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Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Monday, April 9th, 2012
KADUNA—The Kaduna State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has questioned the formation of the Northern States’ CAN, describing it as not only unconstitutional but illegal. Kaduna CAN said the association’s constitution made provision for the formation of six geo-political structures of CAN, and not based on the old regions, as the Northern […]
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Boko Haram, Kaduna, National Politics, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, April 8th, 2012
KADUNA (AFP) – A car bomb attack outside a church in Kaduna on Easter Sunday left at least 20 dead and scores wounded, a rescue source said. The explosion, a stark reminder of Christmas Day attacks that left dozens dead in the country, occurred where motorcycle taxi drivers and passersby caught much of the blast. At […]
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Cross River, Headlines, State News
Friday, April 6th, 2012
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Calabar A State High Court sitting in Calabar and presided over by Justice Obojor Ogar has struck out the suit challenging the selection of the paramount ruler of Calabar South Local Government of Cross River State, His Majesty Muri Munene Effiong Okokon Mbukpa. Four Kingmakers from the six ancestral clans of Efut nation […]
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Headlines, Oyo, State News
Thursday, April 5th, 2012
PARENTS were weeping yesterday in Ibadan as the death toll in Tuesday’s school bus fire rose to seven. They besieged the University College Hospital (UCH) where 17 pupils are hospitalised. Oyo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) Godwin Ogagaoghene confirmed the death toll. Ogagaoghene criticised the kind of buses being used […]
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Gombe, Headlines, State News
Thursday, April 5th, 2012
Nigerians security operatives may have to contend with a new challenge with the seizure of 51 rocket launchers in a house in Barunde area of Gombe metropolis yesterday. The house was being used to manufacture rockets and improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). Security agencies in the raid include the State Security Service (SSS) and the Army. […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News
Thursday, April 5th, 2012
THE Federal Government has bowed to the protest by students of the University of Abuja against the suspension of four programmes of the institution and has reversed the decision. The reversal of the decision came after the students from the university in hundreds stormed the Federal Ministry of Education to further protest the sudden suspension […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Kano, Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, April 5th, 2012
April 5, 2012 by Mustapha Salihu, Kano Nigerian Army on Wednesday issued a warning of a possible terrorist attack in Kano during the Easter. The warning by the General Officer Commanding 1 Mechanized Division, Kaduna, Maj.-Gen. Garba Wahab, came after the Joint Military Taskforce killed three suspected members of Boko Haram in a gunfight in […]
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Headlines, Kano, State News
Thursday, April 5th, 2012
NO fewer than nine people were said to have been killed at separate locations when gunmen opened fire at the Maiduguri Monday Market at about 2.00 p.m on Wednesday, leaving several injured, eyewitnesses told the Nigerian Tribune in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Nigerian Tribune also gathered that one Tajudeen, a mechanic on the Lagos […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News
Thursday, April 5th, 2012
THE management of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA), on Wednesday, closed down the institution indefinitely as a result of protest embarked by students against the suspension of four professional programmes of the university on Tuesday by the Federal Government. Students were given up till 6p.m. on Wednesday by the university’s management to vacate the two […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
BY FESTUS AHON UGHELLI – DELTA State Government has given seven days ultimatum to the management of MTN Nigeria Communications Limited to pay it accumulated ecology tariff amounting to N454.9 million or be ready to shut down their various masts scattered across the State. Mast State Commissioner for Environment, Mr Frank Omare who handed down […]
