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10Nov

Presidency, Buhari In Fresh War Over Boko Haram Mediation – Osun Defender

Osun DefenderPresidency, Buhari In Fresh War Over Boko Haram MediationOsun DefenderPresidency, Buhari In Fresh War Over Boko Haram Mediation. buhari_vs_jonathan_ The cold war between the Presidency and the former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, d...

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10Nov

Facebook Lover Arraigned For Attempted Rape, Murder – The Guardian Nigeria

Leadership NewspapersFacebook Lover Arraigned For Attempted Rape, MurderThe Guardian NigeriaA 26-year-old man, who allegedly pushed down his Facebook lover from a multi-storey building due to a disagreement over sex was Friday arraigned in Lagos. The a...

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10Nov

‘Benue Speaker Allegedly Forced to Resign’ – Osun Defender

Osun Defender'Benue Speaker Allegedly Forced to Resign'Osun Defender'Benue Speaker Allegedly Forced to Resign'. The Benue State House of Assembly became a crises zone Thursday as the Speaker, Hon. David Iorhemba, was allegedly forced to...

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10Nov

Nigerian Flood Victims at Risk of Waterborne Diseases – Voice of America

Voice of AmericaNigerian Flood Victims at Risk of Waterborne DiseasesVoice of AmericaGENEVA — The United Nations warns survivors of Nigeria's worst flooding in five decades are at risk for waterborne and water-related diseases. Nigeria's Nati...

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10Nov

Dangote’s committee raises N12 billion for flood victims…gets tax incentives – CHANNELS

Osun DefenderDangote's committee raises N12 billion for flood victims…gets tax incentivesCHANNELSThe Presidential Committee on Flood Relief co-chaired by business mogul, Aliko Dangote and a lawyer, Olisa Agbakoba on Thursday realised about N12 bi...

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09Nov

There Was A Country: “I don’t know if Achebe will be getting any penny from that … – Information Nigeria

Osun DefenderThere Was A Country: “I don't know if Achebe will be getting any penny from that ...Information NigeriaFormer Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, has expressed his doubted on Prof. Chinua Achebe's chances of making money from his n...

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09Nov

Otedola Demands N250bn Damages from Tambuwal, Lawan – THISDAY Live

The PunchOtedola Demands N250bn Damages from Tambuwal, LawanTHISDAY LiveMr. Femi Otedola. Tobi Soniyi. The battle between Chairman, Zenon Petroleum and Gas Company, Mr. Femi Otedola, and the House of Representatives following the probe of the managemen...

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09Nov

Constitution Review: Reps, – Leadership Newspapers

Constitution Review: Reps,Leadership NewspapersThe House of Representatives and the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), yesterday, differed on the ongoing process to amend the 1999 Constitution as to whether or not the exercise should be subjected to a refe...

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09Nov

Unknown gunmen in Kachin village of Kurra Falls in… – Leadership Newspapers

Osun DefenderUnknown gunmen in Kachin village of Kurra Falls in...Leadership NewspapersUnknown gunmen in Kachin village of Kurra Falls in Barakin Ladi Local Government, yesterday, murdered a man and his wife in a cold blood. LEADERSHIP investigation re...

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09Nov

Killings: Security agents are more involved than Boko Haram – Senator Ibrahim – Nigerian Tribune

Daily SunKillings: Security agents are more involved than Boko Haram - Senator IbrahimNigerian TribuneWHILE the dust raised over the nomination of former Head of State, Lieutenant-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), to lead the dreaded Boko Haram sect in ...

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09Nov

$80 oil benchmark: We won’t succumb to blackmail – Reps – Nigerian Tribune

Osun Defender$80 oil benchmark: We won't succumb to blackmail - RepsNigerian TribuneTHE House of Representatives, on Thursday, said it would not succumb to any blackmail or be arm twisted on its insistence on $80 benchmark for crude oil, as against...

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09Nov

FG begins implementation of Kalu committee report on refineries – Nigerian Tribune

Osun DefenderFG begins implementation of Kalu committee report on refineriesNigerian TribuneTHE Federal Government has com menced the implementation of the report of the Task Force on Refineries led by Dr Kalu Idika Kalu, less than a week after it subm...

