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Articles, Columnists, Lagos, NNP Columnists, State News, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Sunday, June 2nd, 2013
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | June 2, 2012 – Peter Viereck once defined barbarism as “blindness to the standards of conduct which civilization has over eon imposed on human nature”. Civilization is less about scientific inventions and technological advancement and their concomitant enhancement of the quality of life for the generality of humanity. […]
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Edo, Headlines, State News
Saturday, June 1st, 2013
BY SIMON EBEGBULEM BENIN—NO fewer than 20 investors from the state of Rio Grande Do Sal, in Brazil, Thursday, met with the Edo State Government and expressed their interest to invest in agriculture and other sectors of the state. The leader of the delegation, Mr. Luiz Mainardi, who expressed their satisfaction with the conducive environment […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Headlines, Kano, State News
Thursday, May 30th, 2013
Four foreign nationals, suspected to have hailed from Middle East, were arrested in Kano by the Joint Task Force over a large cache of arms and ammunition uncovered in their mini-warehouse located in the Bompai area of Kano on Wednesday. Following the shock discovery, owner of the complex, where the dangerous weapons were impounded, simply […]
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Abuja (FCT), Jigawa, Latest Politics, Rivers, State News
Thursday, May 30th, 2013
PRESIDENTIAL campaign posters featuring Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, and his Rivers State counterpart, Rotimi Amaechi, surfaced in the Federal Capital Territory on Wednesday thus signalling an interesting twist to the 2015 elections. The coloured posters, versions of which had been reportedly sighted earlier in Kaduna and Niger states, bear portraits of Lamido and […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Thursday, May 30th, 2013
CLANDESTINE moves to impeach Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, heightened on Wednesday as eight members of the House of Assembly were said to have shifted loyalty to the camp of the Minister of State for Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike. Though the names of the lawmakers were not mentioned, the number of anti-Amaechi state legislators […]
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Bayelsa, EFCC Politics, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday opposed former Bayelsa State Governor, Timipreye Sylva’s bid to accompany his wife to the United Kingdom, where she is scheduled to undergo surgery on May 31, 2013. In an application argued by his counsel, Mr. O. I. Olorundare, Sylva asked an Abuja Federal High Court to release his […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News
Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, has put all police formations in the country on the alert in readiness for a peaceful celebration of the Democracy Day anniversary in the country. A statement on Tuesday by the Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, Mr. Frank Mba, stated that Abubakar had issued a directive to all […]
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Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers, State News
Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
Some governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party have reiterated their insistence that party leaders must convene the meeting of the National Executive Committee without further delay. The call for prompt convening of NEC, The PUNCH learnt, is to signal the governors’ resolve to battle with the party leaders over the suspension […]
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Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), Rivers, State News
Tuesday, May 28th, 2013
By EGUFE YAFUGBORHI PORT HARCOURT — Rumuewhor community in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, has tasked the Rivers State Government and the Police to intensify efforts to secure the release of abducted two National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, members by kidnappers in the state. It will be recalled that two NYSC members were, […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, May 28th, 2013
Delta State Government is to introduce the Bus Rapid Transit, BRT, model in the country’s oil and gas industry hub, Warri. With this development, and as part of the state government’s transport development plan, Warri will be the third city in Africa to develop the BRT initiative, after Lagos and Johanessburg, South Africa. The state […]
