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26Mar
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Agip suspends operations in Bayelsa – The Guardian Nigeria

Agip suspends operations in BayelsaThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC), a subsidiary of the Italian energy major, ENI has suspended its activities in Bayelsa State, citing frequent attacks on its crude pipelines. The International ...
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26Mar
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Court rules April 8 on Umeh’s suit against ouster – The Guardian Nigeria

Court rules April 8 on Umeh's suit against ousterThe Guardian NigeriaA MAJOR inroad was on Monday recorded in the appeal for stay of execution filed by ousted chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Umeh, as the Court o...
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26Mar
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Court Orders NNPC Fund To Pay Retirees N500 Million – CHANNELS

CHANNELSCourt Orders NNPC Fund To Pay Retirees N500 MillionCHANNELSThe National Industrial Court on Monday ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Pension Fund Limited to pay N500 million to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pensioners...
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26Mar
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INEC declines to register rival APC – Premium Times

Premium TimesINEC declines to register rival APCPremium TimesThe plan by the African Peoples Congress to become a political party crashed on Monday as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said it would not register the association becau...
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25Mar
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Kano Attack: Security Beef Up in Abuja Bus Park – Daily Times Nigeria

Kano Attack: Security Beef Up in Abuja Bus ParkDaily Times NigeriaFollowing the recent suicide bomb attack which claimed the lives of several individuals in Sabon Gari area of Kano state, bus park operatives in and around Abuja have beefed up security ...
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25Mar
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Terror Scare: Security Surveillance Intensified – P.M. News

P.M. NewsTerror Scare: Security Surveillance IntensifiedP.M. NewsSecurity operatives have intensified their surveillance of parts of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, following the raid on the hideout of suspected terrorists last week on Aromire Street i...
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25Mar
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Demand For Oteh’s Removal Is Unusual – Ikechukwu Ikeji – CHANNELS

Demand For Oteh's Removal Is Unusual – Ikechukwu IkejiCHANNELSA legal practitioner, Ikechukwu Ikeji while speaking on Sunrise Daily on Monday stated that the National Assmebly's demand that President Goodluck Jonathan remove the Director Gene...
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25Mar
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Demand For Oteh’s Removal Is Unusual – Ikechukwu Ikeji – CHANNELS

Demand For Oteh's Removal Is Unusual – Ikechukwu IkejiCHANNELSA legal practitioner, Ikechukwu Ikeji while speaking on Sunrise Daily on Monday stated that the National Assmebly's demand that President Goodluck Jonathan remove the Director Gene...
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25Mar
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Abuja Bus Park Operatives Beef Up Security – CHANNELS

Abuja Bus Park Operatives Beef Up SecurityCHANNELSThe recent suicide bomb attack which claimed the lives of several individuals in Sabon Gari, Kano state has prompted bus park operatives in and around Abuja to beef up security in a bid to prevent any f...
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25Mar
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Abuja Bus Park Operatives Beef Up Security – CHANNELS

Abuja Bus Park Operatives Beef Up SecurityCHANNELSThe recent suicide bomb attack which claimed the lives of several individuals in Sabon Gari, Kano state has prompted bus park operatives in and around Abuja to beef up security in a bid to prevent any f...
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25Mar
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Rainstorm Destroys Houses in Omu Aran, Oke Ero Communities – CHANNELS

CHANNELSRainstorm Destroys Houses in Omu Aran, Oke Ero CommunitiesCHANNELSNearly 60 houses have been destroyed in Omu Aran and Egosi Ile communities, Kwara state by a rainstorm which lasted for 45 minutes leading to the massive loss of properties and g...
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25Mar
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Rainstorm Destroys Houses in Omu Aran, Oke Ero Communities – CHANNELS

CHANNELSRainstorm Destroys Houses in Omu Aran, Oke Ero CommunitiesCHANNELSNearly 60 houses have been destroyed in Omu Aran and Egosi Ile communities, Kwara state by a rainstorm which lasted for 45 minutes leading to the massive loss of properties and g...
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25Mar
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Ondo State: Life abundant beyond rhetorics and statistics – Nigerian Tribune

