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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry), Top Stories
Thursday, July 31st, 2014

As fears over the dreaded Ebola disease spreads, ace Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke, has fled Liberia wearing a mask. Iyke had posted his picture sitting in a first-class airport lounge in Monrovia, wearing a mask, with a message on his Instagram page saying he had cut short a business trip to Monrovia in Liberia, […]
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Headlines, Sports, Top Stories, Track & Field
Monday, July 28th, 2014

GLASGOW (AFP) – Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare won women’s 100m gold at the Commonwealth Games on Monday. Okagbare, who won long jump silver and 200m bronze at the 2013 world championships, clocked a Games record of 10.85sec. Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare celebrates winning the women’s 100m athletics event at Hampden Park during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, July 26th, 2014

The Nigerian Army has apprehended a suspected insurgent in relation with the twin bomb blast that rocked Kaduna on Wednesday. The twin-bomb attacks which resulted in the deaths of over 100 innocent citizens, targeted a former military Head of State, General Mohammadu Buhari and a prominent Islamic cleric, Sheik Dahiru Bauchi. A statement released on […]
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Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014

Pix 1: Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari’s jeep after it was hit by a lone bomber in Kaduna…on Wednesday. (Pix 2) Another partially damaged vehicle in Buhari’s convoy. (Pix 3) Another scene of the blasts. | credits: Godwin Isenyo and Buhari Vanguard. Two explosions ripped through parts of Kaduna in Kaduna State on Wednesday, killing […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Top Stories
Sunday, July 20th, 2014
Former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has warned the Peoples Democratic Party-led Federal Government against the dangerous tactics of polarising the country along fault lines as a means of diverting the attention of Nigerians from its inept and apathetic posture to corruption and insecurity. Reacting to a report in a […]
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Akwa Ibom, General Politics, State News, Top Stories
Saturday, July 19th, 2014

Bayelsa restates commitment to diversify economy 0 By Our Reporter on July 20, 2014 · National 19-year old Miss Akwa Ibom, Iheoma Nnadi Friday emerged winner of the 2014 edition of the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria, MBGN pageant and carted away a cash prize of N3 million and a brand new car, among other […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Top Stories
Thursday, July 17th, 2014

(CNN) — A Malaysia Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, has crashed in eastern Ukraine, Russian news agency Interfax reported Thursday. Malaysia Airlines confirmed that it lost contact with Flight 17 and that the plane’s last known position was over Ukrainian airspace, the airline said on Twitter. The aircraft was “shot down” over […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma, Top Stories
Thursday, July 17th, 2014

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | July 17, 2014 – Leadership is more an art than science. It is therefore hard to set rules, theories and formulae for good leadership. Despite their differences in background, weaknesses, strengths, personal habits and styles of leadership, good leaders tend to have some qualities in common: vision, courage, […]
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Adamawa, Boko Haram, Latest Politics, State News, Top Stories
Tuesday, July 15th, 2014

Some parents of the over 200 schoolgirls abducted from Chibok, Borno State over two months ago on Tuesday shunned President Goodluck Jonathan’s invitation. Jonathan had on Monday told a girl-child education campaigner, Malala Yousafzai, that he was ready to meet the parents. Yousafzai, who had earlier met with some parents and some girls who escaped […]
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Africa & World Politics, General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, July 13th, 2014

• L–R: Director, Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade; girls education campaigner, Malala Yousafzai; spokesperson of the State Security Service, Marilyn Ogar; and Coordinator, National Information Centre, Mr. Mike Omeri, during Malala’s visit to the National Information Centre, in Abuja… on Sunday. | credits: NAN. Five of the schoolgirls who escaped from Boko Haram captivity […]