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Boko Haram, General Politics, Headlines, Kaduna, Top Stories
Monday, December 24th, 2012
BARELY 24 hours and few days to the Christmas and New Year celebrations, the Federal Government has uncovered secret plots by the Islamic extremist group popularly known as Boko Haram to unleash mayhem in some parts of the country and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. A highly-placed security source who disclosed this to Nigerian […]
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Kogi, State News, Top Stories
Saturday, December 22nd, 2012
Ex-governor of Kogi state Abubakar Audu, who is wanted in Nigeria by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC over N4 billion frauds has arrived his rich neighborhood home in Potomac in the state of Maryland, USA. The multi-million dollars home where the ex-governor has now moved to is located at 12301 Glen Road, Potomac, […]
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General Politics, Lagos, Top Stories
Thursday, December 20th, 2012
Confusion hit hundreds of intending passengers at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, on Thursday after a mid-day fire erupted at a section of the building. The inferno, which caused a thick cloud of smoke to invade the terminal building, forced air travellers and airport officials to scamper to safety around the […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News, Top Stories
Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
DECEMBER 19, 2012 BY MIKE ODIEGWU AND DAVID ATTAH The remains of the Late Governor of Kaduna State, Patrick Yakowa, and that of his aide and friend, Dauda Tsoho, arrived in Kaduna airport aboard a Nigerian Air Force cargo plane at 2.45pm on Tuesday. The bodies were received by hundreds of wailing sympathisers who thronged […]
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Bayelsa, Kaduna, National Politics, State News, Top Stories
Saturday, December 15th, 2012
A military helicopter has reportedly crashed near Yenegoa in Bayelsa State, Saturday evening. Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State, former national security adviser, NSA, General Owoeye Azazi were said to be in the naval aircraft at the time of the crash. Others in the ill-fated crash include a top politician from Kaduna state Dudas Tsoho, […]
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National Politics, Top Stories
Friday, December 14th, 2012
The mother of Nigeria’s Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been released five days after she was kidnapped, Delta state governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has told the BBC. He said Kamene Okonjo, a retired professor, was dropped off on a main road near her home in southern Nigeria. Kidnapping is common in southern Nigeria, where it is […]
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General Politics, Top Stories, Women Politics
Monday, December 10th, 2012
By Emma Amaize, Kingsley Omonobi, Austin Ogwuda & Festus Ahon ASABA – Gunmen, yesterday, raised the stake when they abducted the mother of the Minister of Finance, Prof. Okonjo-Iweala, Professor Kamene Okonjo, in Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State. Okonjo-Iweala’s mother, 82, who is the wife of the Obi of Ogwashi-Uku Kingdom, Professor Chukwuka Aninshi Okonjo Agbogidi, was […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Friday, December 7th, 2012
Billions of naira of taxpayers’ money have been expended on the foreign trips of President Goodluck Jonathan despite his January promise to cut down on such trips. This newspaper’s findings show that the President and his entourage have spent not less than N3.354bn on foreign trips since 2010. Our correspondent learnt that in the first […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), National Politics, Raw Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, December 6th, 2012
The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, on Wednesday fired back at those calling for his removal, saying they missed the point. The CBN governor said his removal would not change the political structure of the country which he said could not guarantee economic development in its current form. “So if you […]
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Raw Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
INFORMATION obtained from government aviation agencies and airline operators has revealed that President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration spends an estimated N9.08bn annually on the Presidential Air Fleet. PAF has the third largest fleet of aircraft in the country. According to findings, the PAF contains a total of 10 aircraft, coming closely behind Aerocontractors Airlines, which has […]
