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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Ogun, State News
Tuesday, January 27th, 2015
Precious Okoro A Niger Republic-based kidnapping syndicate has demanded the payment of $100, 000 as ransom for the release of its 15-year-old victim, Precious Okoro. The victim’s father, Nwaigwe, explained that Precious was kidnapped around Songotedo, in the Ajah area of Lagos State, where she had boarded a commercial vehicle en route to her […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Monday, January 26th, 2015
Bayo Olupohunda On the night of April 14, 2014, Boko Haram insurgents stormed Government Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State, seized close to 300 schoolgirls and disappeared into the night. It’s been 10 months since the abduction, the girls have not been found. The abduction, which provoked global outrage, gave rise to a global […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Ekiti, Headlines, Party Politics, State News
Monday, January 26th, 2015
Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has berated Governor Ayodele Fayose for the arrest of students’ leaders who participated in the campaign rally of the party’s presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, in the state on Saturday. According to the opposition party, the National Vice-President, External, National Association […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News, Top Stories
Monday, January 26th, 2015
Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Nasir el-Rufai The All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Kaduna State, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, said on Monday that change was inevitable in the state next month. El-Rufai stated this in the ancient town of Zaria as he rounded up his campaign in the northern part of state. […]
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Abuja (FCT), Bauchi, Headlines, State News
Monday, January 26th, 2015
Bauchi State Governor Isa Yuguda The Federal Capital Territory Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed, has described the Bauchi State Governor, Isa Yuguda, as an All Progressives Congress’ mole in the Peoples Democratic Party. Mohammed, who denied being the mastermind of the attack on President Goodluck Jonathan’s convoy in Bauchi by political thugs on January 22, […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Monday, January 26th, 2015
• (1&2) A Cobra Armoured Personnel Carrier and a rocket launcher captured by troops from fleeing insurgents in Konduga, Borno State… on Monday (3) A base used by the insurgents for treating wounded colleagues. Arrowed is a drip. | credits: PR Nigeria Gunshots boomed again in Monguno, Borno State on Monday as troops, backed […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Saturday, January 24th, 2015
Jonathan and Amaechi President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State locked horns again on Saturday over the use of the Rivers State stadium for a Peoples Democratic Party rally. The two fell out with each other several months ago leading to the defection of Amaechi from the PDP to the opposition All […]
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Africa & World Politics, State News
Friday, January 23rd, 2015
Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) The University Of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), now known as Cambridge Assessment, in response to requests to prove the authenticity of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Major General Muhammadu Buhari’s exam certificate, has said on Friday that it will not be able to do so. In a […]
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Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Friday, January 23rd, 2015
President Goodluck Jonathan Two weeks after visiting the Boko Haram insurgency-ridden Maiduguri, Borno State, President Goodluck Jonathan will again visit the state to campaign for next month’s election. His previous visit was to the soldiers serving in the state in commemoration with the Armed Forces Remembrance Day. The President had severely been criticised in recent […]
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Adamawa, Boko Haram, Headlines, State News
Monday, January 19th, 2015
Residents of Guyuk town in Adamawa State on Monday killed four suspected armed Boko Haram members. Guyuk, the headquarters of Guyuk Local Government Area of Adamawa State shares border with Borno State. An eyewitness, Mallam Aminu Buba Usman, in a telephone interview with our correspondent from Guyuk, said, “The Boko Haram members are suspected to […]