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09Nov

Senate passes N250bn NDDC 2012 budget – Nigerian Tribune

Osun DefenderSenate passes N250bn NDDC 2012 budgetNigerian TribuneThe Senate, on Thursday, passed the 2012 budget of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) worth N250 billion, with over N10 billion earmarked for personnel expenditure. It, howeve...

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09Nov

Dropped female judge: Inside details of why CJN did not swear her in – Nigerian Tribune

Osun DefenderDropped female judge: Inside details of why CJN did not swear her inNigerian TribunePRIVILEGED sources within the top hierarchy of the judiciary revealed that Justice Ifeoma Jombo-Ofo, in an application form for elevation to the intermedia...

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09Nov

After the Murder of 4 Undergraduate Students, UNIPORT Reopens for Academic … – Bella Naija

After the Murder of 4 Undergraduate Students, UNIPORT Reopens for Academic ...Bella NaijaFollowing the closure of the University of Portharcourt after the brutal killing of four undergraduate students, authorities of the institution have announced its ...

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09Nov

Kwankwaso opposes constitution review, state police – The Guardian Nigeria

Kwankwaso opposes constitution review, state policeThe Guardian NigeriaGOVERNOR Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso of Kano State has expressed opposition to the ongoing constitution review, saying it is unnecessary and designed to achieve a pre-planned goal by ...

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09Nov

Okupe replies Buhari, denies FG’s involvement with Boko Haram – CHANNELS

CHANNELSOkupe replies Buhari, denies FG's involvement with Boko HaramCHANNELSThe Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe, has described as unfounded, the statement by the former Head of State, General Buhari Muhammadu, tha...

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09Nov

Okupe Replies Buhari, Denies FG’s Involvement With Boko Haram – Osun Defender

Osun DefenderOkupe Replies Buhari, Denies FG's Involvement With Boko HaramOsun DefenderOkupe Replies Buhari, Denies FG's Involvement With Boko Haram. kupe The Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has described ...

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09Nov

Jonathan commiserates with victims of Hurricane Sandy – CHANNELS

CHANNELSJonathan commiserates with victims of Hurricane SandyCHANNELSPresident Goodluck Jonathan has conveyed his sympathy to Nigerians and Americans who were affected by the Hurricane Sandy that swept through the eastern coast of the US destroying pro...

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08Nov

Perspective: Lessons From US – Leadership Newspapers

Leadership NewspapersPerspective: Lessons From USLeadership NewspapersThe United States presidential election has come and gone, and leaders from Nigeria have started sending congratulatory messages to the winner of the election, President Barrack Obam...

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08Nov

Currently reading

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson…

What are you reading? I am currently reading Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. “In July 1968 Life magazine published a shocking cover showing a pair of starving children in Biafra. Jobs took it to Sunday school and confronted the church’s pastor. “If I raise my finger, will God know which one I’m going to raise

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08Nov

Bill on external borrowing passes second reading in Senate – CHANNELS

Osun DefenderBill on external borrowing passes second reading in SenateCHANNELSThe senate has passed through second reading a request by Presdient Goodluck Jonathan for a $7.9 billion external borrowing plan. The leader of the senate, Senator Victor Nd...

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08Nov

Okada riders to get new jobs – BusinessDay

BusinessDayOkada riders to get new jobsBusinessDayThe Lagos State Government is planning to compensate commercial motorcycle operators who are registered. The compensation comes after the new traffic laws that states that only motorcycles with 200cc en...

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08Nov

Amaechi directs LGs to rid P/H of illegal workshops, markets – BusinessDay

CHANNELSAmaechi directs LGs to rid P/H of illegal workshops, marketsBusinessDayGovernor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State has directed some council chairmen in the state to rid Port Harcourt, the state capital of illegal workshops and markets. The chair...

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08Nov

ANPP, Institute Seek Ways to Deepen Democracy – THISDAY Live

Osun DefenderANPP, Institute Seek Ways to Deepen DemocracyTHISDAY LiveDr Ogbonnaya Onu. Onyebuchi Ezigbo The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and the National Legislative Institute have said one of the best ways to promote enduring democracy in the cou...

