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How Three Other Unexploded Bombs Were Found At The Explosion Scene In Nyanya...

Three unexploded improvised explosive devices, IEDs, at the scene of the May 1 explosion in Nyanya, Abuja,were found and have been safely disabled by men of the anti-bomb squad, the Nigeria Police...

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BREAKING: Nigerian Government Orders Closure Of All Public Schools, Offices...

A statement by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Pius Anyim, stated that the directive is to ensure free flow of traffic in the city centre. The Federal Government has ordered the...

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ATTENTION: 2015 Presidential Election is not likely to hold

According to a Veteran politician and second republic governor of old Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa,the 2015 presidential election is not likely to hold. Balarabe said; due to the insecurity...

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Abducted girls: Borno govt tackles First Lady

A cold war is brewing between the Presidency and the Borno State Government as a fallout of the April 15 invasion of the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok by Boko Haram insurgents who abducted...

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Gowon pleads justice for poor citizens

Former Head of State,  General Yakubu Gowon, has called on members of the legal profession to stand for the rights of every Ni­gerian in the face of oppression and injus­tice.  He said the judicia­ry...

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Nyanya Blasts, Agonies Of Checkpoints And A Faceless Battle

Chika Okeke, Michael Oche, Olusegun A. Olufemi On May 1, 2014, another bomb was detonated at the scene close to where about a hundred people were killed 17 days before. The state of insecurity has...

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Suswam slashes own pay for teachers’ salaries

BY PETER DURU, MAKURDI Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State has slashed his salary by 25 percent and also proposed a five percent cut  in the salaries of civil servants to enable the government meet...

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Boko Haram plans to bomb Lagos

THE dreaded Boko Haram terrorists are planning two major attacks before the end of the year, Sunday Tribune has gathered. Though the targets of the planned attacks could not be confirmed as of the time...

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Bamidele to Adebayo: I’m not overambitious

The Labour Party governorship candidate in Ekiti State, Hon. Opeyemi Bamidele, has described as retrogressive a statement credited to a former governor of the state, Otunba Niyi Adebayo that he is...

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Boko Haram: Jonathan should wake up –Durojaye

Despite the security challenge confront­ing the present administration, Sena­tor Olabiyi Durojaye, an octogenarian, is still highly optimistic that Nigeria will fulfill its destiny as a great nation....

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You can’t separate Jonathan from Clark, Onuesoke tells Junaid Mohammed

By EPHRAIM OSEJI Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in 2007 general elections, Chief Sunny Onuesoke, has rebuked  second republic lawmaker, Junaid Mohammed, over his...

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Securities Stop Sanusi Lamido’s Trip To France

Abubakar Salihi The running battle between the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, and the Presidency yesterday took another turn, as his passport was...

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EXPOSED: The main reason why CAN releases names of abducted schoolgirls

The Northern States Christian and Elders Forum has released 180 names of abducted female pupils of Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State. The body said the 180 were pupils who hailed...

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We don’t know location of abducted girls – Jonathan

By Emmanuel Aziken, Charles Kumolu, Dapo Akinrefon, Michael Eboh, Gbenga Oke and Levinus Nwabughiogu LAGOS—Hopes of early rescue of the more than 200 abducted female students of Government Girls...

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EXPOSED: Gov. Uduaghan’s Wife Grabs State Land, Uses State Funds For Private...

By Saharareporters, New York With Delta State Commissioner for Information, Chike Ogeah, constantly stating that the state’s dwindling monthly allocations were affecting several government projects,...

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Kwankwaso Parleys Obasanjo, Amosun In Abeokuta

By Chibuzo Ukaibe The governor of Kano State, Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, over the weekend met former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Ogun State governor Ibikunle Amosun behind closed-doors. Although the...

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Prophet T.B Joshua claims he prophesied about the second Nyanya blast

Prophet T.B Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nation, has claimed that he warned about the second bomb blast that rocked Nyanya, Abuja on Thursday. In a video released on Youtube by one his...

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No plans to increase fuel price – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan said in Abuja on Sunday that the Federal Government had no plans to increase pump price petroleum for now. Jonathan, who gave this assurance at a Presidential Media Chat,...

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Ekiti 2014: NOI polls is a voodoo survey to justify rigging, we know the...

The attention of the John Kayode Fayemi (JKF) CampaignOrganisation has been drawn to the result of a poll purportedly conducted to test the opinions of Ekiti people in the run-up to the June 21...

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World Economic Forum: IGP orders security cordon around Abuja

In line with Presidential directive and the desire of the country to host a hitch-free and peaceful World Economic Forum on Africa which takes place between 7th to 9th of May, 2014, the...

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