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President Jonathan Expected In Minna Saturday -Gov Aliyu

Gov Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu of Niger has said on Tuesday that President Goodluck Jonathan is expected to visit the state on Saturday. Aliyu disclosed this in Minna while receiving the North Korean...

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Jonathan sacks heads of Aviation agencies

BY OKEY NDIRIBE In what appears like a move to cleanse the aviation sector, President Goodluck Jonathan , Tuesday sacked the heads of four aviation parastatals in the country. Those affected include Mr...

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After Jonathan’s second term, it would be Igbo man’s turn – Group

2015: Igbo group endorse Jonathan for re-election BY GABRIEL EWEPU ABUJA- AS 2015 general elections draw closer, an Igbo social group, Supreme Igbo Security Council, SISC, under the auspices of Ohaneze...

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Women join men to sit on train roof as fuel scarcity bites harder

Lagos – The Nigerian Railway Corporation’s (NRC) Taskforce for arresting passengers who sit on the roof of train coaches were on Wednesday stunned to see women among such passengers. The defiant women...

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I’m Bound to Deliver, Says Amaechi

Rivers State Governor and Chairman, Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, yesterday desclosed that it was his constitutional obligation to the people of the state to deliver on infrastructure and spend public funds...

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Boko Haram: Rights group petitions ICC

A human rights group, Youth and Conflict Resolution Initiatives, YCRI, has urged the International Criminal Court, ICC to intervene on the ongoing killing of innocent Nigerians and destruction of...

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Obasanjo won’t disclose his actual birth date – Oba Dosunmu

The Olowu of Owu Kingdom, Ogun State, Oba Adegboyega Dosunmu, has said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo, knows his correct birth date but won’t disclose it to anybody. Dosunmu who described...

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Lawmakers Loyal To Gov. Amaechi’s Position On Nigeria Centenary Is Illegal – PDP

PDP in a statement by Jerry Needam, Special Adviser, Media to the State Chairman, Bro Felix Obuah strongly maintained that all sittings, resolutions and decisions of members of the Rivers State House...

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Jonathan’s begins 2015 permutations against APC states as 11 new Ministers...

President Goodluck Jonathan, Wednesday wielded the big stick against widely admired Minister of Sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi. The event comes as surprise to many, despite several accusations of...

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UPDATE: Petroleum Ministry Unable to Account for N500m PIB Publicity Funds

DPR: Why fuel scarcity persists, accuses NNPC of non-payment of royalty Omololu Ogunmade Revelations emerged Tuesday on how the Ministry of Petroleum Resources misappropriated N500 million allocated...

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Letter From Nigerian Dictator Son To Wole Soyinka — Ayo Sogunro Replies Sadiq...

By Ayo Sogunro Dear Sadiq Abacha: I do not know you personally, but I admire your filial bravery—however misguided— in defending your father, the late General Sani Abacha. This in itself is not a...

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Nigeria Government Votes N300 Million To Fight Foreign Media ‘Propaganda’

Nigerian authorities are signing off a N300 million war chest to contest what an official called “negative publicity” on Nigeria in foreign media, as the government faces increasing criticism over its...

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Judge threatens to discharge suspected killers of Boko Haram leader

Justice Evoh Chukwu of an Abuja Federal High Court on Wednesday threatened to discharge five police officers charged with killing Boko Haram founder, Mohammed Yusuf, for want of diligent prosecution....

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Update: Benue State Water resources Commissioner Dies In India – The Nation

Benue State Commissioner for Water Resources, Conrad Wergba is dead. He died Wednesday in an Indian Hospital. Secretary to the State Government, Dr David Salisu confirmed the death of Wergba who first...

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BOKO HARAM MAY BREAK UP NIGERIA – CAN

THE Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), on Wednesday, said the Boko Haram insurgency ravaging the country could  affect the corporate existence of Nigeria if not stopped immediately. This came as...

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Opposition can’t deny Amosun’s good work, says Obasanjo

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that the manifestation of the good works of Governor Ibikunle Amosun’s administration in Ogun State are such that even the opposition and critics in...

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Update: President Jonathan’s uncle to be released soon – IYC

Yenagoa -The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) says the committee set up by the council to work with security agencies to fish out kidnappers of President Goodluck Jonathan’s uncle are making progress. Chief...

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“Pay us N2.4trillion as reparation” – Ndigbo tells FG

Ohaneze Ndigbo, apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, has demanded the payment of N2.4 trillion as reparation and restitution from the federal government over what it termed “the killings, violations,...

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I don’t have accounts or property abroad — Jonathan

By Abiodun Alade President Goodluck Jonathan has declared that he does not own any bank account or property outside the shores of Nigeria. He made the remark during the swearing-in of the 11 new...

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2014 Budget: President Jonathan Declares War On Rivers State….APC Commends...

We have learnt with shock and disbelief, of the zero allocation to Rivers State in the 2014 Budget of the Federal Ministry of Works. What this means is that Rivers State will not receive any Federal...

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