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17May

Jonathan has outperformed his predecessors– Clarke – Nigerian Tribune – Nigerian Tribune

Jonathan has outperformed his predecessors– Clarke - Nigerian TribuneNigerian TribuneIjaw national leader and elder states man, chief Edwin Clark, has said that the president, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, has, so far, performed better than his predecessors ...

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17May

Global agenda on Boko Haram – Nigerian Tribune – Nigerian Tribune

Nigerian TribuneGlobal agenda on Boko Haram - Nigerian TribuneNigerian TribuneUNTIL the Monday, 13 May statement by the United Nations Secretary General, Mr Ban Ki-Moon, calling on the UN Security Council to step up efforts to assist Nigeria and some o...

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17May

FG’s Phone Bugging Programme Worry Nigerians – Osun Defender

FG's Phone Bugging Programme Worry NigeriansOsun DefenderSome eminent Nigerians have warned against the proposed introduction of lawful interception (LI), the so-called initiative that will give security agencies powers to access private communicat...

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17May

India seeks to partner Nigeria on education – Guardian – The Guardian Nigeria

How we made it in AfricaIndia seeks to partner Nigeria on education - GuardianThe Guardian NigeriaTHE India High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Mahesh Sachdev, has called for increased partnership between his country and Nigeria in the education sector, ...

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17May

Four killed, one injured as three-storey building collapses in Umuahia – Guardian – The Guardian Nigeria

Leadership NewspapersFour killed, one injured as three-storey building collapses in Umuahia - GuardianThe Guardian NigeriaAN uncompleted three-storey building located in the-rowing Agbama Housing Estate in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, collapsed aro...

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17May

My parents paid N5 million ransom, says witness – Guardian – The Guardian Nigeria

My parents paid N5 million ransom, says witness - GuardianThe Guardian NigeriaA TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD businessman, Mr Ayodele Olaoye, has told a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja how a female friend, Esther Phillips, conspired with some persons to kidn...

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17May

Police detain former minister’s son for alleged forgery, others – Guardian – The Guardian Nigeria

Police detain former minister's son for alleged forgery, others - GuardianThe Guardian NigeriaTHE son of former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Justice Agbamuche, Michael Agbamuche has been arrested by the Nigeria ...

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17May

120 beggars convicted, 1708 ejected from Lagos – The Guardian Nigeria

120 beggars convicted, 1708 ejected from LagosThe Guardian NigeriaNO fewer than 120 beggars and destitutes have been convicted and remanded in prison just as 1,708 beggars have been sent packing from Lagos State to their various states and countries by...

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17May

Army Invokes Dusk-to-dawn Curfew In Adamawa, As Nyako Questions … – CHANNELS

CHANNELSArmy Invokes Dusk-to-dawn Curfew In Adamawa, As Nyako Questions ...CHANNELSThe Nigerian Army has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew across Adamawa State, one of the three states that had a state of emergency imposed on them by President Goodluck Jon...

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17May

Man to be hanged for stabbing neighbour to death – DailyPost Nigeria

Man to be hanged for stabbing neighbour to deathDailyPost NigeriaA High Court sitting in Abudu, Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo state had on Thursday sentenced one Sunday Ilawe to death by hanging for the murder of his neighbour, Blessing Ehigi...

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17May

Kidnapped mother of ex-Ondo Commissioner freed – Premium Times

Premium TimesKidnapped mother of ex-Ondo Commissioner freedPremium TimesOlufunke Olatubore, the 78-year-old mother of a former Ondo State Commissioner of Education, Remi Olatubora, was released by her abductors on Thursday. She was kidnapped in her hom...

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17May

Day Two Of Emergency Rule: Jonathan Yet To Inform National Assembly – CHANNELS

CHANNELSDay Two Of Emergency Rule: Jonathan Yet To Inform National AssemblyCHANNELSThe House of Representatives says it is too hasty to conclude that President Goodluck Jonathan has breached the 1999 Constitution by not transmitting copies of the procl...

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17May

State Governors To Buy INEC’s Excess And Unused Laptops – CHANNELS

CHANNELSState Governors To Buy INEC's Excess And Unused LaptopsCHANNELSState governors have asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to sell over 78,000 excess laptops and webcams to them for distribution to secondary schools and ...