Nigerian TribuneOndo State: Life abundant beyond rhetorics and statisticsNigerian TribuneGodwin Chukwudi an Igbo from Enugu State is a university graduate who was residing at Ibulesoro, a sleeping community, about 5km to Akure, the Ondo State capital. ...
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25Mar
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PDP Has To Reposition For 2015 – Vice President Sambo – CHANNELS

CHANNELSPDP Has To Reposition For 2015 – Vice President SamboCHANNELSThe Vice President, Namadi Sambo at an event in Abuja advised members of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) to be united so that the party will have a good standing in the 2015...
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25Mar
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NEITI hopeful of speedy passage of PIB – Daily Times Nigeria

Leadership NewspapersNEITI hopeful of speedy passage of PIBDaily Times NigeriaThe Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) on Sunday in Abuja called for the speedy passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) currently before the N...
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25Mar
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Nwoye V. Chriscato – Tambuwal Waits for Supreme Court Judgement – AllAfrica.com

Leadership NewspapersNwoye V. Chriscato - Tambuwal Waits for Supreme Court JudgementAllAfrica.comAs the deadline issued by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and the Forum of Ex-NANS draws closer, the leadership of the House of Repres...
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25Mar
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Ife-Modakeke Cannot Be Separated By Crisis – Aregbesola – Osun Defender

Osun DefenderIfe-Modakeke Cannot Be Separated By Crisis – AregbesolaOsun DefenderGovernor of the State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has described Ife and Modakeke, as two communities that cannot be separated by human factors. He disclosed this at...
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25Mar
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There’s difference between clemency and state pardon, says Diya – The Guardian Nigeria

There's difference between clemency and state pardon, says DiyaThe Guardian NigeriaFormer Chief of General Staff (CGS), Gen. Oladipo Diya (Rtd), who was implicated in a phantom coup attempt in 1997, was pardoned recently, along with others, by Pres...
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25Mar
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Plateau: Christian worshippers desert churches •Tight security at Kano bus park – Nigerian Tribune

Nigerian TribunePlateau: Christian worshippers desert churches •Tight security at Kano bus parkNigerian TribuneFOLLOWING the recent hostility between the Tarok and Fulani in Wase and Langtang North local government areas of Plateau State, leading to ...
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25Mar
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East-West Road awarded without design—Orubebe – Nigerian Tribune

East-West Road awarded without design—OrubebeNigerian TribuneMembers of the House of Representative's Joint Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream), Finance and State and Local Government were shocked at the weekend when the Minister of Nig...
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25Mar
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Oyo govt forcing civil servants to register as ACN members —Accord Party … – Nigerian Tribune

Oyo govt forcing civil servants to register as ACN members —Accord Party ...Nigerian TribuneA chieftain of the Accord Party in Oyo State, Honourable Bimbo Adepoju, has bemoaned the politicisation of the ongoing teachers' recruitment exercise by t...
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25Mar
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Again, gunmen abduct woman in Akure – Nigerian Tribune

CHANNELSAgain, gunmen abduct woman in AkureNigerian TribuneBARELY two days after a nursing mother who is a reporter with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Akure, Olubunmi Oke, was kidnapped in Akure, Ondo State capital, another woman, Ms Kehinde ...
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25Mar
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Ex-minister, Umeh, others extol literary icon’s virtues – The Guardian Nigeria

P.M. NewsEx-minister, Umeh, others extol literary icon's virtuesThe Guardian NigeriaFIRST Republic Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike Amechi, said Sunday the late Prof. Chinua Achebe would be remembered as a detribalised Nigerian who believed in...
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25Mar
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Groups mourn, task govt on reward system – The Guardian Nigeria

Indepth AfricaGroups mourn, task govt on reward systemThe Guardian NigeriaTWO groups, the Coalition to Save Nigeria (CSN) and the Benin National Congress (BNC), Sunday described Prof. Chinua Achebe as a model for self-integrity just as they urged Presi...
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24Mar
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Police confirm 25 killed, 127 prison inmates escape in northern Nigeria attack – Xinhua