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08Nov

House Pushes for New Revenue Formula – THISDAY Live

BusinessDayHouse Pushes for New Revenue FormulaTHISDAY LiveNational Assembly Onwuka Nzeshi The House of Representatives yesterday tasked President Goodluck Jonathan and the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMFAC) on the need to ha...

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08Nov

Conduct Council Polls, ACN Tells Mimiko – Osun Defender

Osun DefenderConduct Council Polls, ACN Tells MimikoOsun DefenderConduct Council Polls, ACN Tells Mimiko. Mimiko. The Ondo State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has called on Governor Olusegun Mimiko to democratise local government admi...

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08Nov

Nigeria: 403700 to Gain From Kano Adult Mass Literacy Programme – AllAfrica.com

Leadership NewspapersNigeria: 403700 to Gain From Kano Adult Mass Literacy ProgrammeAllAfrica.comKano State Governor, Alhaji Musa Kwankwaso, has disclosed that the state government has concluded plans to open 8,074 adult mass literacy classes across th...

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08Nov

INEC Warns Oke Against – Leadership Newspapers

INEC Warns Oke AgainstLeadership NewspapersThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday carpeted the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the recently conducted gubernatorial election in Ondo State, Chief Ol...

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08Nov

Kwara gov’s wife distributes relief items to flood ravaged communities – Nigerian Tribune

Leadership NewspapersKwara gov's wife distributes relief items to flood ravaged communitiesNigerian TribuneWife of Kwara State governor, Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed, has distributed relief materials to communities that were affected by the flood as part of ...

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08Nov

Biafra declaration: Igbo leader cautions – Nigerian Tribune

Daily SunBiafra declaration: Igbo leader cautionsNigerian TribuneChief Rommy Ezeonwuka has cautioned the Igbo, particularly those involved in the reported proposal to declare a state of Biafra to avoid any act of lawlessness capable of generating publi...

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08Nov

Explosion in Maiduguri – Nigerian Tribune

Explosion in MaiduguriNigerian TribuneHEAVY explosion was heard on Wednesday at about 8.35 a.m. around Marazane area of Costine in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. According to residents of the area, the explosion did not claim any life, but was bel...

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08Nov

FG okays N12bn loan for water supply in Lagos, C/River – Nigerian Tribune

CHANNELSFG okays N12bn loan for water supply in Lagos, C/RiverNigerian TribuneTHE Federal Executive Council (FEC), on Wednesday, approved a loan of $77 million (about N12 billion) for improvement of urban water supply in Lagos and Cross River states. T...

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08Nov

Mimiko gets ultimatum to conduct council polls – The Guardian Nigeria

Mimiko gets ultimatum to conduct council pollsThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Ondo State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has given Governor Olusegun Mimiko three months within which to conduct election into the local councils or face a legal ba...

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08Nov

Reps may begin debate on PIB soon – The Guardian Nigeria

Reps may begin debate on PIB soonThe Guardian NigeriaALL is now set for the consideration of the controversial Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) before the House of Representatives, as the parliament will next week begin debate on the piece of legislation ...

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07Nov

No pot-holes on Third Mainland Bridge – FERMA – BusinessDay

No pot-holes on Third Mainland Bridge – FERMABusinessDayThe Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA), on Wednesday, said that there were no potholes on the newly rehabilitated Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos. FERMA Zonal Coordinator (South West II), Mr ...

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07Nov

2015: The Power Game In Akwa Ibom – Osun Defender

Osun Defender2015: The Power Game In Akwa IbomOsun Defender2015: The Power Game In Akwa Ibom. gov. The resignation, last week, of the former Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Nsima Ekere, has thrown the spanners in the wheel of the calculations over ...

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07Nov

Senate Comittee Orders Virgin Atlantic, British Airways To Pay $100m, $150m … – Osun Defender

Osun DefenderSenate Comittee Orders Virgin Atlantic, British Airways To Pay $100m, $150m ...Osun DefenderSenate Comittee Orders Virgin Atlantic, British Airways To Pay $100m, $150m Respectively. senate-chamber_. The Senate Committee on Aviation on Tues...