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17May

Ban Ki-Moon Calls On Extremist Groups To Cease Attacks – CHANNELS

CHANNELSBan Ki-Moon Calls On Extremist Groups To Cease AttacksCHANNELSThe Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon has called on all extremist groups in Nigeria to cease attacks on the northern part of the country. UN Secretary General ...

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16May

NCS Advises LCCI To Promote Made-in-Nigeria Goods – Leadership Newspapers

Leadership NewspapersNCS Advises LCCI To Promote Made-in-Nigeria GoodsLeadership NewspapersGbemudu, an Assistant Comptroller-General of Customs, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. ``We believe so...

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16May

Police Chief Announces Death Of Suspected Explosive Robbery Expert – Leadership Newspapers

Police Chief Announces Death Of Suspected Explosive Robbery ExpertLeadership NewspapersThe Police in Lagos on Thursday announced the death of a suspected armed robber, who was versed in the use of explosives, simply known as ``Chimaobi''. The N...

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16May

Analyst Blames Politicians For Insurgency In Northern Nigeria – CHANNELS

Analyst Blames Politicians For Insurgency In Northern NigeriaCHANNELSA Public Affairs Analyst, Tunde MacAlabi has said that politicians are responsible for the problems in the country because of their insincerity and selfish motives. Speaking on Channe...

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16May

Labour Laments Unending Misery Ahead of Centenary Celebration – AllAfrica.com

National MirrorLabour Laments Unending Misery Ahead of Centenary CelebrationAllAfrica.comWEDNESDAY, May 1, Nigerian workers celebrated the Workers' Day like their counterparts across the globe, besides the United States of America, USA. For Nigeria...

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16May

South-South Governors support emergency declaration – Imoke – DailyPost Nigeria

Leadership NewspapersSouth-South Governors support emergency declaration - ImokeDailyPost NigeriaThe Chairman of South-South Governors Forum, Liyel Imoke of Cross River State, on Wednesday in Abuja said the group was in support of the state of emergenc...

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16May

South-South Governors support emergency declaration – Imoke – DailyPost Nigeria

Leadership NewspapersSouth-South Governors support emergency declaration - ImokeDailyPost NigeriaThe Chairman of South-South Governors Forum, Liyel Imoke of Cross River State, on Wednesday in Abuja said the group was in support of the state of emergenc...

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16May

Nigeria Accounts for 10 Percent Global Maternal Mortality Rates – AllAfrica.com

Nigeria Accounts for 10 Percent Global Maternal Mortality RatesAllAfrica.comIndications emerged Wednesday that Nigeria accounts for 10 per cent of the world's maternal mortality, indicating that women were being shut out of the impressive economic ...

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16May

Abia Governor dissolves cabinet – Premium Times

Abia Governor dissolves cabinetPremium TimesThe Abia State Governor, Theodore Orji, has dissolved the State Executive Council, the former Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Eze Chikamnayo, announced in Umuahia on Wednesday. Mr. Chikamnayo, who ...

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16May

Abia Governor dissolves cabinet – Premium Times

Abia Governor dissolves cabinetPremium TimesThe Abia State Governor, Theodore Orji, has dissolved the State Executive Council, the former Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Eze Chikamnayo, announced in Umuahia on Wednesday. Mr. Chikamnayo, who ...

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16May

Justice Gummi: 3 Judges Tussle For FCT CJ Post – Leadership Newspapers

Justice Gummi: 3 Judges Tussle For FCT CJ PostLeadership NewspapersGummi voluntarily resigned from the office in time to be turbanned as the Emir of Gummi on Monday. The three Justices: I.M. Bukar, I.U. Bello and Dr. M.N Oniyangi, who are the top three...

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16May

NUC, ICPC seal off illegal varsities – Nigerian Tribune – Nigerian Tribune

NUC, ICPC seal off illegal varsities - Nigerian TribuneNigerian TribuneA sting operation team comprising operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and officials of the National Universities Commission ...

