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Ebola: No apologies for giving Sawyer permission to visit Nigeria – Liberian...

Despite facing harsh criticisms from angry Nigerians and the International Community for clearing the late Patrick Sawyer to travel out of his country home of Liberia after contracting the Ebola...

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National Conference 2014 ends, delegates adopt final report

It was a happy end to an uncertain journey on Thursday when the plenary session and indeed the 2014 National Conference drew to a close amidst fanfare laced with solidarity songs. Suddenly, media hypes...

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Chibok girls: Fashola Lambast Jonathan over parents’ invitation

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN, on Thursday faulted President Goodluck Jonathan, for inviting parents of abducted Chibok school girls to the Presidential villa for the purpose of...

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2015: Watch Your Utterances, Sultan Cautions Politicians

Mohammed Aminu in Sokoto Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar 111, Thursday cautioned politicians and some elite against making unguarded utterances ahead of 2015 election, saying such...

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Governor Kwankwaso Warns President Jonathan On ‘New Constitution’

Governor Kwankwaso commended the Northern delegates to the National Constitutional Conference that shunned what he described as “so called dollars” that some people are distributing now in Abuja,...

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EFFC to prosecute Stock Broker over N30m Scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, said on Thursday that its has concluded arrangements to prosecute a stock broker for a N30 million scam. In a statement by Wilson Uwajaren, its...

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Terrorism: Military intercepts youths heading for Abuja

The military have intercepted some youths based on their clandestine movement. A statement on the official website of the Defence Headquarters said officers of the Special Task Force who are currently...

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Catholic bishops warn priests, worshippers on Ebola virus

Members of Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province of the Catholic Church, comprising Ibadan Archdiocese, Ondo, Ekiti, Ilorin, Oyo and Osogbo Diocese, have been urged to desist from the common self-signing with...

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Ebola: Owuliri stresses importance of personal hygiene

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Professor Viola Onwuliri, has advised the people of the South East to cultivate the habit of personal hygiene in order not to get infected by the dreaded Ebola...

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FG has limited Boko Haram’s insurgency to Northeast – Presidency

The presidency says the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan has limited the Boko Haram insurgency in the country to the Northeast alone. Doyin Okupe, President Jonathan’s senior aide on...

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Reuben Abati email hacked, denies release on Jonathan, Chibok girls’ location

The Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity) Reuben Abati has said that he did not send any press release relating to ”President Jonathan Reveals Location Of Chibok Girls And Exposes...

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Katsina Governor marries Musa Yaradua’s daughter

Ibrahim Shehu Shema, the present governor of Katsina state, will today- August 15 tie the knot with Maryam Yar’Adua, the first daughter of former Nigerian president and elder sister to Nafisa who got...

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Presidency distances itself from press release in which Jonathan allegedly...

Reuben Abati, special adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on media and publicity, has urged all media organisations and persons on his mailing list to disregard the press release purportedly issued...

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2015: We may push Oduah to Senate – Anambra Elders

BY NWABUEZE OKONKWO Elders of Anambra North Senatorial Zone of Anambra State and Town union leaders in the zone have stated that they might consider  the immediate past Minister of Aviation, Princess...

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We’re Taking Care Of Ebola-Related Cases – Fashola

Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola, on Friday clarified that the state government is taking adequate care of all patients who have tested positive to the Ebola Virus Disease while also gradually...

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Trouble in MASSOB as members accuse Uwazurike of fraud

There is palpable tension in the Headquarters of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) in Okwe, Onuimo Local Government Area of Imo State, following a marching...

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Boko Haram: Ogar should resign or be fired – APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the Department of State Security (DSS) spokesperson Marilyn Ogar to resign or be fired. In a statement issued in Ilorin on Saturday by its National...

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Chibok abduction is a gimmick – Kingsley Kuku

The special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta Kingsley Kuku, Friday, accused Northeast leaders of lying over the actual number girls abducted by the Boko Haram sect few months back....

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Ebola: Lagos rejects trial drug, Nano Silver; approves America’s Zmapp

The Lagos State Government has declared its resolve not to use any drug other than the American ZMAPP for the Ebola patients in its custody. The Commissioner of Health, Dr Jide idris, told The Nation...

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Presidency Disowns Statement on Chibok Girls

By Jaiyeola Andrews Presidency Friday distanced itself from a press release alleging that President Goodluck Jonathan revealed he knew the location of over 200 schoolgirls abducted from Government...

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