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07Nov

Watch Out for Reptiles, Uduaghan Warns Flood Victims – AllAfrica.com

Watch Out for Reptiles, Uduaghan Warns Flood VictimsAllAfrica.comAsaba — Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State, yesterday, warned that reptiles such as snakes and other dangerous animals, could be prowling in the abandoned homes of flood victims ...

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07Nov

Dickson denies collecting N17bn oil money – News24

Osun DefenderDickson denies collecting N17bn oil moneyNews24Yenagoa - The Bayelsa Government on Tuesday dismissed Rivers Government's claim that the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMFAC) wrongly paid N17 billion from the es...

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07Nov

Nigeria loses N80 bn annually on medical tourism – News24

Osun DefenderNigeria loses N80 bn annually on medical tourismNews24Abuja - The Senate Committee on Health has expressed concerns over the huge amount of money being spent by Nigerians on trips abroad for medical treatment. Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa (PDP-Delta...

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07Nov

Oil Wells Dispute: Dickson Accuses Amaechi of Misleading People – THISDAY Live

CHANNELSOil Wells Dispute: Dickson Accuses Amaechi of Misleading PeopleTHISDAY LiveGovernor Seriake Dickson. Segun James. Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has accused his Rivers State counterpart, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, of misleading his people b...

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07Nov

Jonathan vows to keep Nigeria one – Nigerian Tribune

Osun DefenderJonathan vows to keep Nigeria oneNigerian TribunePRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has said that Nigeria will remain a single entity, noting that his government would not succumb to the pressure of overseeing the disintegration of the country. T...

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07Nov

Edo LGs dissolved – Nigerian Tribune

Edo LGs dissolvedNigerian TribuneEDO State governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, on Tuesday, approved the resolution passed by the state House of Assembly dissolving the 18 local government transition committee. The governor also asked head of service in...

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07Nov

Ekiti NULGE crisis worrisome – PDP .•Urges Fayemi to resign – Nigerian Tribune

Ekiti NULGE crisis worrisome - PDP .•Urges Fayemi to resignNigerian TribuneEKITI State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as worrisome, the crisis in the state local government system. The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of th...

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07Nov

Man abandons wife after delivery of triplets – Nigerian Tribune

Osun DefenderMan abandons wife after delivery of tripletsNigerian TribuneA 33-year-old mechanic, Yemi Oyeniyi, has abandoned his wife, Esther, after a scan result showed that she was carrying set of triplets. Investigation revealed that the couple had ...

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07Nov

Man abandons wife after delivery of triplets – Nigerian Tribune

Man abandons wife after delivery of tripletsNigerian TribuneA 33-year-old mechanic, Yemi Oyeniyi, has abandoned his wife, Esther, after a scan result showed that she was carrying set of triplets. Investigation revealed that the couple had been blessed ...

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07Nov

Gunmen on the rampage •Kill one-year-old, 3 others in Plateau, Bauchi •FG … – Nigerian Tribune

Osun DefenderGunmen on the rampage •Kill one-year-old, 3 others in Plateau, Bauchi •FG ...Nigerian TribuneTRAGEDY struck in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State on Tuesday when a terrorist gang stormed Chaha village and opened fire on a...

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07Nov

Ministry trains officers on forensic evidence – The Guardian Nigeria

Ministry trains officers on forensic evidenceThe Guardian NigeriaTO further strengthen the aptitude of legal officers in the part of forensic evidence examination, the Ministry of Justice has commenced the training of its officers. This, according to a...

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07Nov

Counsel’s absence stalls Ikuforiji’s trial – Osun Defender

CHANNELSCounsel's absence stalls Ikuforiji's trialOsun DefenderCounsel's absence stalls Ikuforiji's trial. Scales-of-Justice-360x331 Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday made a Federal High Court Lagos to cancel four date...

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07Nov

Reps to probe Aviation Minister’s refusal of landing rights to four airlines – CHANNELS

Osun DefenderReps to probe Aviation Minister's refusal of landing rights to four airlinesCHANNELSThe House of Representatives is to investigate the alleged refusal by the Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah to grant four airlines landing rights at t...