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16May

Mali operations: Military buries 2 Air Force pilots – Nigerian Tribune – Nigerian Tribune

Mali operations: Military buries 2 Air Force pilots - Nigerian TribuneNigerian TribuneThe two pilots who died in the Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet that crashed in Niamey, Niger, on May 6, were laid to rest at the National Military Cemetery on the Airpor...

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16May

Murder of subsidy protester: Lagos arraigns DPO – Nigerian Tribune – Nigerian Tribune

DailyPost NigeriaMurder of subsidy protester: Lagos arraigns DPO - Nigerian TribuneNigerian TribuneLagos State government, on Wednesday, arraigned the dismissed Divisional Police Officer of Yaya-Abatan Police Station, in Lagos, Segun Fabunmi, on charge...

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16May

6 killed, 4 injured on Bauchi-Maiduguri road – Nigerian Tribune – Nigerian Tribune

6 killed, 4 injured on Bauchi-Maiduguri road - Nigerian TribuneNigerian TribuneSIX people were killed while four others were injured at Badaromo village, on the Bauchi Maiduguri Expressway, in Ganjuwa Local Government Area of Bauchi State when aVolkswa...

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16May

Mimiko sends names of commissioner-nominees to state assembly – Nigerian Tribune

Nigerian TribuneMimiko sends names of commissioner-nominees to state assemblyNigerian TribuneONDO State governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, on Wednesday, sent the names of people he nominated to serve as commissioners in the state to the state House of Assem...

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16May

NJC probe panel summons retiring CJ, Cjn queries him – Nigerian Tribune – Nigerian Tribune

NJC probe panel summons retiring CJ, Cjn queries him - Nigerian TribuneNigerian TribuneThe National Judicial Council (NJC) panel probing alleged unethical conducts among judges has summoned the retiring Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory, Jus...

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16May

FG has abandoned us in Russia – Doctorate scholars – Nigerian Tribune – Nigerian Tribune

Osun DefenderFG has abandoned us in Russia - Doctorate scholars - Nigerian TribuneNigerian TribuneASSOCIATION of the Federal Government Doctoral Candidates in Russia, on Wednesday, told the House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora that the Federa...

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16May

General, Memoirs, Thoughts

School of our Pride….Those school songs of yesteryears.

As I sluggishly raised myself off the bed yesterday morning, made a little prayer to the Almighty God, I started the now habitual routine of singing to the almighty. However, just after a few songs, I found myself singing out the Government College Ibadan school song….School of our pride built on the rock.

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16May

Ijegun explosion: Lagos votes N81.7m for victims – National Mirror

Ijegun explosion: Lagos votes N81.7m for victimsNational MirrorSuccour seems to be coming the way of the residents Ijegun in Lagos State five years after fire razed the community following a pipeline explosion. The Lagos State Government yesterday said...

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16May

Arresting Dokubo, arresting Nigeria – Nigerian Tribune – Nigerian Tribune

Osun DefenderArresting Dokubo, arresting Nigeria - Nigerian TribuneNigerian Tribune“Good day Aso Rock activist, you condemned Arewa elders' call for full investigation on Baga genocide. Now America joined the suit ask for same. I expect your arti...

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16May

‘Why the media must use correct grammatical sentences at all times’ – Nigerian Tribune

Nigerian Tribune'Why the media must use correct grammatical sentences at all times'Nigerian TribuneMalam Sheriff Abdul-Rauf Ahmed, Editor of the New Nigerian on Sunday, has just published a book on grammar. Titled Correct Your English, the book...

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16May

Nigeria police uncover second ‘baby factory’ in a week – Zee News

DailyPost NigeriaNigeria police uncover second 'baby factory' in a weekZee NewsNigeria police uncover second `baby factory` in a week Lagos: Nigerian police on Wednesday said they had found six pregnant teenage girls in a raid on a house and ar...

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16May

Abia government dissolves market committee – DailyPost Nigeria

CHANNELSAbia government dissolves market committeeDailyPost NigeriaThe Abia state Governor, Chief Theodore Orji has approved the dissolution of the committee on the new industrial market located on Ikot Ekpene road, Umuahia. The committee was headed by...

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16May

Emergency Rule: Plateau State Security Council applauds security agents … – DailyPost Nigeria

Emergency Rule: Plateau State Security Council applauds security agents ...DailyPost NigeriaThe Plateau State Security Council has commended security agents in the state for the way they have managed security challenges that hitherto bed evilled the St...

