Enahoro, as the ‘end of a golden era.’ The former leader also paid tribute to late Mrs. Clara Oshiomhole, wife of the Edo State Governor, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole. Obasanjo, who arrived Benin, the Edo State capital at about 11am, made […]
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Anambra, Headlines, Raw Politics, State News
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
ARRANGEMENTS by the family of ailing former leader of the defunct Biafran Republic, Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, to fly him overseas for further treatment have been completed even as the medical team handling his case at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH, Enugu, have continued to battle to keep him alive. A member […]
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Headlines, Raw Politics
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
Doctors at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku Ozalla where the sick former Biafran warlord, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu was rushed to on Sunday said yesterday that they are waiting for the arrival of an air ambulance before they will carry out a Computerized Tomography (CT) scan on him preparatory to his being […]
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Headlines, Raw Politics
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
A Lagos High Court presided over by Justice Muftau Olokooba, on Tuesday, discharged and acquitted Major Hamzat Al-Mustapha, Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the late military ruler, General Sani Abacha, alongside others standing trial over an alleged attempt to murder the publisher of the Guardian Newspapers, Chief Alex Ibru. The judge, in his ruling on […]
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Headlines, Raw Politics
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
Former Biafran leader and chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, may be flown abroad for medical treatment any time from now, following his failing health. Anxiety has heightened in Enugu and its environs over the deteriorating health of the Nnewi high chief. Nigerian Tribune gathered that the ex-warlord was […]
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Plateau, Raw Politics
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
Three persons were feared dead and two others wounded following a fresh attack in Gonghwong settlement of Turu village in Vwang district, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State yesterday evening. The attack was suspected to have been carried out by Fulani men who were said to have made away with over 100 cows belonging to the […]
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Raw Politics
Monday, December 20th, 2010
ENUGU—IKEMBA Nnewi and former leader of defunct Republic of Biafra, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, was, yesterday, admitted at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH, Enugu following a stroke which had kept him unconscious since last week. Ojukwu, who turned 77, November 4, 2010,suffered the stroke at his GRA residence in Enugu last week and […]
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Party Politics, Raw Politics
Monday, December 20th, 2010
Afresh legal challenge to the aspiration of President Goodluck Jonathan began yesterday in Abuja as some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftains filed a suit seeking to stop the Independent National Electoral Commis-sion (INEC) from accepting the president as a candidate for the 2011 presidential poll. The plaintiffs – Ambassador Yahaya Kwande, Hon. Dubem Onyia and […]