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07Nov

Team Lagos ascertains athletes’ fitness for Eko 2012 – The Guardian Nigeria

Osun DefenderTeam Lagos ascertains athletes' fitness for Eko 2012The Guardian NigeriaTO further ensure that its team is ready for the forthcoming 18th National Sport Festival (NSF), tagged Eko 2012, Lagos State is at present carrying out medical ex...

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06Nov

Gunmen shoot Kawonise,Compass MD – BusinessDay

Osun DefenderGunmen shoot Kawonise,Compass MDBusinessDayUnknown gunmen on Tuesday waylaid and shot Sina Kawonise, Managing Director and Editor in Chief of Nigerian Compass and Westerner Magazine at Ikeji Arakeji in Osun state. Kawonise was reportedly s...

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06Nov

Nigeria charges more than 100 Biafra independence activists with treason – The Guardian

The GuardianNigeria charges more than 100 Biafra independence activists with treasonThe GuardianMore than 100 Nigerians have been charged with treason after a protest march calling for an independent state of Biafra. Supporters of the Biafran Zionist M...

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06Nov

INEC Rigged Ondo Election For Mimiko – Oke – Osun Defender

Osun DefenderINEC Rigged Ondo Election For Mimiko – OkeOsun DefenderINEC Rigged Ondo Election For Mimiko – Oke. Chief-Olusola-Oke. The governorship candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party in the October 20 elections in Ondo State, Chief Olusola ...

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06Nov

Nigeria floods displace two million, kill 363 – BBC News

BBC NewsNigeria floods displace two million, kill 363BBC NewsMore than two million Nigerians have been forced from their homes by this year's floods, officials say. The National Emergency Management Agency (Nema) says the heavy rains killed 363 peo...

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06Nov

Court orders suspected illegal importers of arms to open defence – CHANNELS

CHANNELSCourt orders suspected illegal importers of arms to open defenceCHANNELSA Nigerian, Ali Jega and an Iranina, Azin Aghajani have been ordered by the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to open their defence of the illegal importation of arms lev...

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06Nov

Disputed Oil Wells: A Ploy To Frustrate My Rumoured Presidential Ambition … – Information Nigeria

BusinessDayDisputed Oil Wells: A Ploy To Frustrate My Rumoured Presidential Ambition ...Information NigeriaAs 2015 draws nigh, have the political gladiators started sounding the war drums? That is what Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi thinks. Amae...

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06Nov

Police arrest 100 Biafra supporters – BusinessDay

BusinessDayPolice arrest 100 Biafra supportersBusinessDayNigerian police arrested 100 people on Monday for marching in support of independence for the Biafran rebellion, which tipped the country into a 1967-1970 civil war that killed an estimated 1 mil...

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06Nov

Oyo drops 3 commissioners – News24

Osun DefenderOyo drops 3 commissionersNews24Oyo - Three commissioners were dropped from the Oyo State Executive Council in a cabinet reshuffle announced in Ibadan on Monday. The reshuffle was announced by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Wa...

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06Nov

Sokoto: Court restrains PHCN from disrupting power supply – Osun Defender

Osun DefenderSokoto: Court restrains PHCN from disrupting power supplyOsun DefenderSokoto: Court restrains PHCN from disrupting power supply. court4 The Sokoto State High Court 1 has restrained the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) from disruptin...

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06Nov

Boston Capital The economic limits for our next president – Boston Globe

NDTVBoston Capital The economic limits for our next presidentBoston GlobePresident Obama and Mitt Romney have spent months arguing over many things — but nothing more fundamental than the plight of the American economy. Now one of them is actually go...

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06Nov

CJN drops female justice over state of origin – Nigerian Tribune

Osun DefenderCJN drops female justice over state of originNigerian TribuneTHE Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mariam Aloma Mukhtar, on Monday, dropped a female justice, Ifeoma Jombo-Ofo, who was among the 12 justices that were earlier approved ...

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06Nov

Ndume: Court stops SSS witness – Nigerian Tribune

Osun DefenderNdume: Court stops SSS witnessNigerian TribuneFederal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, stopped third prosecution witness, Aliyu Usman, brought by the State Security Service (SSS) from testifying in the ongoing trial of Senator Moham...