Washington PostPolice confirm 25 killed, 127 prison inmates escape in northern Nigeria attackXinhuaYOLA, Nigeria, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Police in Nigeria's Adamawa State on Sunday confirmed reports that a total of 25 people were killed when an uncer...
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24Mar
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Wedding Gift To Tuface Not Too Much – Akwa Ibom Commissioner – CHANNELS

Osun DefenderWedding Gift To Tuface Not Too Much – Akwa Ibom CommissionerCHANNELSIn a swift reaction, the issue of SUV and N3 million cheque as wedding gift to popular singer Tuface Idibia and Annie Macaulay was brought to light. The commissioner wen...
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24Mar
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Kwara gov signs N96.4b appropriation bill 2013 – WorldStage

WorldStageKwara gov signs N96.4b appropriation bill 2013WorldStageWorldStage Newsonline-- The Governor of Kwara State, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has signed the 2013 Appropriation Bill of N96.4 billion into law with a pledge that it will be implemented to the...
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24Mar
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Army Chief Calls for Regular Training – AllAfrica.com

Leadership NewspapersArmy Chief Calls for Regular TrainingAllAfrica.comThe Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Azubuike Ihejirika said the prevailing security challenges facing the country made it inevitable for regular training and review of the existing...
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24Mar
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Kwankwaso Releases Names Of 25 Victims Of Suicide Bombings, Says … – Osun Defender

Osun DefenderKwankwaso Releases Names Of 25 Victims Of Suicide Bombings, Says ...Osun Defenderkwakwanso Engr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Kano State Governor, on Friday released the names of some of the victims of last Tuesday's suicide bombing attack on...
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24Mar
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Floating school built in Nigeria slum – The Nation

The NationFloating school built in Nigeria slumThe NationA THREE-storey floating school will soon be used in Makoko, a poverty stricken community on the flooded coastline of Nigeria's capital. The new primary school in the Lagos slum is built on a ...
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24Mar
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As INEC Parleys Parties Ahead – Leadership Newspapers

Leadership NewspapersAs INEC Parleys Parties AheadLeadership NewspapersIn the run up to 2015 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) met with heads of political partes. In this report Chibuzo Ukaibe x-rayed the issues ra...
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24Mar
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Maitama Sule not dead – Aide – Nigerian Tribune

Nigerian TribuneMaitama Sule not dead - AideNigerian TribuneCONTRARY to rumours doing the rounds that elder statesman, Alhaji Maitama Sule, is dead, Sunday Tribune learnt on good authority that he is hale and hearty. A statement jointly signed by the a...
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24Mar
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Alams pardon and international criticisms: Will the FG buckle? – Nigerian Tribune

Nigerian TribuneAlams pardon and international criticisms: Will the FG buckle?Nigerian TribuneThe recent presidential pardon granted former governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, has generated vociferous condemnations from different ...
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24Mar
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Pressure On Lawmakers To Remove Gov. Okorocha – Osun Defender

Osun DefenderPressure On Lawmakers To Remove Gov. OkorochaOsun Defenderrochasokorocha A NEW wave of impeachment saga now sweeps through Imo State, following a new demand on the lawmakers to impeach Governor Rochas Okorocha. Coordinator of Save Imo, Nze...
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24Mar
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Blame The NJC, AGF For Salami’s Debacle — Lawyer – CHANNELS

Blame The NJC, AGF For Salami's Debacle — LawyerCHANNELSOn our Saturday breakfast show Sunrise; taking a look at the judicial arm of government and issues surrounding it, the anchors Kayode Akintemi had a lawyer Tayo Olatunbosun and Debo Adeniran...
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23Mar
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Explosion Claims Bombers’ Lives In Kano – CHANNELS

CHANNELSExplosion Claims Bombers' Lives In KanoCHANNELSTwo separate bomb attacks targeted at the Joint Task Force checkpoint at Maiduguri road and police check point at eastern bypass, both in Kano metropolis have claimed the lives of two of the su...
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23Mar
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I have forgiven the saharareporters writer-Lagos PPRO – allvoices

Nigerian TribuneI have forgiven the saharareporters writer-Lagos PPROallvoicesNgozi Braide, a deputy superintendent of police is the first female officer to take charge as the police public relations officer for Lagos state police command. Barely nine ...
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23Mar
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Ogun State boils as Dangote truck kills couple, five others – Osun Defender