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16May

ThisDay bombing: Court admits five confessional statements – Premium Times

Premium TimesThisDay bombing: Court admits five confessional statementsPremium TimesJustice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court on Wednesday in Abuja admitted the five documents tendered as confessional statements made by Mustapha Umar. Mr. Umar ...

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16May

Our fathers used our resources to make Nigeria what it is today – Northern Elders – DailyPost Nigeria

National MirrorOur fathers used our resources to make Nigeria what it is today – Northern EldersDailyPost NigeriaAs the battle heats up for the 2015 presidential election, the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, yesterday averred that the presidency should b...

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15May

Keyamo Backs State Of Emergency Declaration – CHANNELS

CHANNELSKeyamo Backs State Of Emergency DeclarationCHANNELSReactions have started to trail the nationwide broadcast by President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday in which he expressed his anger over the endless bloodshed in some northern states, and declar...

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15May

Opinion: Messages Of Bad Policies From Asari’s Vituperation! – The Street Journal – The Streetjournal

The NationOpinion: Messages Of Bad Policies From Asari's Vituperation! - The Street JournalThe StreetjournalIn December, 2012, Asari Dokubo stunned many people with his criticism of the Goodluck Jonathan administration. Back then, Asari said “Pre...

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15May

15th May, 2013 11:10FCT Chief Judge Resigns To Become Traditional Ruler! – The Streetjournal

Leadership Newspapers15th May, 2013 11:10FCT Chief Judge Resigns To Become Traditional Ruler!The StreetjournalStreet Journal's findings have revealed that Justice Lawal Hassan Gummi, the Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory has turned in hi...

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15May

Lagos state bans hijab in public schools – DailyPost Nigeria

DailyPost NigeriaLagos state bans hijab in public schoolsDailyPost NigeriaThe Lagos State Government on Tuesday insisted that the usage of other appendages, including Hijab, a head scarf for female Muslim pupils will not be allowed in the state public ...

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15May

Paying the Police a Livable Minimum Wage, By Ogaga Ifowodo – Premium Times

Premium TimesPaying the Police a Livable Minimum Wage, By Ogaga IfowodoPremium TimesThe Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, wants to raise the entry point salary in the force from N28,000 to N100,000. He is proposing the increase as part...

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15May

Stakeholders seek legislation for telecoms interception – Guardian – The Guardian Nigeria

Leadership NewspapersStakeholders seek legislation for telecoms interception - GuardianThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Federal Government's plan to intercept telephony services in Nigeria should be done by legislation and not regulation. Leading this charg...

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15May

Iranian jailed in Nigerian arms smuggling case – Legalbrief (subscription)

CHANNELSIranian jailed in Nigerian arms smuggling caseLegalbrief (subscription)An Iranian man convicted of smuggling arms into Nigeria has been sentenced to five years imprisonment by a Lagos court. The weapons seized from a ship docked in Lagos in 201...

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15May

Only Military Can Sustain Democracy — Air Marshal Badeh – Leadership Newspapers

Leadership NewspapersOnly Military Can Sustain Democracy — Air Marshal BadehLeadership NewspapersThe Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Alex Sabundu Badeh, has said that although the military thrives well in a democratic dispensation, it, too cannot sur...

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15May

Crude Oil Theft: How We Arrested 14 Tankers, Army Tells Court – Leadership Newspapers

Leadership NewspapersCrude Oil Theft: How We Arrested 14 Tankers, Army Tells CourtLeadership NewspapersThe military authorities told a federal high court in Abuja that 26 alleged crude oil thieves were ambushed and apprehended along the Lokoja-Abuja ro...

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15May

Pupils escape drowning in Lagos flood – Nigerian Tribune

Nigerian TribunePupils escape drowning in Lagos floodNigerian TribuneThe timely arrival of emergency workers on Tuesday afternoon saved hundreds of pupil of Ogba Primary School from being drowned. Some of the primary school pupils, however, sustained v...

