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06Jun
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Destination Branding Showcased as Kwara Adopts New Logo – THISDAY Live

Destination Branding Showcased as Kwara Adopts New LogoTHISDAY LiveBefore May 29, when the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Abdulfatai, launched a new logo to people of Kwara State to commemorate the Democracy Day Celebration at the Metropolitan Squa...
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06Jun
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Kaduna gov’s residence gutted by fire •Fire averted at Redeemer’s varsity – Nigerian Tribune

Kaduna gov's residence gutted by fire •Fire averted at Redeemer's varsityNigerian TribuneA room at the official residence of the Kaduna State governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Yakowa, was, this morning, gutted by fire. Information available to newsmen...
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06Jun
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Impeachment saga: Police seal off Bayelsa H/Assembly – Nigerian Tribune

BusinessDayImpeachment saga: Police seal off Bayelsa H/AssemblyNigerian TribuneAS controversy rages over Monday's impeachment of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly Speaker, Honourable Friday Konbowei Benson, police authorities, on Tuesday, in Yena...
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06Jun
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Gowon arrives Benin for projects’ commissioning – Vanguard

Nigerian ObserverGowon arrives Benin for projects' commissioningVanguardBY SIMON EBEGBULEM BENIN CITY – Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd), arrived Benin City, Edo State, yesterday, for the commissioning of multi billion naira projects...
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06Jun
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Alleged N6.5bn fraud: Sylva docked, remanded in EFCC custody – Vanguard

CHANNELSAlleged N6.5bn fraud: Sylva docked, remanded in EFCC custodyVanguardBy Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — Trial of the former governor of Bayelsa State, Mr Timipre Sylva, who is facing corruption charges preferred against him by the Economic and Fina...
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06Jun
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Ogun House threatens 11 ex-lawmakers over N250m – Vanguard

Ogun House threatens 11 ex-lawmakers over N250mVanguardBy DAUD OLATUNJI ABEOKUTA — Ogun State House of Assembly, yesterday, ordered the 11 former lawmakers who ran the affairs of the assembly at the twilight of the immediate past administration to ac...
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06Jun
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Witness’ absence stalls Daniel’s trial – Vanguard

Leadership NewspapersWitness' absence stalls Daniel's trialVanguardBy DAUD OLATUNJI ABEOKUTA—The trial of erstwhile governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, was stalled, yesterday, following the absence of a prosecution witness, Mr. Baba...
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05Jun
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Dana probe outcome must not be swept under carpet – Lori-Ogbebor – Vanguard

Dana probe outcome must not be swept under carpet – Lori-OgbeborVanguardBY CHARLES KUMOLU LAGOS – CONVENER of Mothers in Nigerian,MIN, Chief Rita Lori-Ogbebor, has called on the Federal Government to ensure that the eventual outcome of any investig...
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05Jun
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PDP alleges plot to sack 10000 Ekiti teachers – Vanguard

PDP alleges plot to sack 10000 Ekiti teachersVanguardBy LEKE ADESERI, (South-West Regional Editor) IBADAN—Peoples' Democratic Party, PDP, in the South-West has accused Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, government in Ekiti State of plans to sack mo...
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05Jun
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PDP alleges plot to sack 10000 Ekiti teachers – Vanguard

PDP alleges plot to sack 10000 Ekiti teachersVanguardBy LEKE ADESERI, (South-West Regional Editor) IBADAN—Peoples' Democratic Party, PDP, in the South-West has accused Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, government in Ekiti State of plans to sack mo...
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05Jun
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Ahmed approves N20m for disaster victims – The Nation Newspaper

Ahmed approves N20m for disaster victimsThe Nation NewspaperBy Adekunle Jimoh, Ilorin 2 minutes ago Victims of the various disasters in Kwara State are to share N20.5 million, courtesy of the state government. A source close to the government said the ...
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05Jun
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Dana Crash: Fashola declares 7 days mourning – Vanguard

WorldStageDana Crash: Fashola declares 7 days mourningVanguardBy OLASUNKANMI AKONI & ABDULWAHAB ABDULAH IKEJA—Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has cancelled all government activities for the week to mourn victims of Sunday's ill-fate...
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05Jun
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Five National Universities Commission officials killed in Dana crash – CHANNELS

