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Amaechi condoles with First Lady over mother’s death
BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME RIVERS State Governor has condoled with the First Family of the country over the death of the mother of Mrs. Patience Jonathan. Governor Chibuike Amaechi, who said that he received...
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Jonathan’s Impeachment rally thwarted by police in Abuja
BY LEVINUS NWABUGHIOGU A rally meant to persuade the National Assembly to commence impeachment proceedings against President Goodluck Jonathan over the lingering Rivers State crisis was weekend...
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20 years old man jailed for marrying 14-year old girl
By Dare Lawal At a time when the news of underage marriage is front, right and centre in the Nigerian media and public consciousness, the Court of Appeal in Kenya confirmed on Friday, a 20-year jail...
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Zimbabwe: Elections ‘peaceful,free and fair’ — Obasanjo
THE African Union’s top poll observer said crunch election on Wednesday appeared, according to initial reports, to have passed off smoothly. “The conduct of the election… has been peaceful, orderly,...
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Boko Haram slaughters 8 in Borno
By AbdulSalam Muhammad & NDAHI MARAMA MAIDUGURI — Eight persons, including a lecturer at the College of Education, Waka, Biu Local Government Area of Borno State (names withheld) were, yesterday,...
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We must all rise to liberate our people – Tinubu
National leader of the new party and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu said APC would set Nigeria on an irreversible cause of change. His words: “Once again, history is made in our...
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As Zimbabwe counts ballots, police warn against leaked election results
(Reuters) – Zimbabwe police vowed to crack down on any attempts to leak early results from Tuesday’s vote, complicating plans by some civic groups to pre-empt official announcements by the country’s...
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Tukur recants, denies abusing Aliyu, Kwankwaso, others
HE National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bamanga Tukur, on Wednesday disowned a statement by his media aide in which the PDP chair was said to have slammed five northern governors...
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Nigeria begins troops pullout from Mali
Nigeria began withdrawing some of its 1,200 troops in Mali, yesterday, and redeploy them in security operations at home, military authorities said, Tuesday. Nigeria has been planning the withdrawal...
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FG in talks with ASUU on strike – Maku
By Ben Agande Abuja — THE Federal Government has expressed worry at the distortion in school calendar as a result of the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, strike, saying that it is...
View ArticleCouple, baby, motorcyclist crushed in Lagos
BY EVELYN USMAN LAGOS — Tragedy struck, yesterday, along Sagamu road, in Ikorodu area of Lagos, after four persons were crushed by a commercial bus. The deceased, included a man, his wife, their one...
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Lagos govt denies deporting Anambra State indigenes
By OLASUNKANMI AKONI, DAPO AKINREFON & MONSUR OLOWOOPEJO Lagos — Lagos State Government, yesterday, debunked allegation that it deported 67 indigenes of Anambra State, saying what happened was...
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PDP Reconciliation C’ttee won’t intervene in Rivers crisis – Dickson
By Soni Daniel & Emma Ujah ABUJA — Peoples Democratic Party National Reconciliation Committee will not intervene in the political crisis currently rocking Rivers State, Chairman of the committee...
View ArticleBoko Haram attacks in Nigeria crime against humanity –ICC
United Nations – The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday reported that there was reason to believe that crimes against humanity have been committed in Nigeria by the...
View ArticleBola Tinubu undergo surgery
The media office of the former Governor of Lagos State and co-founder of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has given an insight regarding his absence from public engagements...
View ArticleAtiku Commiserate With Fashola, Wishes Tinubu Speedy Recovery
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condoled with the Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola, over the death of his father. The former Vice President in a statement by his media office...
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Sultan urges Muslim faithful to look out for new Moon on Wednesday
Sokoto – The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, on Tuesday urged Muslim faithful to look out for the new Moon of Shawwal , 1434 AH, on Wednesday across the country. This is contained in a...
View ArticlePresidential election not our priority now- APC
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has declared that it is not yet focused on the 2015 presidential election. The interim National Chairman of the party, Bisi Akande, said the APC is focused on its...
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BREAKFAST: Presidency denies been turned down by IBB in Minna
Presidency has denied the report that former President Ibrahim Babangida turned down a request made by President Goodluck Jonathan to break the fast with him in his Minna Hilltop home. .The presidency...
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