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Edo, Headlines, Press Releases, State News
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
EDO Presents an Observation on the Importance of the 3 R’s of Black History “Reflection, Recollection and Respect” to African Culture and reconnecting the African Diaspora OAKLAND – February 23, 2012 – Education Development Opportunities (EDO) an organization dedicated to the empowerment of children of the Diaspora, announced today that area leaders will come together […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, Kano, Niger, State News
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
A primary school situated at Abaganaram ward of Maiduguri metropolis was set ablaze on Wednesday night by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect, residents of the area alleged. When Nigerian Tribune went to the area at about 4.00 p.m., it was discovered that the fire started at about 12.00 p.m until the morning on […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
With a view to putting an end to the act of parking trucks on the Apapa-Oshodi expressway, the Lagos State government has swooped on oil tanker drivers who have cultivated the habit of parking their vehicles on the road. After the 72-hour ultimatum given by the state government for all tankers to be removed from […]
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Biafra, Headlines, Lagos, State News
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
Igbo leaders in Lagos, on Thursday, ordered the closure of markets as a mark of respect for the late Ikemba of Nnewi, Chief Chukwu Odumegwu Ojukwu. The affected markets are Ladipo Spare Parts Market; Alaba International Market; Trade Fair Market; Idumota market and Computer Village. The closure was in response to the call by the […]
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Biafra, Lagos, National Politics, State News, Top Stories
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

The Lagos State Government and prominent citizens of the state gathered at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Thursday to pay their last respect to the late Biafran leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. Major markets where Nigerians of Igbo extraction plied their trade in Ladipo, Ojuelegba, Ikeja and Ojo areas of the city were shut to […]
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Headlines, Plateau, State News
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
University of Jos has made a breakthrough in the commercial cultivation of Artemisinin, which is a major component in the production of Artemisin Combination Therapy (ACT), which is currently being adjudged as the best solution to the increasing resistance of malaria parasites to anti malaria drug. Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Hayward Babale Mafuyei […]
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Headlines, Lagos, Oyo, State News
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
In the last three days, commuters and other road users plying the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, were subjected to all sorts of agony through the activities of armed robbers. Nigerian Tribune gathered that the people plying the road had lost valuables worth millions of naira to men of the underworld, who had taken over the road. It […]
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Headlines, State News, Yobe
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
A lion has killed two herdsmen and 30 livestock in a settlement in Yobe State, the state Commissioner for Environment, Ahmed Wakil Sarki, said on Tuesday. “We have a lion on the rampage, which has so far killed two people and around 30 livestock,” the commissioner said. He said the lion attacked the settlement on […]
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Headlines, INEC Politics, Sokoto, State News
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
According to him, “I must admit that what happened in Sokoto last Saturday was a step in the right direction. The conduct of the election was very peaceful as testified by many people. I want to repeat again that the duty of conducting an election is not that of INEC alone but for us all”.
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Headlines, Ogun, State News
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
A Federal High Court in Abeokuta has restrained the Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun and the state House of Assembly from scrapping the Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ogun State. The students union government of the institution had approached the court seeking for an order restraining the state government from scrapping the […]