Osun DefenderOgun State boils as Dangote truck kills couple, five othersOsun Defenderamosun A couple and five others have been crushed to death by a cement-laden truck, belonging to Dangote Industries Limited. The accident occurred on Thursday in Ibese...
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23Mar
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Implement Oputa panel report, Diya tells Jonathan – Osun Defender

Osun DefenderImplement Oputa panel report, Diya tells JonathanOsun DefenderGOODluck Former Chief of General Staff, Lt. General Oladipo Diya (rtd) yesterday called on President Goodluck Jonathan to implement the Oputa panel report that made startling fi...
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23Mar
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E’Guinea Offers Oil Blocks to Nigerian Businessmen – THISDAY Live

Leadership NewspapersE'Guinea Offers Oil Blocks to Nigerian BusinessmenTHISDAY LiveThe economic diplomacy of President Goodluck Jonathan to Equitorial Guinea Friday yielded result as the country indicated that it would grant oil blocks to Nigerians...
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23Mar
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Umeh Prevented APGA From Growing, Says Ezenwajiaku – The Guardian Nigeria

Daily SunUmeh Prevented APGA From Growing, Says EzenwajiakuThe Guardian NigeriaVincent Ezenwajiaku, Anambra State Commissioner for Special Duties in the Obi led administration and a foundation member of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) fielde...
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23Mar
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Roads: Stop distracting FG over Edo roads, group tells Oshiomhole – Nigerian Tribune

Roads: Stop distracting FG over Edo roads, group tells OshiomholeNigerian TribuneA non-governmental organisation (NGO), the Infrastructure Monitors International, headed by Mr. JohnBull Adaghe, has asked the Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomh...
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23Mar
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Release Our Brothers Boko Haram Tells Nigeria, Cameroun – CHANNELS

CHANNELSRelease Our Brothers Boko Haram Tells Nigeria, CamerounCHANNELSNorthern Islamic militant group, Boko Haram has released a video of a French family of seven kidnapped last month in Cameroun. A man in this video who resembles past images of the p...
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23Mar
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Sambo Convoy In Auto Crash, Two Feared Dead – The Guardian Nigeria

Sambo Convoy In Auto Crash, Two Feared DeadThe Guardian NigeriaTHE convoy of the Vice President Namadi Sambo was involved in an auto crash in Kaduna Friday, just as two people were feared dead. His spokesperson, Umar Sani, said the bus involved in the ...
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23Mar
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Implement Oputa Panel Report, Diya Urges Jonathan – The Guardian Nigeria

Implement Oputa Panel Report, Diya Urges JonathanThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Chairman of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Cross River chapter, Bishop Emmah Isong has commended the amnesty granted the former governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye A...
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23Mar
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Over 20 Killed In Fresh Plateau Violence- Lawmaker – CHANNELS

CHANNELSOver 20 Killed In Fresh Plateau Violence- LawmakerCHANNELSThe security situation in Riyom local government continues to degenerate as the incessant attacks on villages by suspected Fulani herdsmen is on the rise and it seems like the special ta...
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23Mar
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Navy Uses N45, 000 Bait To Arrest Employment Syndicate Members – CHANNELS

CHANNELSNavy Uses N45, 000 Bait To Arrest Employment Syndicate MembersCHANNELSThree members of an employment syndicate have been arrested by the Nigerian Navy in Abuja. The Commandant of the Nigerian Navy Unit at the Mogadishu Cantonment, Commodore Seg...
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22Mar
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Police Arrest 15 In FCT Raid – P.M. News

Police Arrest 15 In FCT RaidP.M. NewsFifteen persons were arrested during a raid by the police in an uncompleted building opposite the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) Headquarters, Abuja. A witness told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday t...
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22Mar
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INEC invites All Progressives Congress – News24

CHANNELSINEC invites All Progressives CongressNews24Abuja - The Independent National Electoral Commission has invited All Progressives Congress over the controversy surrounding the ownership of an acronym, APC, Punch reports. The other parties laying c...
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22Mar
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NASS’s Resolutions Do Not Bind Executives – Chukwuma Ezeala – CHANNELS

