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219 Chibok girls still missing – Presidential Committee

Chairman of the Presidential Fact Finding Committee on the Chibok abduction, Gen. Ibrahim Sabo, on Friday confirmed that 219 girls are still missing. He made the disclosure while presenting the report...

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STOP PLAYING GOD, T.B. JOSHUA WARNED FAYOSE —‘I DON’T KNOW YOU AND YOU DON’T...

Prophet T.B. Joshua has lashed out at reports linking him with PDP’s Ayo Fayose, stating that he has never met Ekiti State’s former Governor and warning him to avoidAddressing the rumour published by...

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Arisekola buried in Ibadan amid tears

The remains of Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland, Alhaji Abdul-Azeez Arisekola, were buried in his home in Ibadan, Oyo State on Friday amid tears by family members, friends and associates. The News Agency of...

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EFCC Closes Case Against Lagos Speaker

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday closed its case against the speaker of the Lagos State house of assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, who is standing trial over alleged money...

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Ekiti Decides Update: PDP is coasting home – Fayose’s camp claims early lead

As early results into the Ekiti governorship election surfaces, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, says its candidate, Ayo Fayose is coasting home to victory. In a telephone interview with DailyPost,...

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Jonathan most tolerant of opposition –Presidency

The Presidency said on Friday that the statement by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress accusing President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration of lawlessness was a ruse. The Special Adviser...

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Nyako victim of political vendetta, says Shehu Sani

By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor President of Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria, Mallam Shehu Sani, yesterday, lambasted the Presidency and the Peoples Democratic Party for spearheading the...

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CHIBOK: Between Jonathan and Obasanjo

By Tim  Owhefere In all my years of reading articles written by some of the very finest in this noble profession called journalism, two articles are stuck in my brain like the hair planted on the scarf...

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Edwin Clark under fire

Ijaw national leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark has come under fire from Northern leaders and some governors who described him as an ethnic champion who does not see beyond his nose. Clark had in an...

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6 Nigerians arrested for forging Ghanaian president’s letterheads

Six Nigerians have been arrested for allegedly forging letterheads of the Office of the Ghanaian President and other state institutions to defraud people, a Ghanaian newspaper reported on Friday. They...

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Chibok girls: I wont succumb to blackmail– Oby Ezekwesili

Former Education Minister, Dr Oby Ezekwesili has dismissed insinua­tions that she is being used by the opposition to lead the campaign for the rescue of over 200 schoolgirls abduct­ed by Boko Haram...

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Femi Fani-Kayode: The rage of the Jihadists and the scourge of radical Islam...

”And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh and they shall be drunken with their own blood as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer,...

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Ekiti: Jonathan has case to answer – Soyinka

BY CHARLES KUMOLU NOBEL laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, wants President Goodluck Jonathan to tell Nigerians who authorised the military to prevent some governors of the All Progressives Congress,APC,...

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Jonathan’s 2015 bid made FG drop case against Abachas – CNPP

The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP, Friday, criticised President Goodluck Jonathan for ‘flushing’ away N413.68 billion to get votes in the 2015 presidential election in Kano State....

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Ekiti Gubernatorial Election: Governor Fayemi Concedes Defeat

Governor Kayode fayemi and his wife, Bisi yesterday By Saharareporters, New York Governor Kayode Fayemi has conceded defeat in Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Ekiti State and offered...

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Fayose’s victory, confirmation APC not on ground – PDP

Abuja – The PDP on Sunday attributed its victory at the just-concluded Ekiti State governorship election to its strict adherence to the principles of internal democracy. This is contained in a...

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S H O C K E R: Nyanya bombing suspect uses British passport- Sudan ambassador

On imprisoned mother and child: It’s a crime to convert from Islam to Christianity in my country By Victoria Ojeme The Sudanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr Tagelsir Mahgoub Ali, speaks on the...

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Abacha loot: Civic groups accuse Jonathan of politicising anti-corruption

A coalition of civil society groups has accused President Goodluck Jonathan and the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, of playing petty politics with the fight against corruption in the country....

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‘How the North hijacked National Conference Committee’

On Chibok girls: There are many unanswered questions By Okey Ndiribe Asara  Asara, Ake IX, the paramount ruler of Akipelai Community in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, is also a delegate...

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State pardon to convicted public office-holders encourages corruption — El-Rufai

A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Nasir El-Rufai, on Sunday expressed his concern over the act of granting state pardon to convicted political office-holders. El-Rufai,...

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