CHANNELSFive National Universities Commission officials killed in Dana crashCHANNELSThe National Universities Commission (NUC) on Monday in Abuja said it lost five of its principal officers in the Dana plane crash that occurred in Lagos on Sunday. This...
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05Jun
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Senate suspends the DG of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority – Spyghana.com

Spyghana.comSenate suspends the DG of Nigeria Civil Aviation AuthoritySpyghana.comThe Senate today ordered the Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, Harold Demuren, to step aside until the conclusion of investigation into the Dana p...
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05Jun
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Conn. family killed in Nigerian Air crash – Seattle Post Intelligencer

Toronto StarConn. family killed in Nigerian Air crashSeattle Post IntelligencerDAVE COLLINS, AP WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Neighbors of a Connecticut family killed in an airline crash in Nigeria say they're having trouble coming to terms with th...
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05Jun
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Kaduna governor’s house gutted by fire – BusinessDay

Kaduna governor's house gutted by fireBusinessDayPart of Gov. Patrick Yakowa's official residence in Kaduna was on Tuesday gutted by fire. The fire gutted part of the waiting room of the governor's house destroying the air conditioner and a...
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05Jun
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The Wise Leadership condole Nigerian President on victims of passenger plane crash – Bahrain News Agency

Bahrain News AgencyThe Wise Leadership condole Nigerian President on victims of passenger plane crashBahrain News AgencyManama: June 5 -- (BNA) HM King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa dispatched a cable of condolences and sympathy to President Goodluck Jonath...
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05Jun
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Ekiti teachers boycott competence test – Information Nigeria

Ekiti teachers boycott competence testInformation NigeriaTEACHERS in public primary and secondary schools in Ekiti State yesterday made good their vow to boycott the competence test put up for them by the state government. Instead, the teachers staged ...
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05Jun
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137 Corpses Recovered From Crash Site – As Fashola Takes Custody of 3 Kids. – Osun Defender

Osun Defender137 Corpses Recovered From Crash Site – As Fashola Takes Custody of 3 Kids.Osun DefenderOsun Defender Online gathers that 137 bodies out of the 146 passengers on board the aircraft have been recovered, but, the number of occupants in the...
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05Jun
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CJ calls for sanitisation of Nigerian judiciary – Legalbrief (subscription)

CJ calls for sanitisation of Nigerian judiciaryLegalbrief (subscription)The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Dahiru Musdapher, has stressed the need for an urgent review of processes for the appointment of judges in the country, saying appropriate and...
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05Jun
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My Heart Goes Out to Bereaved Families – Buhari – AllAfrica.com

SaharaReporters.comMy Heart Goes Out to Bereaved Families - BuhariAllAfrica.comBy Abbas Jimoh, 5 June 2012 Former Head of State and leader of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), has expressed sadness over Sunday'...
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05Jun
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New Nigeria electricity tariff aimed at cost reflective pricing – ESI Africa

Spyghana.comNew Nigeria electricity tariff aimed at cost reflective pricingESI Africa5 June 2012 - As of the first of June Nigeria introduced a new electricity tariff regime, which minister of power Barth Nnaji says is formulated to stabilise the secto...
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05Jun
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UNILAG to MAULAG: Students sue President over name-change – Vanguard

Information NigeriaUNILAG to MAULAG: Students sue President over name-changeVanguardBy BARTHOLOMEW MADUKWE LAGOS — Some students of University of Lagos, UNILAG, now, Moshood Abiola University, have asked a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to decla...
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05Jun
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One Year On: Whither Nigerian Youths – Leadership Newspapers

Leadership NewspapersOne Year On: Whither Nigerian YouthsLeadership NewspapersOn Democracy Day, President Goodluck Jonathan addressed the nation and outlined the achievements of his administration in the last one year. Much has been said about the admi...
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05Jun
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Photos courtesy Open Doors USA – Mission Network NEws (press release)

Mission Network NEws (press release)Photos courtesy Open Doors USAMission Network NEws (press release)Nigerians were reeling from news that there were likely no survivors from a plane crash in Lagos, when news about a suicide bomber striking Bauchi hit...
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05Jun
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Lagos to conduct DNA on crash victims for identification – Nigerian Tribune

