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FG admits flaws in power sector privatisation

BY MICHAEL EBOH The Federal Government, yesterday, admitted that the privatisation exercise of the Nigerian power sector was flawed and that it had set up a committee to address the challenges and...

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Nyanya blast/ Abducted girls: DETAILS Why FG needs to ‘declare a nationwide...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as cowardly and incomprehensible Thursday’s repeated bombing at Nyanya in Abuja, saying nothing in the world can justify the mindless, senseless and...

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Nigeria’s debt profile hits N10.1trn, says DMO

By Levinus Nwabughiogu The Director  General of the Debt Management Office, DMO, Abraham Nwankwo, has disclosed that Nigeria’s debt profile as at March 2014 stood at N10.1 trillion. The DG made the...

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BREAKING! B’Haram next target: Jonathan’s family – See their message to Jonathan

The leader of Boko Haram sect, Imam Abubakar Shekau, who released a video yesterday in which he claimed responsibility for abducting the Nigerian school girls, and also threatened more attacks, He has...

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RAW VIDEO : “We’ll soak Nigeria with blood” – B’Haram threatens again!

The leader of Boko Haram sect, Imam Abubakar Shekau, released a video yesterday in which he claimed responsibility for abducting the Nigerian school girls, and also threatened more attacks, He said; he...

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How Justice Oputa died —Son Revealed

BY  IKECHUKWU    NNOCHIRI ABUJA—Mr. George Oputa, second son of late legal maestro, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa, Monday, relived the last moments his father had with his children at his Abuja residence...

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BREAKING NEWS: Gunmen Hijack School Bus In Nyanya

Reports reaching us from Nyanya, Abuja has it that a school bus belonging to a private school has been reportedly hijacked by unknown gunmen, Tuesday morning. According to the sketchy report, the bus,...

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UPDATE: Boko Haram Abducts 8 More Girls In Waranbe, Takes Over Gwoza Roads In...

Boko Haram militants have stepped up attacks in Borno state overnight as members of the deadly northern Nigerian sect yesterday  sacked police and army checkpoints in Gamboru Ngala and Shanni  near the...

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Anger rises as Boko Haram threatens to sell school girls

The global outrage over the abduction of the Chibok girls is growing, with protests yesterday in Lagos, Calabar and Abeokuta. The girls were snatched away from their hostels on April 15 by the...

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How to end insurgency, by Tinubu

All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu yesterday identified five solutions to the Boko Haram insurgency. He said the dreaded sect is the greatest security challenge...

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Bomber Suicide bomber opens up

From TIMOTHY OLANREWAJU, Maiduguri A Boko Haram suicide bomber whose Sunday’s attempt to blow up a divisional police headquarters in Damaturu, Yobe State capital confessed yesterday that he was...

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Boko Haram Again… ?

The model of terrorism, especially suicide bombing, says that all suicide bombing attacks have three things in common: (1.) Secrecy – indeed, Boko Haram and its local groups operate in secrecy to...

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Libel suit: Court orders Obasanjo to file statement of defence

An FCT High Court on Tuesday ordered former President Olusegun Obasanjo to file a statement of defense in a libel suit brought against him by a chieftain of PDP, Mr Buruji Kashamu. Justice Velentine...

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Chibok girls: Abike Dabiri-Erewa warns security agencies against harassment...

Rep. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora Affairs, has warned security agencies against the harassment of innocent Nigerians. Dabiri-Erewa gave the...

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BREAKING: Boko Haram misleads Army, kills 300 in fresh Borno attack

By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri At least 300 people were confirmed dead on Monday when Boko Haram gunmen in armoured vehicles stormed Gamborou Ngala town in Borno state. According source the security forces...

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SOUTH-EAST GOVERNORS’ FORUM –‘We Have Lost An Illustrious Son’

We, the Governors of the South-east geo-political zone received with sadness the news of the transition to eternity of our illustrious Son, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa after attaining 96 years of age. The...

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‘I put it to you again! you allowed insurgency to fester’ – Soyinka tells...

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Tuesday said the era of denial of President Goodluck Jonathan on the magnitude of the Boko Haram menace was over. Soyinka said the President should have sought...

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Jonathan’s rating drops — Survey

BY CHRIS OCHAYI ABUJA — An opinion polls carried out by the NOIPolls Limited on job performance of President Goodluck Jonathan’s government has revealed that the administration recorded a decline of...

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Full Text Of Shekau’s Message In New Video

My brethren, take up knives and start slaughtering people. Just pick up your knife and break into homes and kill. Whoever follows Jews and the West is my enemy. I’ll kill all of them and spare those...

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Adekoya Boladale: Boko Haram – a hand of Esau and the voices of Jacob

Most people who desire happiness and life of bliss in Africa have over the years chosen Nigeria as a tourist destination. The serene but bubbling atmosphere of Lagos, the commercial capital gives a...

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