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17Mar

What are you Reading… Which voices are shaping your life?….

If you are on facebook, please join the Naija read group. Let’s know what you are reading and share your knowledge with others. Ralph Waldo Emerson (US Poet: 1803 – 1882) said “If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads”. _________________________________________________ A group to encourage the reading

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17Mar

Tell Governor Suswam that we need more than the Governor’s Lodge

Thisday Newspaper of Thursday March 8th 2012 was exciting. Exciting in the sense that the Benue State Government chose this medium to advertise its achievements under Governor Gabriel Suswam watch. Such being necessary as to publicize the official visit of President Goodluck Jonathan to the state. Now, in the words of a good friend of

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17Mar

Nigerian Christian community attacked, at least 10 victims – Agenzia Giornalistica Italia

StarAfrica.comNigerian Christian community attacked, at least 10 victimsAgenzia Giornalistica Italia(AGI) Lagos- Two attacks on Christian communities in the Nigerian state of Kaduna left ten dead and five more wounded. According to local authorities a ...

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17Mar

Ooh the Chopper went down!

Things ain’t looking good in the news for Nigeria, it’s another tragic date. The newspapers of 15th March 2012 report the crash of a Chopper belonging to the Nigerian Police and causing the death of four (4) top policemen, amongst others. While we mourn this tragic loss, it behoves us to investigate the circumstance in

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17Mar

37 policemen arraigned for forged certificates – Vanguard

37 policemen arraigned for forged certificatesVanguardBY DEMOLA AKINYEMI, Ilorin Thirty-seven newly recruited police officers have been arraigned in the court for presenting forged certificates for their enlistment. Police First Information Report, FIR...

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17Mar

Northern Leaders Resolve To Tackle Insecurity – Information Nigeria

Leadership NewspapersNorthern Leaders Resolve To Tackle InsecurityInformation NigeriaPOLITICAL leaders in the North yesterday rose from a peace meeting in Minna, the Niger State capital with a resolve to intensify the search for solutions to threat to ...

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17Mar

Bomb scare in Lagos – Vanguard

Bomb scare in LagosVanguardResidents of Ikeja were yesterday thrown into pandemonium yesterday after a nylon bag was discovered at Ikeja round-about, Awolowo way between 6 and 7pm. An eye witness told Saturday Vanguard that the bag was feared to contai...

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17Mar

Aviation Ministry Probes Jos Helicopter Crash – Leadership Newspapers

Leadership NewspapersAviation Ministry Probes Jos Helicopter CrashLeadership NewspapersThe chairman, Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Hope Uzodimma, has announced that the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) of the Ministry of Aviation, has commen...

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17Mar

Belgore panel rejects Jonathan’s seven-year single term – The Nation Newspaper

Belgore panel rejects Jonathan's seven-year single termThe Nation NewspaperBy Yusuf Alli, Managing Editor, Northern Operation 18 hours 52 minutes ago There will be no room for the proposed single seven-year tenure in the report of the Justice Alfa ...

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16Mar

WAEC tenders Suswan’s original result, as court fixes March 23 for trial – Vanguard

WAEC tenders Suswan's original result, as court fixes March 23 for trialVanguardBy Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Abuja The West African Examination Council (WAEC), on Friday, tendered before a Chief Magistrate Court in Abuja, the original copy of the General...

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16Mar

Baba Suwe: NDLEA Goes To Appeal Court Again – Nigerian Tribune

Baba Suwe: NDLEA Goes To Appeal Court AgainNigerian TribuneTHE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has, again, approached the Court of Appeal in Lagos for a stay of execution of the judgment of Justice Yetunde Idowu of an Ikeja High Court, whi...

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16Mar

We’ll Make Ekiti Food Basket – Nigerian Tribune

Nigerian TribuneWe'll Make Ekiti Food BasketNigerian TribuneWhat is food crisis? Do we have food crisis or we poverty of ideas? What is the food policy of this country. Have you ever seen one? What is our agric policy. Our own may just be to feed o...