Spyghana.comLagos to conduct DNA on crash victims for identificationNigerian TribuneFOLLOWING the manner bodies of the victims of the DANA Airline plane crash was burnt beyond recognition, the Lagos State government, on Monday, said it will conduct DNA...
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05Jun
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Dana Airline crash: Senate demands probe of aircraft – Nigerian Tribune

Leadership NewspapersDana Airline crash: Senate demands probe of aircraftNigerian TribuneTHE Senate, on Monday, said Nigeria cannot afford to go back to the “anxiety-prone aviation dark ages.” Its spokesman, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, who reacted t...
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04Jun
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Three kids to Fashola: help find our parents – The Nation Newspaper

WorldStageThree kids to Fashola: help find our parentsThe Nation NewspaperBy Miriam Ndikanwu, 1 hour ago Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) was yesterday at the scene of Sunday's plane crash in Iju-Ishaga to see things for himself, encour...
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04Jun
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Yakowa, JNI, CAN condemn attack on churches – Nigerian Tribune

WorldStageYakowa, JNI, CAN condemn attack on churchesNigerian TribuneWORIRED by the attack on a church in Bauchi State, the Kaduna State governor, Patrick Yakowa, The Jama'atu Nasril Islam (JNI), and the Christian Association of Nigeria(CAN) in the...
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04Jun
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Iloko-Ijesa mourns Oba Olashore, declares 7 days mourning – Nigerian Tribune

Iloko-Ijesa mourns Oba Olashore, declares 7 days mourningNigerian TribuneSUBJECTS of the Owaloko of Iloko Ijesha, in Oriade Local Government Area of Osun State, the late Oba Oladele Olashore, have declared seven days of mourning for the traditional rul...
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04Jun
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‘It’s still like a dream to us’ Ajuonuma’s family – The Nation Newspaper

Osun Defender'It's still like a dream to us' Ajuonuma's familyThe Nation NewspaperBy Joke Kujenya 2 minutes ago The silence in the home of the late Levi Ajuonuma, General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporati...
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04Jun
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Why Supreme Court must hear appeals against 180-day deadline, by ACN, ANPP … – The Nation Newspaper

Why Supreme Court must hear appeals against 180-day deadline, by ACN, ANPP ...The Nation NewspaperBy Kamarudeen Ogundele, Abuja 18 hours 22 minutes ago The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) governorship candidate in Benue, Prof Steve Ugba, has told the ...
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04Jun
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Ajimobi suspends anniversary programmes in honour of crash victims – BusinessDay

BusinessDayAjimobi suspends anniversary programmes in honour of crash victimsBusinessDayGovernor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has commiserated with the families of those who lost their lives in the ill-fated Dana plane crash on Sunday, describing the in...
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04Jun
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Investigators scour Lagos aircraft wreck – Financial Times

Nigeria Master WebInvestigators scour Lagos aircraft wreckFinancial TimesBy Xan Rice in Lagos The McDonnell Douglas MD-83, carrying 147 passengers and six crew, issued an emergency call before slamming into a densely populated suburb as it approached t...
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04Jun
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Crash: Minister mourns NUC dead staff – The Nation Newspaper

Crash: Minister mourns NUC dead staffThe Nation NewspaperBy Gbenga Omokhunu 1 hour ago It was a day of weeping and mourning for staff of the National Universities Commission (NUC) as they stood in groups discussing the death of five top management staf...
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04Jun
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Police Rescue Kidnapped Girl In Warri – Nigerian Observer

Nigerian ObserverPolice Rescue Kidnapped Girl In WarriNigerian ObserverENUGU - The Enugu State Police Command has rescued the six-year-old girl who was abducted in her home in Enugu on May 13. A statement from the Public Relations Officer of the comman...
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04Jun
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NMA Directs Striking Doctors To Resume Work – Nigerian Observer

Nigerian ObserverNMA Directs Striking Doctors To Resume WorkNigerian ObserverLAGOS- The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Saturday directed all the doctors on strike, including those in Lagos State, to resume work in their various hospitals immedia...
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04Jun
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Tinubu, Jonathan, Fayemi, Atiku, Ikuforiji Commiserate With Aregbesola On … – Osun Defender

