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Abuja (FCT), Boko Haram, Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, June 26th, 2014
SAM EYOBOKA, OKEY NDIRIBE, BEN AGANDE, FAVOUR NNABUGWU, IKECHUKWU NNOCHIRI, VICTORIA OJEME LAIDE AKINBOADE GABRIEL EWEPU, FUNMI OLASUPO ABUJA—As outrage from within and outside Nigeria continues to trail last Wednesday’s bomb blast in Abuja, which claimed 22 lives and left 50 others injured, some of the survivors have narrated their close shave with death. The […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Thursday, June 26th, 2014
By NDAHI MARAMA MAIDUGURI-Some members of the Islamist sect, Boko Haram, arrested yesterday at Mairi ward behind University of Maiduguri by members of the Civilian JTF vigilante group, have confessed that most of them are fleeing the Sambisa Forest to areas across Borno State owing to what they believe is spiritual attacks from mysterious snakes […]
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Boko Haram, Kebbi, Latest Politics, State News
Wednesday, June 25th, 2014
-Punch *Chibok: ‘Asari’s statement puts govt in bad light’ Alhaji Adamu Aliero is a former governor of Kebbi State. He was also a Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and a senator. He is currently a delegate to the National Conference in Abuja. In this interview, he speaks on the state of the nation, […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, INEC Politics, Osun, State News
Wednesday, June 25th, 2014
Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has said that the All Progressives Congress lost the Ekiti State governorship polls due to fraud but maintained that it was impossible to rig him out in the August 9, 2014 governorship election in Osun. The governor spoke in Ikirun on Tuesday during the continuation of his campaign which […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, June 25th, 2014
The militant Islamist sect, Boko Haram, gives out abducted young girls and women to its members as wives, the 2014 Trafficking in Persons Report, has stated. It said that through forced marriages, the women and girls are subjected to sex slavery, domestic servitude and forced labour. The report, which covered 2013, noted that the sect […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Monday, June 23rd, 2014
By Henry Umoru, Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Dapo Akinrefon, Charles Kumolu & Gbenga Oke Ado Ekiti — Dr Kayode Fayemi, out-going governor of Ekiti State, yesterday reiterated that he would not challenge the result of last Saturday’s governorship election in the state because he is “not desperate to remain in office,” even as commendations poured in on […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Monday, June 23rd, 2014
By Ndahi Marama Maiduguri—At least 91 persons, were said to have been abducted by suspected Islamic militants between Thursday and Sunday from the Kumanza,Yaga and Dagu, Damboa and Dagu, Damboa and Askira Uba Local Government Areas of Borno State, local vigilante officials said yesterday night. Four other villagers were killed while attempting to escape from […]
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Armed Forces, House, Kaduna, Legislature, State News
Monday, June 23rd, 2014
BY CHARLES KUMOLU NOBEL laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, wants President Goodluck Jonathan to tell Nigerians who authorised the military to prevent some governors of the All Progressives Congress,APC, from attending the final governorship election campaign in Ekiti State, describing the action of the army as unconstitutional. He also called on the National Assembly to set […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News, Wole Soyinka
Monday, June 23rd, 2014
BY CHARLES KUMOLU NOBEL laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, wants President Goodluck Jonathan to tell Nigerians who authorised the military to prevent some governors of the All Progressives Congress,APC, from attending the final governorship election campaign in Ekiti State, describing the action of the army as unconstitutional. He also called on the National Assembly to set […]
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Headlines, Kano, State News
Monday, June 23rd, 2014
A high improvised explosive device went off around 2pm Monday afternoon at the premises of Kano School of Health Technology located along Gida Murtala–B UK Road at time the school is in session, killing about 7. wp_posts