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06Nov

Amaechi raises the alarm over loss of 117 oil wells – Nigerian Tribune

The PunchAmaechi raises the alarm over loss of 117 oil wellsNigerian TribuneRIVERS State government has raised the alarm over the gradual stripping of its oil wealth in favour of neighbouring states. The state governor, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, who raised th...

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06Nov

Politicians hijack Ribadu report •Plan mass protest – Nigerian Tribune

Osun DefenderPoliticians hijack Ribadu report •Plan mass protestNigerian TribuneREPORTS from government circles on Monday indicated that some political forces may have hijacked the just submitted report of the Committee on Oil sector Revenue, headed ...

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06Nov

Jonathan tasks Bayelsa, Rivers on oil wells dispute – The Guardian Nigeria

Osun DefenderJonathan tasks Bayelsa, Rivers on oil wells disputeThe Guardian NigeriaOronsaye faults Ribadu's allegations. PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan on Monday reiterated his determination to ensure that the country does not disintegrate. THE Presi...

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06Nov

N’Assembly shuns PDP, insists on reviewing 2013 budget – The Guardian Nigeria

BusinessDayN'Assembly shuns PDP, insists on reviewing 2013 budgetThe Guardian NigeriaGovt, panel disagree over Customs Act. MOVES by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to muzzle the National Assembly over the handling of the 2013 budget prop...

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06Nov

Nigeria says Boko Haram boosting ties with outside groups – AFP

AFPNigeria says Boko Haram boosting ties with outside groupsAFP(AFP) – 4 minutes ago. ABUJA — Nigeria's national security adviser warned on Monday that the country's Boko Haram Islamists were increasing ties with other African extremist gro...

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06Nov

Back News Politics $620000 oil subsidy probe scam: An evolving regime of … – National Daily

National DailyBack News Politics $620000 oil subsidy probe scam: An evolving regime of ...National Daily•CLO, CACOL demand trial of Farouk, Otedola. •Government officials are sacred cows of corruption– Fasehun. NEW questions are beginning to aris...

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06Nov

Valerie Ebe steps in as Deputy Governor – National Daily

National DailyValerie Ebe steps in as Deputy GovernorNational DailyEkere's resignation A tragedy of 2015 governorship ambition - Politics Valerie Ebe steps in as Deputy Governor THE political terrain of Akwa Ibom State which has been calm despite u...

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05Nov

President Goodluck Jonathan’s Visit to Sierra Leone – a Post Mortem – AllAfrica.com

Osun DefenderPresident Goodluck Jonathan's Visit to Sierra Leone - a Post MortemAllAfrica.comPresident Goodluck Jonathan has come and gone. His visit, though brief, was incredibly significant and a far-cry from his predecessor former President Olus...

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05Nov

LG FUNDS: OBJ Slams State Govts – P.M. News

Osun DefenderLG FUNDS: OBJ Slams State GovtsP.M. NewsDaily Nigerian News from Nigeria's leading evening Newspaper.Obasanjo seeks review of local council lawsThe Guardian NigeriaReview LG law, check excesses of states – ObasanjoOsun DefenderObasan...

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05Nov

Police arrests 25 in Kano – BusinessDay

Osun DefenderPolice arrests 25 in KanoBusinessDayThe police command in Kano State arrested 25 persons over the killing of a policeman in Kano, the Commissioner of Police,Ibrahim Idris, said at a news conference in the metropolis on Sunday. Idris said t...

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05Nov

House Summons Accountant General over N82bn Revenue Shortfall – THISDAY Live

The PunchHouse Summons Accountant General over N82bn Revenue ShortfallTHISDAY LiveSenator Anyim Pius Anyim. Probes management of ecological funds. By Onwuka Nzeshi in Abuja. The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has summoned the Acc...

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05Nov

Telecoms Operators Plan Discriminatory Tariffs in States – AllAfrica.com

Leadership NewspapersTelecoms Operators Plan Discriminatory Tariffs in StatesAllAfrica.comTelecommunications operators in the country may soon introduce discriminatory tariffs in states with harsh operating environment. The chairman, Association of Lic...