Tinubu, Jonathan, Fayemi, Atiku, Ikuforiji Commiserate With Aregbesola On ...Osun DefenderPresident Goodluck Jonathan, former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Senate President David Mark and Ekiti State G...
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04Jun
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Jonathan Must Reinstate – Leadership Newspapers

Jonathan Must ReinstateLeadership NewspapersThe national leader of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and a former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has said that President Goodluck Jonathan must reinstate Justice Ayo Salami, insisting that ju...
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04Jun
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State of the nation: Consider North’s position – Northern govs tell Jonathan – Nigerian Tribune

State of the nation: Consider North's position - Northern govs tell JonathanNigerian TribuneAGAINST the background of the worrying state of insecurity, corruption and what they see as injustice in the country, the Northern Governors' Forum (NGF...
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04Jun
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Anxiety as Ajimobi contemplates cabinet re-organisation – Nigerian Tribune

Anxiety as Ajimobi contemplates cabinet re-organisationNigerian TribuneBarring last minute change of decision, Oyo State governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, will, in the next one month, effect a re-organisation in his 11-month-old cabinet as his administ...
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04Jun
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Mark, Tambuwal, governors: it’s a national tragedy – The Nation Newspaper

Mark, Tambuwal, governors: it's a national tragedyThe Nation NewspaperSenate President David Mark lamented the double plane crash involving Nigeria cargo plane in Accra, Ghana and Dana Airline in Lagos, Nigeria. Mark, in a statement by his media ai...
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03Jun
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Ikimi cautions PDP over councils’ invasion – Vanguard

Ikimi cautions PDP over councils' invasionVanguardBy SIMON EBEGBULEM BENIN CITY— FORMER Foreign Affairs Minister and national leader of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Chief Tom Ikimi, weekend, described as barbaric attempt by Peoples Democratic...
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03Jun
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Akpabio hails S’Court’s judgment – Vanguard

Leadership NewspapersAkpabio hails S'Court's judgmentVanguardBy TONY NYONG UYO—AKWA Ibom State Governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, weekend, hailed the Supreme Court judgment, which upheld his re-election. The governor, who thanked the people fo...
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03Jun
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Funke Akindele Chooses London For Honeymoon With Hubby, Almaroof – Codewit Global Network

Nigerian TribuneFunke Akindele Chooses London For Honeymoon With Hubby, AlmaroofCodewit Global NetworkReports reaching Nigeriafilms.com from some sources confirm that star actress, Funke Khadijat Akindele has jetted out of the country for her honeymoon...
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03Jun
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No, Buhari, Not 2015 By Sonala Olumhense – SaharaReporters.com

SaharaReporters.comNo, Buhari, Not 2015 By Sonala OlumhenseSaharaReporters.comIf you have not done the arithmetic, reader, you should: technically there is only one year left until the battle for power in 2015 formally begins. By this time next year, y...
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03Jun
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Catholic Bishops Meet Jonathan On ‘Worrisome State Of Insecurity’ – Information Nigeria

WorldStageCatholic Bishops Meet Jonathan On 'Worrisome State Of Insecurity'Information NigeriaREPRESENTATIVES of the Catholic Bishop's Conference of Nigeria met with President Jonathan yesterday in Abuja with terror attacks by the Boko Hara...
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03Jun
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For Abiola, the struggle continues •How UNILAG’s name-change stirred a … – Nigerian Tribune

Nigerian TribuneFor Abiola, the struggle continues •How UNILAG's name-change stirred a ...Nigerian TribuneFollowing the renaming of the University of Lagos to Moshood Abiola University by President Goodluck Jonathan as well as the hue and cry the...
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03Jun
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30 killed in Nasarawa: ACF condemns mayhem, says it is barbaric – Vanguard

30 killed in Nasarawa: ACF condemns mayhem, says it is barbaricVanguardBy Emeka Mamah and Joseph Erunke No fewer than 30 persons were feared dead in Assakyo, headquaters of Lafia East Development Area of Nasarawa State, following renewed violence betwe...
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03Jun
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30 killed in Nasarawa: ACF condemns mayhem, says it is barbaric – Vanguard

30 killed in Nasarawa: ACF condemns mayhem, says it is barbaricVanguardBy Emeka Mamah and Joseph Erunke No fewer than 30 persons were feared dead in Assakyo, headquaters of Lafia East Development Area of Nasarawa State, following renewed violence betwe...
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02Jun
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Corps members now posted to only where they are secure – NYSC DG – Vanguard