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15May

Pupils escape drowning in Lagos flood – Nigerian Tribune

Nigerian TribunePupils escape drowning in Lagos floodNigerian TribuneThe timely arrival of emergency workers on Tuesday afternoon saved hundreds of pupil of Ogba Primary School from being drowned. Some of the primary school pupils, however, sustained v...

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15May

Nasarawa: 270 people died, Al-Makura signed single term with us —Eggon … – Nigerian Tribune

Nigerian TribuneNasarawa: 270 people died, Al-Makura signed single term with us —Eggon ...Nigerian TribuneTHE national president of the Eggon Cultural and Development Association, Mr Chris Mamman, on Tuesday, announced that about 270 people, security...

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15May

Court strikes out drug trafficking suit over suspect’s death – Nigerian Tribune – Nigerian Tribune

Court strikes out drug trafficking suit over suspect's death - Nigerian TribuneNigerian TribuneJUSTICE Mohammed Yunusa of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Tuesday, struck out a suit filed by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) aga...

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15May

Jonathan is trying to divide this country —Ex lawmaker – Nigerian Tribune – Nigerian Tribune

Leadership NewspapersJonathan is trying to divide this country —Ex lawmaker - Nigerian TribuneNigerian TribuneA former member of the House of Representatives, Honourable Farouk Adamu, on Tuesday, alleged that President Goodluck Jonathan was using his...

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15May

Kidnappers of ex-Ondo commissioner’s mother demand N50m ransom – Nigerian Tribune

Kidnappers of ex-Ondo commissioner's mother demand N50m ransomNigerian TribuneThe abductors of the mother of the immediate past Commissioner for Education in Ondo State, Mrs Olufunke Olatubora, have demanded a N50 million ranson to release the 80-y...

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15May

IG, Abubakar, your men are back on the roads! – Nigerian Tribune – Nigerian Tribune

IG, Abubakar, your men are back on the roads! - Nigerian TribuneNigerian TribuneWhen the Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar ordered his men to stay off Nigerian roads, there were shouts of halleluyah all over the country and beyond. ...

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15May

Fraudulent action of LASTMA officers at Yaba-UNILAG area – Nigerian Tribune – Nigerian Tribune

Daily SunFraudulent action of LASTMA officers at Yaba-UNILAG area - Nigerian TribuneNigerian TribuneThis is to bring to your notice the behaviour of officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) stationed at the University of Lagos...

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15May

N107m scam: I am innocent, Ogbulafor tells court – Nigerian Tribune – Nigerian Tribune

CHANNELSN107m scam: I am innocent, Ogbulafor tells court - Nigerian TribuneNigerian TribuneA former Minister of Special Duties and National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, on Tuesday, told an Abuja High court t...

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15May

Jonathan Declares State Of Emergency In Borno, Yobe, Adamawa States – CHANNELS

Osun DefenderJonathan Declares State Of Emergency In Borno, Yobe, Adamawa StatesCHANNELSIn what appears to be about the boldest step taken by the Federal Government in tackling the insurgency in the northern part of Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan...

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15May

China-based Nigerians seek consular office in Guangzhou – Guardian – The Guardian Nigeria

China-based Nigerians seek consular office in Guangzhou - GuardianThe Guardian NigeriaTO enhance easy access to travel protocols as required by the host country, Nigerians resident in Guangzhou, China, Tuesday called on President Goodluck Jonathan to s...

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15May

Court strikes out traffic charge against Lagos lawyer – Guardian – The Guardian Nigeria

Court strikes out traffic charge against Lagos lawyer - GuardianThe Guardian NigeriaA SPECIAL Traffic, Environmental and Miscellaneous Offences Court sitting in Alausa, Ikeja, Tuesday struck out a two-count traffic-related charge preferred against a La...

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15May

APGA woos aggrieved members, vows to retain Anambra govt – Guardian – The Guardian Nigeria

APGA woos aggrieved members, vows to retain Anambra govt - GuardianThe Guardian NigeriaIN an apparent bid to soothe frayed nerves and assuage bruised egos ahead of the coming gubernatorial election, the embattled All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA),...

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15May

Akwa Ibom Confraternity Inc. – SpyGhana.com – spyghana.com

spyghana.comAkwa Ibom Confraternity Inc. - SpyGhana.comspyghana.comFounded in the USA in 1866 the Klu Klux Klan was created by post civil war veterans as a resistance movement to the Republican led effort to create political and economic equality for t...