NASS's Resolutions Do Not Bind Executives – Chukwuma EzealaCHANNELSLawyer, Chukwuma Ezeala while speaking on Channels Television's Breakfast Show Sunrise Daily, on Friday stated that the National Assembly's resolution to remove the Direct...
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22Mar
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FG to Share US$2 Billion Excess Crude Account With States, Local Govts – AllAfrica.com

FG to Share US$2 Billion Excess Crude Account With States, Local GovtsAllAfrica.comAbuja — The National Economic Council Thursday approved sharing of between $1billion and $2billion from the excess crude account amongst the federal, state and local g...
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22Mar
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In Sierra Leone, President Olusegun Obasanjo to be … – Indepth Africa

Indepth AfricaIn Sierra Leone, President Olusegun Obasanjo to be ...Indepth AfricaFormer Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, center, arrives at the airport in Dakar, Senegal Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012. Obasanjo arrived in Senegal on Tuesday to try to med...
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22Mar
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Governor Elechi dethrones 4 chiefs – P.M. News

Governor Elechi dethrones 4 chiefsP.M. NewsGovernor Martin Elechi of the eastern Nigerian state of Ebonyi has announced the dethronement of two traditional rulers and sacked two village heads in Ishielu Local Government Area of the state for sabotaging...
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22Mar
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FG will support genuine effort to tackle security challenges – Minister – Daily Times Nigeria

Leadership NewspapersFG will support genuine effort to tackle security challenges - MinisterDaily Times NigeriaThe Federal Government said on Thursday that it would continue to support genuine efforts aimed at ending the current insecurity challenges f...
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22Mar
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FG, states, LGs to share $2bn from excess crude account – Nigerian Tribune

FG, states, LGs to share $2bn from excess crude accountNigerian TribuneTHE three tiers of government are to share the sum of $2 billion from Excess Crude Account within the next two weeks. This will be 100% increase over the amount they shared from the...
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22Mar
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FG, states, LGs to share $2bn from excess crude account – Nigerian Tribune

FG, states, LGs to share $2bn from excess crude accountNigerian TribuneTHE three tiers of government are to share the sum of $2 billion from Excess Crude Account within the next two weeks. This will be 100% increase over the amount they shared from the...
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22Mar
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Oteh must go, Reps insist – Nigerian Tribune

CHANNELSOteh must go, Reps insistNigerian TribuneFOR the third time the House of Representatives, on Thursday, asked President Goodluck Jonathan to sack the embattled Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ms Arunma Oteh. It ...
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22Mar
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Ogun: NSCDC arrests 18 secondary school students over alleged cultism – Nigerian Tribune

Nigerian TribuneOgun: NSCDC arrests 18 secondary school students over alleged cultismNigerian TribuneOGUN State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), on Thursday, arrested 18 public secondary school students for alleged culti...
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22Mar
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Wanton destruction of lives, properties enough —Jonathan – Nigerian Tribune

Leadership NewspapersWanton destruction of lives, properties enough —JonathanNigerian TribunePRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has said enough is enough of wanton destruction of lives and properties in the country, calling on state governments to deploy re...
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22Mar
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Reps name Farouk Lawan’s replacement – Nigerian Tribune

Leadership NewspapersReps name Farouk Lawan's replacementNigerian TribuneThe Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Amuni Tambuwal on Thursday named a substantive Chairman of the House Committee on Education, Honourable Aminu Suleiman,...
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22Mar
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Attitudinal change’ll help reduce counterfeit drugs —NAFDAC DG – Nigerian Tribune

Attitudinal change'll help reduce counterfeit drugs —NAFDAC DGNigerian TribuneThis was disclosed in Abuja, on Thursday, as the NAFDAC DG was playing host to the Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Dr Mike Omeri. According t...
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22Mar
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Ogboru challenges court’s competence in debt suit – The Guardian Nigeria

CHANNELSOgboru challenges court's competence in debt suitThe Guardian NigeriaCITING lack of jurisdiction, former governorship candidate in Delta State, Great Ogboru, yesterday argued that the Federal High Court, Lagos, cannot entertain a suit filed...
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22Mar
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166 Feared Dead in Nigeria Boat Capsize – AllAfrica.com