Information NigeriaCorps members now posted to only where they are secure – NYSC DGVanguardBy Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief Brig-Gen. Nnamdi Okore-Affia is indeed an army officer who says it the way he sees it. When he spoke with journalists in Abuja...
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02Jun
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Tragedy Again On Lagos/Ibadan Expressway: Tanker fire burns 24 vehicles – Vanguard

CHANNELSTragedy Again On Lagos/Ibadan Expressway: Tanker fire burns 24 vehiclesVanguardBy Daud Olatunji It was another tragic day on Lagos-Ibadan expressway, yesterday, as 24 vehicles were burnt after an articulated vehicle carrying fuel fell and caugh...
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02Jun
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Jonathan Vs Salami: Why Adoke chose to play “the black sheep” – Vanguard

CHANNELSJonathan Vs Salami: Why Adoke chose to play “the black sheep”VanguardBy Ikechukwu Nnochiri Following his uncanny role in the continued suspension of the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Isa Ayo Salami, the Nigerian Bar Association,...
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02Jun
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Sacked Lagos Doctors Demand Official Letters of Recall – AllAfrica.com

Leadership NewspapersSacked Lagos Doctors Demand Official Letters of RecallAllAfrica.comBy Florence Udoh, 2 June 2012 The 788 doctors that were recalled by the Lagos State government on Thursday have asked for official letters backing the recall. The C...
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02Jun
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Air France begins Abuja-Paris flight June 4 – Vanguard

BusinessDayAir France begins Abuja-Paris flight June 4VanguardAbuja – Air France will begin direct daily flights from Abuja to Paris from June 4, the French embassy said on Saturday. The French Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Jacques Champagne de Labriolle...
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02Jun
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Jonathan Inaugurates Nigeria’s First Locally-Made Warship – THISDAY Live

CHANNELSJonathan Inaugurates Nigeria's First Locally-Made WarshipTHISDAY LiveBy Chiemelie Ezeobi President Goodluck Jonathan Friday again harped on the need to encourage local content in all sectors in the country and commended the Nigerian Navy an...
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02Jun
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Why PDP will win Edo guber – Vanguard

Spyghana.comWhy PDP will win Edo guberVanguardBY GABRIEL ENOGHOLASE, Benin GENERAL CHARLES EHIGIE AIRHAVBERE (RTD) is the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic party in the July 14, gubernatorial election in Edo State. Airhivbere who spoke w...
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02Jun
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Security agencies spent five months to locate slain German hostage’s abode in Kano – The Nation Newspaper

New York Daily NewsSecurity agencies spent five months to locate slain German hostage's abode in KanoThe Nation NewspaperBy Yusuf Alli, Managing Editor, Northern Operation 4 minutes ago Facts emerged yesterday that it took security agencies about f...
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02Jun
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Ajimobi restates commitment to affordable housing – The Nation Newspaper

Spyghana.comAjimobi restates commitment to affordable housingThe Nation NewspaperBy Adeola Ogunlade 6 minutes ago The Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi has restated his commitment to provide affordable and suitable housing for citizens of O...
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02Jun
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FAAN loses bid to prevent trial of its MD for contempt – The Nation Newspaper

CHANNELSFAAN loses bid to prevent trial of its MD for contemptThe Nation NewspaperBy Eric Ikhilae 1 hour ago The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) yesterday lost in its objection to a contempt proceedings initiated against its Managing Direct...
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02Jun
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S-Court dashes ACN’s bid to sack Governor Akpabio – Vanguard

Leadership NewspapersS-Court dashes ACN's bid to sack Governor AkpabioVanguardBy Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Abuja The Supreme Court, yesterday, quashed moves by the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, to sack Governor Goodswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State thr...
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01Jun
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SNG Refiles Suit Against FG – Nigerian Tribune

CHANNELSSNG Refiles Suit Against FGNigerian TribuneOn the heels of Justice Stephen Adah of a Federal High Court sitting in Ikeja throwing out the suit filed by the Save Nigeria Group (SNG) against the Federal Government, the group, on Friday, refiled t...
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01Jun
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Nigerians losing faith in President Goodluck Jonathan over power, security – Alaska Dispatch

