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NNA MEN! WE ARE ALL COWARDS O!
I dropped the bombshell: “Someone told me in Warri last week that all Igbo youths are cowards and that all the young men from Igbo land are scared.” “Who said that? Who uttered that rubbish about us?”...
View ArticleFG appoints new heads for 3 agencies
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday approved the appointments of three new chief executives of federal agencies. This was contained in a statement by the Secretary to the Government of the...
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“The president has no power to remove a governor” – Femi Falana; Others React
The president’s long awaited declaration of a state of emergency yesterday has continued to brew reactions from many quarters of the nation. One of the prominent legal luminary and activist – in the...
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Subsidy Scam: Court Grants Ubah Perpetual Injunction against EFCC
Justice Abdul Kafarati of the Federal High Court in Abuja Wednesday restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from further investigating the Managing Director of Capital Oil and...
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Killing Policemen Portends Danger Ahead Of 2015
Last week’s killings of policemen numbering about 100 in Nasarawa State by suspected militiamen and other similar cases of killings may be an indication of things to come, as the country approaches...
View ArticleNasarawa: 61 riot policemen from Squadron 38 missing
No member of the 61 Mobile Police Force Squadron 38, in Akwanga Nasarawa State, dispatched to dislodge the Ombatse militia group, survived the raid, The PUNCH learnt on Wednesday. This came as the...
View ArticleGovernor Nyako questions State of Emergency in Adamawa
The Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako, has questioned President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to declare a State of Emergency in the state. The governor stated this in a broadcast to residents of...
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Urhobo threaten to march naked if Jonathan refuses to run
The campaign for President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election received a boost Thursday with the people of Urhobo ethnic nationality in Delta State threatening to march naked on the streets of Nigeria, if...
View ArticleOsun: Why launch ‘Opon Imo’ in Lagos?
About two months ago, around March 20, the public was inundated with a news report that the Osun State Government had commenced the distribution of its computer learning tablets tagged “Opon Imo” to...
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Emergency Rule: Senate Fixes May 21 For Debate
The Senate has fixed May 21 for discussions on the state of emergency declared by President Goodluck Jonathan in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa. The Senate President, Sen. David Mark, announced this on...
View ArticleJonathan approves appointment of 12 new judges for Industrial Court
Abuja - President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of 12 new Judges for the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NIC). This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by Mr...
View Article2 Days After Emergency Rule: Multiple Explosions Rock Daura
Barely two days after the declaration of emergency rule in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa states by President Goodluck Jonathan, suspected terrorists yesterday launched bomb attacks on targets in Daura municipal...
View ArticleMan, 27, jailed 7 years for drug trafficking
Jos – The Federal High Court 1, Jos, on Friday sentenced a 27-year old man, Babale Mohammed, to seven years imprisonment for possessing Indian hemp and psychotropic substances. Mohammed was convicted...
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Members of Boko Haram may face war crimes charges – UN
United Nations – Members of Boko Haram and other extremist groups in Nigeria, could face war crimes charges for deliberate acts leading to ethnic and religious cleansing, the UN has said. Rupert...
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Lagos employs 70 women truck drivers
Ikeja – The Lagos State Government on Friday said it had just employed 70 women as truck drivers, as part of efforts to empower women in the state. The Deputy Gov., Mrs Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire,...
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Sultan, CAN Sue for Peace as Northern Elders Oppose Emergency Rule
Tuesday’s declaration of state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States yesterday created more rumpus in the polity as more groups and individuals reacted to the decision of President Goodluck...
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Army condemns use of fake military camouflage by Boko Haram members
The Nigerian Army on Friday in Abuja decried the rate at which the Boko Haram insurgents have been using fake military camouflage to attack civilians. Maj.-Gen. Mobolaji Koleoso, the Chief of Civil...
View ArticleBritish worker killed by kidnappers in Sokoto — inquest
LONDON (AFP) – A British construction worker taken hostage in Nigeria was shot dead by his Islamist kidnappers minutes after the start of a joint UK and Nigerian rescue operation at the compound where...
View ArticleJonathan secures release of Nigerian prisoners in Equatorial Guinea
Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan has secured the release of 10 prisoners held by Equatorial Guinea for various immigration offences, a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday. It...
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Jonathan is entitled to eight years – N-Delta leaders
UGHELLI — PEOPLE of the Niger Delta region, under the auspices of Niger Delta Leaders Assembly, have told President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2015 presidential election, otherwise he should not...
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