Daily Sun166 Feared Dead in Nigeria Boat CapsizeAllAfrica.comOnly two of the 168 people on board the Gabon-bound giant wooden boat survived the accident. At least 166 people are feared dead after a boat they were travelling in sank some 40 nautical mil...
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22Mar
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House Summon NIMASA, NIW DG’s Over Marine Accident – CHANNELS

House Summon NIMASA, NIW DG's Over Marine AccidentCHANNELSThe House of Representatives has summoned the head of the National Inland Waterways and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency to appear before it to explain their failure to...
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22Mar
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Akinnola’s Death, A Great National Loss – Jonathan – Leadership Newspapers

Akinnola's Death, A Great National Loss - JonathanLeadership NewspapersPresident Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday described the death of High Chief Bayo Akinnola, the traditional Prime Minister of Ondo Kingdom, as a great national loss. In a statement...
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22Mar
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Jonathan Appoints Bukar Aji As New Head of Service – CHANNELS

CHANNELSJonathan Appoints Bukar Aji As New Head of ServiceCHANNELSPresident Goodluck Jonathan has confirmed the appointed Bukar Goni Aji as the new Head of the Civil Service of the Federation. The New Head of Service, Bukar Goni Aji. Mr Aji, who was un...
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22Mar
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FHC Reschedules Ruling In Maina’s Suit To March 26 – Leadership Newspapers

Leadership NewspapersFHC Reschedules Ruling In Maina's Suit To March 26Leadership NewspapersThe Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday rescheduled ruling in Abdulrasheed Maina's suit to March 26. Maina, a former Chairman, Presidential ...
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21Mar
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Igbo Angry With Kano Government – P.M. News

The HinduIgbo Angry With Kano GovernmentP.M. NewsThe Igbo in Kano say they have lost confidence in the way Kano State government is handling last Monday's bombing of luxury buses at New Road Luxury Park, in which more than 80 people lost their live...
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21Mar
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Suspected church bomber, Kabiru Sokoto, arraigned – News24

Leadership NewspapersSuspected church bomber, Kabiru Sokoto, arraignedNews24Abuja - State Security Service arraigned a suspected terrorist, Kabiru Umar, alias Kabiru Sokoto, before a Federal High Court, Abuja, Punch reports. The suspect, is linked to t...
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21Mar
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Tinubu supports amnesty for Boko Haram – News24

CHANNELSTinubu supports amnesty for Boko HaramNews24Kano - Former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, has supported the call for granting amnesty to Boko Haram members, Punch reports. Tinubu explained that the amnesty must be based on justice, particula...
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21Mar
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NCC to Meet Stakeholders in Lokoja – AllAfrica.com

NCC to Meet Stakeholders in LokojaAllAfrica.comThe Consumer Affairs Bureau (CAB) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) holds yet another interactive session on Friday, 22nd of March, 2013 in the confluence city of Lokoja, Kogi State. Burning ...
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21Mar
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Police uncover fake drugs factory in Lagos – The Guardian Nigeria

Leadership NewspapersPolice uncover fake drugs factory in LagosThe Guardian NigeriaA FORTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD who specializes in counterfeiting Pfizer and Beecham medicines has been arrested by policemen in Lagos. The suspect whose fake drug factory is loc...
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21Mar
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Ameke v. Nwoye: Aguleri Group Backs House’s Leadership – Leadership Newspapers

Ameke v. Nwoye: Aguleri Group Backs House's LeadershipLeadership NewspapersA group known as Aguleri Progressive Union (APU) has thrown its weight behind the position of the leadership of the House of Representatives to dismiss the recent call by Mr...
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21Mar
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‘Oga at the top’: Lagos NSCDC commandant won’t be sanctioned – Abolurin – Nigerian Tribune

Leadership Newspapers'Oga at the top': Lagos NSCDC commandant won't be sanctioned - AbolurinNigerian TribuneTHE Commandant General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr Ade Abolurin, has said the Lagos State Corps Commanda...
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21Mar
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FG hints at full deregulation – Nigerian Tribune