Myjoyonline.comNigerians losing faith in President Goodluck Jonathan over power, securityAlaska DispatchABUJA, Nigeria — With the start of his presidency marred by corruption scandals, Islamist bombings that metastasized to the capital and a host of ...
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01Jun
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Osun NMA Seeks Aregbesola’s Intervention In Lagos Doctors’ Sack – Osun Defender

Osun DefenderOsun NMA Seeks Aregbesola's Intervention In Lagos Doctors' SackOsun DefenderOsun State Chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has appealed to the governor of the State, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, traditional rulers and the leade...
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01Jun
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N60bn Theft : Forum Wants EFCC To Prosecute Jubril Isah, Ex- Afribank Director – Osun Defender

Osun DefenderN60bn Theft : Forum Wants EFCC To Prosecute Jubril Isah, Ex- Afribank DirectorOsun DefenderSolicitors to Mr. Gbolahan Peters and Ahmed Ibrahim has asked Ibrahim Larmode, chairman of Economic and financial crimes to revisit the case against...
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01Jun
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SSS arrests man for cloning Gov Elechi phone number – Vanguard

SSS arrests man for cloning Gov Elechi phone numberVanguardBy PETER OKUTU ABAKALIKI—OPERATIVES of the State Security Services, SSS, in Ebonyi State, yesterday arrested one Ebube Mbonu for allegedly cloning Governor Martin Elechi's phone number an...
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01Jun
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Oghuma, Alemoh Canvass Support For Oshiomhole – Nigerian Observer

Nigerian ObserverOghuma, Alemoh Canvass Support For OshiomholeNigerian ObserverFUGAR – The member representing Etsako Central constituency at the Edo State House of Assembly, Hon. Johnson Oghuma has called on the people of Etsako Central and the enti...
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01Jun
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I Don’t Campaign For Oshiomhole – Osunbor – Leadership Newspapers

I Don't Campaign For Oshiomhole – OsunborLeadership NewspapersFollowing media reports that he canvassed votes for incumbent Edo Governor Adams Oshiomhole, former Governor of Edo State, Professor Oserheimen Osunbor, has refuted some of the comment...
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31May
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Some governors suppress their legislative houses – Speaker Ikufuroji – Vanguard

Some governors suppress their legislative houses – Speaker IkufurojiVanguardBy CHARLES KUMOLU Ahead of the commissioning of the brand new legislative complex of the Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday, Speaker Adeyemi Ikufuroji spoke with newsmen...
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31May
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Police prosecute 45 over post – election violence in Kaduna – Vanguard

Leadership NewspapersPolice prosecute 45 over post – election violence in KadunaVanguardBy Luka Binniyat KADUNA — ABOUT 45 suspects arrested over last year's post-election violence in some parts of Kaduna State, are presently facing prosecution...
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31May
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Chairmanship aspirant promises rapid transformation – Nigerian Tribune

Chairmanship aspirant promises rapid transformationNigerian TribuneA chairmanship-aspirant in Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State, Honourable Adebayo Adekoya, has promised to live up to the expectations and demands of the people, if eventua...
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31May
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Boko Haram: Herculean task for our new IGP – Nigerian Tribune

Myjoyonline.comBoko Haram: Herculean task for our new IGPNigerian TribuneI am always bewildered, alarmed and shocked whenever I hear any sad news about senseless attacks on innocent masses in the northern states of the country by the Boko Haram sect. O...
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31May
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Court Throws Out Case Against Salami Reinstatement – AllAfrica.com

AllAfrica.comCourt Throws Out Case Against Salami ReinstatementAllAfrica.comBy Atika Balal And Adelanwa Bamgboye, 31 May 2012 An Abuja Federal High Court has dismissed a suit seeking to stop President Goodluck Jonathan from reinstating the suspended Pr...
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31May
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Appraising Dankwambo’s one year in office – Vanguard

Appraising Dankwambo's one year in officeVanguardIT is not common practice to roll our the drums for an administration that has spent just one year in the saddle, yet where so many phenomenal achievements have been recorded, there is always an exce...
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31May
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Nigeria to commission first locally made warship – Daily Times Nigeria