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15May

Jonathan To Address Nigerians Today – CHANNELS

BDliveJonathan To Address Nigerians TodayCHANNELSThe Presidency has announced that President Goodluck Jonathan will today, Tuesday at 7pm (Nigeria time) address the nation. According to the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reube...

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14May

Nigeria’s Benue state conflict ‘kills 53’ – BBC News

Osun DefenderNigeria's Benue state conflict 'kills 53'BBC NewsFifty-three people have been killed and 13 villages burnt in central Nigeria's Benue state, local MP Sule Audu has told the BBC. The conflict, which started last week, is sai...

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14May

Pirates Free Sailors Kidnapped Off Nigeria – VOA – Voice of America

PanARMENIAN.NetPirates Free Sailors Kidnapped Off Nigeria - VOAVoice of AmericaPirates have released five Russian and Polish nationals kidnapped from a cargo ship last month off the coast of Nigeria. The ship's German operator confirmed Tuesday all...

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14May

Fashola Charges Lawyers To Rise Against Culture Of Impunity – CHANNELS

CHANNELSFashola Charges Lawyers To Rise Against Culture Of ImpunityCHANNELSLagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Monday charged lawyers in the country to stand up against the rising culture of impunity in the country saying the Nigerian Ba...

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14May

Corporate mad men: Lagos state approves uniforms, ID cards for danfo drivers … – 360Nobs.com

Osun DefenderCorporate mad men: Lagos state approves uniforms, ID cards for danfo drivers ...360Nobs.comAs part of the new Road Traffic Law, the Lagos state government has revealed that public transportation vehicle drivers and their conductors will so...

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14May

Alakyo – Widows Get Compensation, but Protests Continue – AllAfrica.com

Osun DefenderAlakyo - Widows Get Compensation, but Protests ContinueAllAfrica.comAlthough widows of slain policemen were today issued cheques for compensation, their protests have continued. They have barricaded the Akwanga-Lafia federal road in Nasara...

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14May

2015: Presidency Should Stop Witch-hunting Media, Opposition – Melaye – Osun Defender

Leadership Newspapers2015: Presidency Should Stop Witch-hunting Media, Opposition – MelayeOsun DefenderFormer member of the House of Representatives, Otuba Dino Melaye, has warned the presidency against harasing and intimidating the media and politic...

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14May

Rhodes-Vivour: 100 policemen comb kidnappers’ hideouts – The Punch

CHANNELSRhodes-Vivour: 100 policemen comb kidnappers' hideoutsThe PunchCommissioner of Police in Edo State, Mr. Foluso Adebanjo, said the command had deployed no fewer than 1,000 police officers, consisting of anti-kidnapping, mobile units and Spec...

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14May

2015: President Jonathan’s kinsmen and drumbeat of war – National Mirror

National Mirror2015: President Jonathan's kinsmen and drumbeat of warNational MirrorFELIX NWANERI writes on the tension being generated by the insistence of some leaders in the South-South that it is either an eight-year presidency for their region...

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14May

Akinjide as exemplar for women participation in politics – Nigerian Tribune – Nigerian Tribune

CHANNELSAkinjide as exemplar for women participation in politics - Nigerian TribuneNigerian TribuneWith increasing agitation from women and rights groups all over the world for gender parity in public administration and other spheres of life, Nigeria, ...

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14May

Iguru stool: Iguru Aguda chieftaincy family drags Lagos govt to court – Nigerian Tribune

Iguru stool: Iguru Aguda chieftaincy family drags Lagos govt to courtNigerian TribuneThe Amore and Omobo branch members of Iguru Aguda Chieftaincy family in Coker/ Aguda Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State have dragged the Lagos State ...

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14May

Ex-Commissioner’s mother kidnapped – Nigerian Tribune – Nigerian Tribune

Ex-Commissioner's mother kidnapped - Nigerian TribuneNigerian TribuneTHE mother of the immediate past Commissioner for Education in Ondo State, Mr Remi Olatubora, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in her home, Iyansan in Irele Local Government A...

