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General Politics, Headlines, Niger Delta, Oil Politics, Rivers, State News, Top Stories
Monday, October 21st, 2013
FROM CHRIS ANUCHA The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), has said that it was responsible for the damage of Shell facilities, which caused further pollution of the environment in Ogoniland and other communities in the Niger Delta region. The pollution was said to have been due to crude oil spills and […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, General Politics, Latest Politics, State News, Top Stories
Monday, October 21st, 2013
Members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect may have killed 19 people in Borno State on Sunday. AFP reported that the insurgents who were dressed in military uniforms and wielding AK 47 assault rifles killed the 19 motorists by blocking the highway near Logumani which is 19 kilometres from the nation’s border with Cameroun. It […]
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Headlines, National Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, October 19th, 2013
Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah The Federal Government has begun a manhunt for the whistleblower that broke the story of the two BMW armoured cars bought for Aviation Minister, Ms. Stella Oduah. The cars, valued at N225m, were purchased for the minister by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority. The Director-General, NCAA, Capt. Fola […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), First Ladies, General Politics, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Patience Jonathan, Top Stories
Wednesday, October 16th, 2013
Mrs. Patience Jonathan | credits: news.naij.com The All Progressives Congress has said the decision of the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, to receive a honorary doctorate degree from a South Korean university while Nigerian universities have been shut for months was the height of insensitivity. This was contained in a statement signed by […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Governors, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Top Stories
Wednesday, October 16th, 2013
The ongoing efforts to reconcile aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party members with the Bamanga Tukur-led National Working Committee of the party,appear to have finally hit a brick wall. A hint of this emerged when Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako, told a visiting All Progressives Congress delegation on Wednesday, that himself and the six other aggrieved […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Nigerian Police, Top Stories
Wednesday, October 16th, 2013
Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Abubakar Mohammed Some police inspectors and rank and file from the Imo State Police Command have threatened to go on strike over their redeployment to some violence-prone states in the North. The aggrieved policemen who met in Benin, the Edo State capital, said they would start the strike in November. […]
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Aviation, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, October 16th, 2013
Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah The Ministry of Aviation has confirmed that the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority bought two bulletproof vehicles worth $1.6m (N255m) for the Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah. An online news medium, SaharaReporters, had reported on Tuesday that the armoured vehicles were delivered to the minister in August. The […]
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Anambra, Lagos, Latest Politics, National Politics, State News, Top Stories
Tuesday, October 15th, 2013
By OKONKWO EZE ONITSHA — The Federal High Court 4 sitting in Lagos, presided over by Justice Anumogobia is expected to commence hearing on January 29, 2014 in a N1 billion civil suit instituted against Lagos State Government, by the 76 victims who were deported from the state and abandoned in Onitsha, Anambra State […]
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Africa & World Politics, Education, General Politics, Headlines, Top Stories
Saturday, October 12th, 2013
The leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, NDPVF, Mr. Muhajid Asari-Dokubo has joined the swelling rank of private university proprietors with his establishment of a university in the neighbouring Republic of Benin, PREMIUM TIMES reported on Friday. Asari-Dokubo, who already owns a soccer academy in the West African country and another one […]
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Columnists, Latest Politics, Reuben Abati, Top Stories
Saturday, October 12th, 2013
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, has been roundly criticised for working for a government that he has been critical of as a newspaper columnist. He clears air on some of the controversial statements credited to him […]