Leadership NewspapersNigeria to commission first locally made warshipDaily Times NigeriaPresident Goodluck Jonathan will, on Friday, commission the country's first locally made warship, NNS ANDONI, which was constructed by the Nigerian Navy enginee...
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31May
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Italian engineer abducted in Nigeria – San Francisco Chronicle

AFPItalian engineer abducted in NigeriaSan Francisco Chronicle(05-31) 01:34 PDT ROME, Italy (AP) -- Italy's foreign ministry says an Italian engineer has been kidnapped in northern Nigeria. The ministry's press office said the man was abducted ...
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31May
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PHCN Probe Committee Unearths Rot in Power Sector – AllAfrica.com

CHANNELSPHCN Probe Committee Unearths Rot in Power SectorAllAfrica.comBy Juliet Alohan, 31 May 2012 Of the 5172979 customers captured in the records of the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI), only 2893701 or 55.94 per cent are metered. Out of ...
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31May
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N47 billion theft: Court says Akingbola has case to answer – CHANNELS

CHANNELSN47 billion theft: Court says Akingbola has case to answerCHANNELSA Lagos high court sitting in Ikeja has thrown out the no case submission filed before it by the former Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank (Now Access Bank), Erastus Akin...
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31May
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Edo Guber Poll – PDP Accuses ACN of Arms Build-Up – AllAfrica.com

Edo Guber Poll - PDP Accuses ACN of Arms Build-UpAllAfrica.comBy Gabriel Enogholase, 31 May 2012 Benin — Ahead of the July 14, governorship election in Edo State, National Deputy Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Sam Jaja, yesterday, in ...
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31May
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Police Recover 15 Cars in Plateau – AllAfrica.com

Leadership NewspapersPolice Recover 15 Cars in PlateauAllAfrica.comBy Onimisi Alao, 31 May 2012 Jos — The Plateau State police command has recovered 15 cars and eight motorcycles in the last four months in addition to smashing a certificate forgery s...
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31May
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Northern Elders Forum , Jonathan meet on security, national unity – Vanguard

Leadership NewspapersNorthern Elders Forum , Jonathan meet on security, national unityVanguardAbuja -The leadership of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) met with President Goodluck Jonathan late Wednesday night on issues of security and national unity. T...
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31May
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Court sacks Ondo lawmaker for dumping party – The Guardian – Nigerian Bulletin

Leadership NewspapersCourt sacks Ondo lawmaker for dumping party – The GuardianNigerian BulletinFOR dumping the Labour Party (LP) platform that produced him as a federal legislator for the opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) “without follow...
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31May
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Obasanjo challenged to identify ‘rogue’ lawmakers – Legalbrief (subscription)

BusinessDayObasanjo challenged to identify 'rogue' lawmakersLegalbrief (subscription)Nigeria's Senate has challenged former President Olusegun Obasanjo to identify the lawmakers he described as 'rogues and armed robbers' at a media ...
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31May
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Bandits Kill 10 in Borno – THISDAY Live

THISDAY LiveBandits Kill 10 in BornoTHISDAY LiveSuspected armed bandits Wednesday invaded a bakery in an outskirt of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, killing 10 persons in the process. Some of the residents who spoke to THISDAY, alleged that the arm...
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31May
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NDLEA decries use of sea ports by drug barons – The Nation Newspaper

Spyghana.comNDLEA decries use of sea ports by drug baronsThe Nation NewspaperBy Kelvin Osa-Okunbor 1 hour ago The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) yesterday raised the alarm over the smuggling of large shipments of narcotics through the nat...
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30May
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FG moves to domesticate war crimes, genocide, war against humanity laws – Vanguard

FG moves to domesticate war crimes, genocide, war against humanity lawsVanguardBY BEN AGANDE ABUJA – The Federal Government is to domesticate the laws on Crimes against Humanity, War Crimes and Genocide as it moves to submit a Bill to the National As...
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30May
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NCC increases operators’ fines – Vanguard

Spyghana.comNCC increases operators' finesVanguardBy Prince Osuagwu & Laide Akinboade Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, yesterday, insisted that the four telecommunications operators, Globacom, MTN, Airtel and Etisalat it earlier sanctio...
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30May
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Bishop charges S/West govs on good governance – Nigerian Tribune