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14May

Insecurity posing threat to existence of Nigeria —Coomasie, former IGP – Nigerian Tribune

Insecurity posing threat to existence of Nigeria —Coomasie, former IGPNigerian TribuneWORRIED by the current security challenges facing Nigeria, a former Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim Coomassie, has said the security challenges are posi...

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14May

78-yr-old woman missing since 2003 found in son’s cupboard – Nigerian Tribune – Nigerian Tribune

Nigerian Tribune78-yr-old woman missing since 2003 found in son's cupboard - Nigerian TribuneNigerian TribuneThe police in Imo have arrested one Chimezie Osuigwe, a retired vice-principal, for the alleged murder of his 78-year-old mother in 2003. O...

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14May

I’ll recontest NGF chairmanship —Amaechi – Nigerian Tribune – Nigerian Tribune

Nigerian TribuneI'll recontest NGF chairmanship —Amaechi - Nigerian TribuneNigerian TribuneThe Rivers State governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has again said nothing will deter his resolve to contest the Nigerian Governors' Forum (NGF) electi...

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14May

Boko Haram amnesty panel lied, says Kabiru Sokoto – Guardian – The Guardian Nigeria

Osun DefenderBoko Haram amnesty panel lied, says Kabiru Sokoto - GuardianThe Guardian NigeriaIT was a jolty twist Monday to efforts to broker a truce between Boko Haram insurgents and the Federal Government. The suspected mastermind of the Christmas Da...

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14May

Boko Haram amnesty panel lied, says Kabiru Sokoto – Guardian – The Guardian Nigeria

Osun DefenderBoko Haram amnesty panel lied, says Kabiru Sokoto - GuardianThe Guardian NigeriaIT was a jolty twist Monday to efforts to broker a truce between Boko Haram insurgents and the Federal Government. The suspected mastermind of the Christmas Da...

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14May

Again, Jonathan Meets Security Chiefs Over Insecurity – Leadership Newspapers

Leadership NewspapersAgain, Jonathan Meets Security Chiefs Over InsecurityLeadership NewspapersPresident Goodluck Jonathan on Monday met with security chiefs in a session that lasted over one hour at the presidential villa, Abuja to mull the way forwar...

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14May

162! Suspected cultists arrested in Lagos Island following raid – ynaija

Osun Defender162! Suspected cultists arrested in Lagos Island following raidynaijaSecurity agents have arrested 162 people in Lagos Island during a joint aimed at curbing activities of cultists and hoodlums in the area. policemen from divisions under t...

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13May

Amaechi, Oshiomhole Shun Govs’ Meeting – P.M. News

CHANNELSAmaechi, Oshiomhole Shun Govs' MeetingP.M. NewsGovernor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and his Edo State counterpart, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on Sunday shunned the South-South/South-East Governors' meeting held in Asaba, the Delta Stat...

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13May

Two Governors Rift Halts Work on Six-Lane Highway in Nigeria – SpyGhana.com – spyghana.com

spyghana.comTwo Governors Rift Halts Work on Six-Lane Highway in Nigeria - SpyGhana.comspyghana.comThe Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio and his Abia State counterpart, Theodore Orji are yet to settle the rift caused by the refusal of the l...

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13May

AREGBESOLA: The tranformational leader – Osun Defender

Osun DefenderAREGBESOLA: The tranformational leaderOsun DefenderOgbeni Rauf Aregbesola is a pacesetter in the state of Osun. His accessibility struck the public, which enabled friendship with the average person to develop. We found him to be a good lis...

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13May

Court Orders Police To Vacate Obio/Akpor Secretariat – CHANNELS

Court Orders Police To Vacate Obio/Akpor SecretariatCHANNELSA Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has ordered the police to vacate the Obior/Akpor Local government secretariat in Rivers State, South-South Nigeria. The court gave the directive on Monday...

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13May

Police Uncover Illegal Orphanage With 17 Pregnant Teenage In Imo – CHANNELS

Osun DefenderPolice Uncover Illegal Orphanage With 17 Pregnant Teenage In ImoCHANNELSThe Imo state police command has uncovered an illegal motherless baby's home where about 17 pregnant teenage girls are held hostage for the purpose of child making...