Leadership NewspapersFG hints at full deregulationNigerian TribuneTHE Federal Government may be considering the implementation of the policy of full deregulation of the downstream sector. According to Labaran Maku, who briefed State House correspondent...
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21Mar
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How I Rejected N10m Bribe – – Leadership Newspapers

How I Rejected N10m Bribe –Leadership NewspapersThe commandant general of the Nigeria security and civil defence corps (NSCDC), Prof Ade Abolurin yesterday made a startling revelation of how he recently turned down an offer of over N10m from a group ...
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21Mar
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Travails of Imo deputy governor – Nigerian Tribune

Nigerian TribuneTravails of Imo deputy governorNigerian TribuneThe Deputy governor of Imo state, Sir Jude Agbaso appears set to join the league of spare tyres who have been thrown into the archives through impeachment, writes Taiwo Adisa. The story of ...
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21Mar
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Discovery of 6000 ghost workers sparks controversy in Ondo – Premium Times

Premium TimesDiscovery of 6000 ghost workers sparks controversy in OndoPremium TimesThe recent discovery of 6,000 ghost workers in the 18 local councils of Ondo State has remained shrouded in controversy, with the state government withholding salaries ...
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21Mar
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Tukur dismisses in-fighting in PDP as media hype – The Guardian Nigeria

Tukur dismisses in-fighting in PDP as media hypeThe Guardian NigeriaNATIONAL Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, has described the much-reported crisis in the party as mere media hype. Tukur, who fielded questions from...
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21Mar
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Over 6, 000 Ghost Workers Discovered In Ondo – CHANNELS

CHANNELSOver 6, 000 Ghost Workers Discovered In OndoCHANNELSThis was disclosed by the Secretary to the State Government, Aderotimi Adelola in an interview with newsmen in his office at the Governor's office complex, Akure, the State Capital. Mr Ade...
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21Mar
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Gunmen Ambush Police Van Killing Three In Kano – CHANNELS

CHANNELSGunmen Ambush Police Van Killing Three In KanoCHANNELSThree persons have been killed while several police officers were injured in a gun duel that occurred after an explosion that ambushed a police patrol van at Panshekara Sabon Titi in Kumbots...
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21Mar
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West, Central African states to cooperate against pirates – Reuters

The Maritime ExecutiveWest, Central African states to cooperate against piratesReutersWed Mar 20, 2013 1:01pm EDT. * Gulf of Guinea seeing increase in maritime crime. * Governments agree to prosecute pirates, seize ships. COTONOU, March 20 (Reuters) - ...
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21Mar
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No Going Back On The Name APC – Leadership Newspapers

Nigerian TribuneNo Going Back On The Name APCLeadership NewspapersGovernor Umaru Tanko Almakura, of Nasarawa State, has revealed that the four political parties namely CPC, APGA, ANPP and ACN, had earlier written INEC of its intention to merge into a m...
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20Mar
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Kidnappers Of ACN’s Leader Demand N30 Million In Foreign Currency – CHANNELS

Kidnappers Of ACN's Leader Demand N30 Million In Foreign CurrencyCHANNELSThe Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has raised an alarm over the kidnap of its South-east Vice Chairman, Chudi Nwike, whose abductors have demand the sum of N30million 'i...
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20Mar
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Fresh Shooting In Kano Triggers Pandemonium – P.M. News

The HinduFresh Shooting In Kano Triggers PandemoniumP.M. NewsThere was pandemonium at the Sabon Titi axis of Sharada Phase 111, in Kano today, following sporadic shooting in the area. The cause of the gun fire could not be ascertained, but factory work...
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20Mar
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Kano blast: MASSOB warns against reprisal attack – News24

StarAfrica.comKano blast: MASSOB warns against reprisal attackNews24Owerri - Ralph Uwazuruike, leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), on Wednesday urged northerners in Imo not to entertain any fear of repris...
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Islamists razed ‘almost all churches’ – The Tablet (subscription)

The Tablet (subscription)Islamists razed 'almost all churches'The Tablet (subscription)Boko Haram has destroyed 50 of the 52 Catholic churches in Nigeria's northern diocese of Maiduguri in Borno State in recent years, according to a visitin...
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President Goodluck Jonathan’s Speech At The Economist Nigeria Summit – Ventures Africa