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16Mar

Delta Sanctions Four Teachers Over Absenteeism – AllAfrica.com

CHANNELSDelta Sanctions Four Teachers Over AbsenteeismAllAfrica.comBy Kola Niyi-Eke, 16 March 2012 Four teachers in Delta State have incurred the wrath of the authorities of the post primary education board over their alleged absence from school withou...

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16Mar

Bayelsa to set up world-class sport academy – Vanguard

Bayelsa to set up world-class sport academyVanguardBy Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Government is to set up a world-class Sports Academy equipped with state-of-the arts facilities. Governor Seriake Dickson disclosed this while speaking at the...

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16Mar

North, obstacle to Nigeria’s progress –Minister – Daily Sun

North, obstacle to Nigeria's progress –MinisterDaily SunThe Minister of Information and Communications, Labaran Maku yesterday declared that all progressive efforts of the Federal Government would not be successful unless there is peace in the no...

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16Mar

2 civilians killed, 13 soldiers injured in Ogun auto crash – Daily Sun

2 civilians killed, 13 soldiers injured in Ogun auto crashDaily SunIt was a narrow escape for 13 soldiers in Kobape village, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital yesterday, as the tyre of the bus in which they were traveling burst on motion, killing the dr...

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16Mar

Senate approves N4.8 trillion 2012 budget – Information Nigeria

Myjoyonline.comSenate approves N4.8 trillion 2012 budgetInformation NigeriaAFTER several months of committee work, the Senate yesterday passed a budget of N4, 877209156933 for the 2012 fiscal year with an oil benchmark of $72 per barrel. Details of the...

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16Mar

Senate approves N4.8 trillion 2012 budget – Information Nigeria

Myjoyonline.comSenate approves N4.8 trillion 2012 budgetInformation NigeriaAFTER several months of committee work, the Senate yesterday passed a budget of N4, 877209156933 for the 2012 fiscal year with an oil benchmark of $72 per barrel. Details of the...

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16Mar

Salami goes to C’Appeal – Daily Sun

CHANNELSSalami goes to C'AppealDaily SunAn Abuja Federal High Court on Monday acceded to the request made by the embattled suspended President of the Court of Appeal (PCA), Justice Ayo Isa Salami to refer some questions arising from his suit, again...

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16Mar

$150bn needed for electricity supply in Nigeria –Akpabio – Daily Sun

$150bn needed for electricity supply in Nigeria –AkpabioDaily SunAkwa Ibom Governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio says the country needs to invest about $150 billion in electricity supply to create the desired impact in the sector. Akpabio, who stated this...

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16Mar

Haruna Was an Outstanding Officer says ACN. – Osun Defender

Osun DefenderHaruna Was an Outstanding Officer says ACN.Osun DefenderThe Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has condoled with the Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar, over the death in a helicopter crash of Deputy Inspector-General of P...

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16Mar

Godwin Daboh Adzuana, Mr Controversy, Dies at 70 – THISDAY Live

Leadership NewspapersGodwin Daboh Adzuana, Mr Controversy, Dies at 70THISDAY LiveBy Eddy Odivwri Long before Arthur Nzeribe hit the political stage with the tag of maverick politician, the likes of Dr. Godwin Dabo Adzuana had indeed made a career of po...

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16Mar

‘Partner with government’, Jonathan tells religious leaders – Daily Times Nigeria

Leadership Newspapers'Partner with government', Jonathan tells religious leadersDaily Times NigeriaPresident Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday, charged all religious leaders to function as proactive partners in the restoration of peace, unity, sec...

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16Mar

State of emergency: Reps ask Jonathan to pay allocation to 15 LGs – Vanguard

Leadership NewspapersState of emergency: Reps ask Jonathan to pay allocation to 15 LGsVanguardBy EMMAN OVUAKPORIE ABUJA—THE House of Representatives has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to order immediate payment of the monthly federal allocatio...