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13May

Nigeria Is At War, Government Ill-Prepared To Fight – Falana – CHANNELS

Osun DefenderNigeria Is At War, Government Ill-Prepared To Fight – FalanaCHANNELSRight activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana on Monday said the presence situation in the country is nothing short of a full blown war. Mr Falana, who was ...

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13May

2, 000 ACN Members Defect to PDP in Ogun – THISDAY Live

THISDAY Live2, 000 ACN Members Defect to PDP in OgunTHISDAY LiveAbout 2, 000 members of the ruling Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun State over the weekend defected to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (...

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13May

Baga, Nasarawa Killings – Nigeria Sliding Into Lawlessness – Sultan – AllAfrica.com

Osun DefenderBaga, Nasarawa Killings - Nigeria Sliding Into Lawlessness - SultanAllAfrica.comPresident-general of the Jama'atu Nasril Islam (JNI) and the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, has lamented that the nation is graduall...

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13May

Nasarawa killings: Labaran Maku denies involvement; IGP appeals for useful … – DailyPost Nigeria

DailyPost NigeriaNasarawa killings: Labaran Maku denies involvement; IGP appeals for useful ...DailyPost NigeriaInformation Minister, Labaran Maku has denied the report that fingered him in the violence in his home state of Nasarawa. In a statement by ...

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13May

FCT minister’s wife bags chieftaincy for beautifying grave sites – Premium Times

Osun DefenderFCT minister's wife bags chieftaincy for beautifying grave sitesPremium TimesThe FCT minister's wife, Aisha Bala Mohammed, was turbaned as the Garkuwan Mata (Protector of Jiwa womenfolk) of Jiwa for her individual effort at giving ...

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13May

Gunmen attack Southern Kaduna village again – Nigerian Tribune – Nigerian Tribune

Osun DefenderGunmen attack Southern Kaduna village again - Nigerian TribuneNigerian TribuneVILLAGES in Atakar chiefdom of Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State were attacked by gunmen who stormed the area on motorcycles, at the weekend. According...

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13May

3 injured as fire razes building in Lagos – Nigerian Tribune – Nigerian Tribune

3 injured as fire razes building in Lagos - Nigerian TribuneNigerian TribuneTHREE people were, on Sunday morning, injured as a two-storey building went up in flames at Bashiru Street, in Ojodu Berger area of Lagos State, directly beside the collapsed b...

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13May

Plan to flood Lagos with Sambo’s posters, ACN’s antics for destabilisation – PDP – Nigerian Tribune

Osun DefenderPlan to flood Lagos with Sambo's posters, ACN's antics for destabilisation - PDPNigerian TribuneLAGOS State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said it has uncovered clandestine plans by the leadership of Action Congress Nige...

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13May

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BONHOEFFER – Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas.

Over the years, I have read a couple of biographies and when this book was sent to me by a friend, my reaction was – this is another one of them. My approach to reading biography is always one of caution, I am cautious because I know that everyone likes to look good and as

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Mimiko: Omisore a misunderstood politician – P.M. News (blog)

P.M. News (blog)Mimiko: Omisore a misunderstood politicianP.M. News (blog)Governor Olusegun Mimiko of the western Nigerian state of Ondo has described a former deputy governor of the state of Osun , Senator Iyiola Omisore, as “a grossly misunderstood...

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South-South/South-East Governors Meet In Asaba – CHANNELS

CHANNELSSouth-South/South-East Governors Meet In AsabaCHANNELSThe city of Asaba on Sunday, played host to governors of the South-South and South-East region in a meeting which held in the new government house, Asaba. In a press briefing held at the new...

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13May

One dead, 28 allegedly detained by Police in Abakaliki – Guardian – The Guardian Nigeria

One dead, 28 allegedly detained by Police in Abakaliki - GuardianThe Guardian NigeriaIT was another show of police brutality, over the weekend, as one person was feared dead and 28 others arrested when a minor traffic snarl caused human and vehicular c...

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13May

Amid tears over a disgruntled nation, Oritsejafor receives award from Northern … – Nigerian Tribune

Amid tears over a disgruntled nation, Oritsejafor receives award from Northern ...Nigerian TribuneIt was an emotionally laden moment for the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, when he shed tears on the state of t...

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