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05Nov

Gunmen burn police station, school, telecoms mast in Yobe – Nigerian Tribune

South African Broadcasting CorporationGunmen burn police station, school, telecoms mast in YobeNigerian TribuneGUNMEN armed with explosives attacked a police station, a primary school and two telecommunications mast in a town in Fika, Damaturu, Yobe St...

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05Nov

New constitution’ll not be subjected to referendum – Tambuwal – Nigerian Tribune

Osun DefenderNew constitution'll not be subjected to referendum - TambuwalNigerian TribuneSpeaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has said that the final document that would eventually become a new Nigerian constitution would not b...

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05Nov

Mimiko’s victory, end of electoral imposition in Nigeria – Police Affairs minister – Nigerian Tribune

Mimiko's victory, end of electoral imposition in Nigeria - Police Affairs ministerNigerian TribuneMinister of Police Affairs, Navy Captain Caleb Olubolade (retd), has described the re-election of Dr Olusegun Mimiko as the Ondo State governor on Oct...

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05Nov

Gov Ajimobi, rescue detained ACN members in Ogbomoso – Nigerian Tribune

Gov Ajimobi, rescue detained ACN members in OgbomosoNigerian TribunePERMIT me to react to a letter published in the Nigerian Tribune of Thursday, October 27, 2012 on some detained Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) members in Ogbomoso. If it is true that...

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05Nov

Gov Suntai and aides – Nigerian Tribune

Leadership NewspapersGov Suntai and aidesNigerian TribunePermit me to use your widely read newspaper, to express my anger at the way the other victims of the Governor Danbaba Suntai-piloted ill-fated plane, are being treated. Based on the way things ar...

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05Nov

Parties flay Lagos 2013 budget, traffic laws – The Guardian Nigeria

Information NigeriaParties flay Lagos 2013 budget, traffic lawsThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Lagos League of Political Parties (LLPP) and the state's chapter of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) have criticized the state government's 2013 budge...

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05Nov

Groom killed by gunmen on auto bike in Kano – P.M. News

AFPGroom killed by gunmen on auto bike in KanoP.M. NewsGroom killed by gunmen on auto bike in Kano print. Published on November 4, 2012 by pmnews · No Comments. A groom along with two friends were shot dead today by gunmen, operating on a motor bike, ...

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05Nov

We did not kill General Shuwa – Boko Haram – CHANNELS

CHANNELSWe did not kill General Shuwa – Boko HaramCHANNELSIn a teleconference with newsmen in Maiduguri by one Abu Mohammed Abdul-Aziz, who claimed to be the spokesperson for the group, the sect said it regards late General Shuwa with high esteem as ...

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04Nov

Fayose Narrowly Escapes Death As His Driver Gets Thorough Beating – Information Nigeria

Osun DefenderFayose Narrowly Escapes Death As His Driver Gets Thorough BeatingInformation NigeriaFormer governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayo Fayose, yesterday, narrowly escaped death by a hair's breadth when his driver, Mr Nathaniel Saliu, and his vehic...

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04Nov

Fashion designer Remi Lagos dies at 51 – CHANNELS

GistmasterFashion designer Remi Lagos dies at 51CHANNELSFashion icon and designer Remi Osholake popular known as Remi Lagos has passed away aged 51. Osholake passed away on Saturday morning at Harley Street Clinic in London after undergoing a surgical ...

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04Nov

Pray for Ojukwu to rest in peace, Obi tells Nigerians – CHANNELS

Pray for Ojukwu to rest in peace, Obi tells NigeriansCHANNELSThe Anambra state governor, Peter Obi, has appealed to the people of Anambra state and Nigerians to set aside 4 November, for prayers of the peaceful repose of the late Igbo icon, Dim Chukwue...

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04Nov

Gov. Obi calls for prayers for the late Ojukwu’s posthumous birthday – CHANNELS

Gov. Obi calls for prayers for the late Ojukwu's posthumous birthdayCHANNELSThe Anambra state governor, Peter Obi, has appealed to the people of Anambra state and Nigerians to set aside November 4, for prayers of the peaceful repose of the late Igb...