Bishop charges S/West govs on good governanceNigerian TribuneThe outgoing Anglican Archbishop of Ondo Province and Bishop of Ekiti Diocese, the Most Reverend Samuel Adedayo Abe, has urged governors in the South-West to lay good examples through good go...
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30May
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NBA crisis: Judge disqualifies self from suit – Nigerian Tribune

CHANNELSNBA crisis: Judge disqualifies self from suitNigerian TribuneJustice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has disqualified self from hearing the suit filed by Mr Yinka Farounbi, one of the chairmanship candidates of the Niger...
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30May
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It is criminal to neglect the people – Ajimobi – Nigerian Tribune

Spyghana.comIt is criminal to neglect the people - AjimobiNigerian TribuneTHE governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has said that it is criminal for political office holders, who were entrusted with the powers to change the lives of their peop...
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30May
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Jonathan’s woes – Dilemma of Nigeria’s most endangered President – Business Hallmark

AFPJonathan's woes - Dilemma of Nigeria's most endangered PresidentBusiness HallmarkAt the peak of the struggle for Nigeria's political independence, a colonial master (Sir John Macpherson) was said to... ...have reminded Dr Benjamin Nnamdi...
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30May
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Aregbesola has no secessionist agenda —Adelowo – Business Hallmark

Osun DefenderAregbesola has no secessionist agenda —AdelowoBusiness HallmarkAn interview with Elder Adebiyi Adelowo; Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Osun State. In this interview with Business Hallmark's Ayoola Olaoluwa, Adelo...
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30May
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Clark Tells Northern Governors to Make Peace With Boko Haram – AllAfrica.com

BusinessDayClark Tells Northern Governors to Make Peace With Boko HaramAllAfrica.comBy Abdullwasiu Hassan And Francis Okeke, 29 May 2012 Prominent Ijaw leader, Sir Edwin Clark has called on northern governors to identify and make peace with Boko Haram ...
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30May
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JTF Arrest Top Militant Commander in Kano – AllAfrica.com

Leadership NewspapersJTF Arrest Top Militant Commander in KanoAllAfrica.comBy Abdulsalam Muhammad, 29 May 2012 Kano — The Joint Military Taskforce JTF Tuesday morning arrested a man suspected to be top militant commander during an early morning raid ...
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30May
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Occupy Unilag Day 2: Students barricade Third Mainland Bridge – Vanguard

The Daily StarOccupy Unilag Day 2: Students barricade Third Mainland BridgeVanguardBy Nnamdi Ojiego The protest trailing the renaming of University of Lagos to Moshood Abiola University by the Federal Governmet yesterday has entered its second day as s...
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30May
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Oyo to invest N6bn on the construction of 5-star hotel – BusinessDay

BusinessDayOyo to invest N6bn on the construction of 5-star hotelBusinessDayThe Oyo State Government is to construct a 150-room five-star hotel in the heart of Ibadan, the state capital at the cost of N6 billion. The hotel which will be built on a Publ...
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30May
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Bomb Found in Empty TV Set in Kaduna – AllAfrica.com

BusinessDayBomb Found in Empty TV Set in KadunaAllAfrica.comBy Ismail Mudashir, 30 May 2012 Kaduna — An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) concealed in an empty television set was yesterday detonated by the bomb disposal unit of the Kaduna State polic...
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30May
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Bomb Found in Empty TV Set in Kaduna – AllAfrica.com

Spyghana.comBomb Found in Empty TV Set in KadunaAllAfrica.comBy Ismail Mudashir, 30 May 2012 Kaduna — An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) concealed in an empty television set was yesterday detonated by the bomb disposal unit of the Kaduna State poli...
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30May
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Jonathan’s declares: Things are Getting Better – Myjoyonline.com

Myjoyonline.comJonathan's declares: Things are Getting BetterMyjoyonline.comPresident Goodluck Jonathan Monday took stock of what has been achieved within one year of his administration. His conclusion: Nigeria is making progress in spite of the nu...
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30May
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Ajibola, Ex-World Court Jurist Weeps At Amosun’s First Year Anniversary … – Leadership Newspapers

Leadership NewspapersAjibola, Ex-World Court Jurist Weeps At Amosun's First Year Anniversary ...Leadership NewspapersFormer World Court judge Prince Bola Ajibola, yesterday, openly wept during the first year celebration of the Governor Ibikunle Amo...
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