Ventures AfricaPresident Goodluck Jonathan's Speech At The Economist Nigeria SummitVentures AfricaOPENING REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, GCFR, AT THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE'S NIGERIA SUMMIT ON TUESDAY, 18TH MARCH, 2013...
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Jonathan Asks National Assembly to Amend 2013 Budget – AllAfrica.com

The NationJonathan Asks National Assembly to Amend 2013 BudgetAllAfrica.comPresident Goodluck Jonathan yesterday returned the 2013 budget to the National Assembly demanding significant amendments as well as withdrawal of some conditions the legislators...
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Minister Commends INEC On FCT Council Election – Nigerian Observer

Minister Commends INEC On FCT Council ElectionNigerian ObserverABUJA- The FCT Minister, Mr Bala Mohammed, on Sunday in Abuja commended INEC on the peaceful conduct of elections in the six Area Councils in the FCT. Mohammed who gave the commendation whi...
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Nigeria: 1585 Nigerians Arrested in Norway Over Drug Trafficking – AllAfrica.com

Indepth AfricaNigeria: 1585 Nigerians Arrested in Norway Over Drug TraffickingAllAfrica.comLagos — Not less than 1,585 Nigerians were apprehended in Norway between 2000 and 2012 over drug trafficking, and of the number 432 were arrested in 2012 alone...
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Aregbesola, A Promise Keeper – Osun Defender

Leadership NewspapersAregbesola, A Promise KeeperOsun DefenderI give kudos to the current administration in the State of Osun under Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, as he has been keeping to all his electioneering promises in the execution of his progra...
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Uyo boils over kidnap of lecturer, ASUU issues 24-hr ultimatum – Nigerian Tribune

Uyo boils over kidnap of lecturer, ASUU issues 24-hr ultimatumNigerian TribuneTHE relative peace in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, has ruptured as students and staff of the University of Uyo have been raising dust over the kidnap of a female lecture...
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FG moves to end workers’ strikes over wage increase – Nigerian Tribune

Leadership NewspapersFG moves to end workers' strikes over wage increaseNigerian TribuneTHE Federal Government has embarked on a decisive move to stop frequent demands and agitations for salary increase and its attendant industrial actions by Niger...
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PENSION THIEF JUDGEMENT: NJC probe panel concludes hearing on Thalba – Nigerian Tribune

PENSION THIEF JUDGEMENT: NJC probe panel concludes hearing on ThalbaNigerian TribuneTHE probe panel set up by the National Judicial Council NJC to investigate a controversial judgement delivered by Justice Abubakar Thalba of an Abuja High Court in a su...
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2015: We ‘ll deliver more credible and fair elections – Jega – Nigerian Tribune

Nigerian Tribune2015: We 'll deliver more credible and fair elections - JegaNigerian TribuneChairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega (right) THE chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (I...
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26 Nigerians In Vietnam – Leadership Newspapers

Leadership Newspapers26 Nigerians In VietnamLeadership NewspapersNigeria's Ambassador to Vietnam, Mazi Mathias Orji Okafor has disclosed that no fewer than 26 Nigerians are languishing in different prisons in Vietnam. Okafor disclosed this, yesterd...
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How Feasible Is NASS Budget – Leadership Newspapers

How Feasible Is NASS BudgetLeadership NewspapersThe House of Representatives recently pushed through a bill to establish an Independent National Assembly Budget and Research Office (NABRO). ADESUWA TSAN writes that the bill seeks to provide accurate an...
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KANO BOMB ATTACK: I have lost my nose, I may die any moment – Survivor – Nigerian Tribune

Nigerian TribuneKANO BOMB ATTACK: I have lost my nose, I may die any moment - SurvivorNigerian TribuneBurnt luxury buses still in flames in the parking area at New Road bus station in IT was a tale of pains and anguish as survivors of the Monday bomb a...
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Punishing drug fakers: The Chinese example – Nigerian Tribune

Punishing drug fakers: The Chinese exampleNigerian TribuneAS in many other facets of national life, lack of will to take a decisive action has made the circulation of fake drugs a persistent and intractable problem. At different times, the practice of ...
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