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04Nov

Amendment of constitution not solution – Babalola – News24

Osun DefenderAmendment of constitution not solution - BabalolaNews24Ogun - Chief Afe Babalola, the Proprietor of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, has said that amending the 1999 constitution will not solve its lopsidedness, Sunday Tribune reports. A...

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04Nov

Security forces kill 13 in kidnapping raid – BusinessDay

Business RecorderSecurity forces kill 13 in kidnapping raidBusinessDayYou are here: News · Breaking News Security forces kill 13 in kidnapping raid. Skip to content · Banner · Security forces kill 13 in kidnapping raid. Sunday, 04 ...

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04Nov

EFCC: From Hope to Hogwash to Whodunit – The Guardian Nigeria

CHANNELSEFCC: From Hope to Hogwash to WhodunitThe Guardian NigeriaMY column on October 28, “EFCC: From Hope to Hogwash,” followed an earlier one, “The Forthcoming EFCC Annual Report” (Sept. 16). In the first, I tried to express the historic nat...

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04Nov

Northern governors mourn Shuwa, say it is time for ceasefire – Nigerian Tribune

BusinessDayNorthern governors mourn Shuwa, say it is time for ceasefireNigerian TribuneShare. THE Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) has strongly condemned last Friday's deadly attacks in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, in which civil war veter...

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04Nov

There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra, By Chinua Achebe – The Independent

San Francisco ChronicleThere Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra, By Chinua AchebeThe IndependentIn the midst of the Nigerian-Biafran War, having been forced to leave his home, job and life in Lagos and flee east to the supposed safety of the n...

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04Nov

Dickson lays foundation for ecumenical centre in Bayelsa – CHANNELS

CHANNELSDickson lays foundation for ecumenical centre in BayelsaCHANNELSBayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson has performed the foundation laying ceremony of the State Ecumenical Centre in Yenagoa , the state capital. He explained that the decis...

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04Nov

Council Chairman Die In Auto Crash – Information Nigeria

CHANNELSCouncil Chairman Die In Auto CrashInformation NigeriaThe Interim Chairman of Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State, Mrs. Opeyemi Adefarati is dead. She died in an auto crash along with some other passengers at Iwaro Oka junction,...

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03Nov

ACF, NLC Urge FG to Stop Fuel Scarcity – AllAfrica.com

Osun DefenderACF, NLC Urge FG to Stop Fuel ScarcityAllAfrica.comKaduna — The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) yesterday urged the Federal Government to remove all obstacles hindering the availability of petrol in the north. Also, yesterday the Nigeria ...

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03Nov

Constitution Review – NBA’s U-Turn Shocking – Senate – AllAfrica.com

Osun DefenderConstitution Review - NBA's U-Turn Shocking - SenateAllAfrica.comAbuja — The Senate, yesterday, vowed that President Goodluck Jonathan's delay in transmitting the Justice Alfa Belgore's report to the National Assembly for con...

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03Nov

Political Observatory: Florence Ajimobi’s Baptism of Fire – THISDAY Live

Osun DefenderPolitical Observatory: Florence Ajimobi's Baptism of FireTHISDAY LiveGovernor Ajimobi. If the London Met Police and UK Border Police, in response to enquiries by THISDAY, have denied any knowledge of the arrest of Mrs. Florence Ajimobi...

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03Nov

Civil War Hero Muhammadu Shuwa Killed by Boko Haram – Osun Defender

Osun DefenderCivil War Hero Muhammadu Shuwa Killed by Boko HaramOsun DefenderOne of Nigeria's civil war heroes, General Muhammadu Shuwa, was yesterday shot dead by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect at his residence in Maiduguri, Borno State....

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03Nov

Despite Dialogue Option, Boko Haram Planning Fresh Attacks – JTF – Osun Defender

Osun DefenderDespite Dialogue Option, Boko Haram Planning Fresh Attacks – JTFOsun DefenderDespite Dialogue Option, Boko Haram Planning Fresh Attacks – JTF. jtf Few hours after a purported spokesman of Boko Haram, Abu Muhammad Abdulazeez, announced ...

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