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16Mar

Fed Govt plans more prisons – Vanguard

CHANNELSFed Govt plans more prisonsVanguardBY VICTORIA OJEME ABUJA—THE Federal Government has concluded plans to construct more prisons to improve the current state of jail houses in the country. Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, said this, Wednesday,...

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15Mar

Oshiomhole: review revenue formula – The Nation Newspaper

Oshiomhole: review revenue formulaThe Nation NewspaperBy Osagie Otabor, Benin 10 hours 54 minutes ago Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole yesterday called for a review of the revenue allocation formula which will allow states control their resources. T...

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15Mar

Nigeria’s liquidation of Nitel assets put on hold – IDG News Service

CHANNELSNigeria's liquidation of Nitel assets put on holdIDG News ServiceThe planned liquidation of Nigeria's embattled incumbent operator Nitel and its mobile arm, M-tel, has bogged down in confusion after the country's lawmakers directed ...

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15Mar

A country that robs its elderly! – BusinessDay

A country that robs its elderly!BusinessDayThe recent sleaze around the police pensions raises a whole lot of rhetorical questions: Why are we a country of dogs that eat the bones that have been hung on their necks? Why are we a country of extremely se...

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15Mar

2 “lovers” found dead in car – Vanguard

2 “lovers” found dead in carVanguardKano – Residents of Kano metropolis were thrown into shock on Wednesday when two bodies of a young man and a woman suspected to be lovers were found dead inside a car. The corpses of the 'lovers' were f...

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15Mar

S’South govs decry North’s stance on derivation – Information Nigeria

Leadership NewspapersS'South govs decry North's stance on derivationInformation NigeriaGOVERNORS of the states in the South-South geo-political zone yesterday described the criticisms of the 13 per cent derivation funds due to the Niger Delta s...

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15Mar

Labour opposes bill on industrial strikes – Information Nigeria

BusinessDayLabour opposes bill on industrial strikesInformation Nigeria“THOSE who are sponsoring this Bill both the ones on the floor of the Senate and the ones behind the mask have shown total disdain for Nigerians.” These were the words of the Ni...

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15Mar

Exclusive: Nigeria starts mediated talks with Boko Haram – Reuters

Reuters BlogsExclusive: Nigeria starts mediated talks with Boko HaramReutersBy Joe Brock | ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's government has in the last week held its first indirect peace talks with Islamist sect Boko Haram, meeting mediators to discuss a...

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15Mar

MD Belgore and the unfinished work in Kwara State – Vanguard

MD Belgore and the unfinished work in Kwara StateVanguardBy Is'haq Modibbo Kawu LAST week, the Suprem Court affirmed that Abdulfatai Ahmed, was winner of the April 2011 gubernatorial election in Kwara state. The verdict effectively closed the judic...

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15Mar

Six Tankers Burnt in Ibadan Midnight Accident – AllAfrica.com

P.M. NewsSix Tankers Burnt in Ibadan Midnight AccidentAllAfrica.comBy Yemi Bamidele, 14 March 2012 Ibadan — It was a midnight disaster at Iwo Road/Ojoo Expressway in Ibadan in the early hours of Wednesday as six petrol tankers fully loaded with fuel ...

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15Mar

Boko Haram Chief Dies in SSS Custody – AllAfrica.com

AllAfrica.comBoko Haram Chief Dies in SSS CustodyAllAfrica.comBy Misbahu Bashir, 15 March 2012 A factional leader of Boko Haram who was captured after a gun fight in Zaria last week has died of bullet wounds he sustained in the raid, the State Security...

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15Mar

Islamic Bank to Finance Nigeria Education After Militant Attacks – BusinessWeek

Leadership NewspapersIslamic Bank to Finance Nigeria Education After Militant AttacksBusinessWeekBy Chris Kay and Maram Mazen on March 15, 2012 The Islamic Development Bank will provide $95 million in loans to integrate Nigeria's Koranic schools wi...

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15Mar

Nigeria security forces: hostages killed before raid – Reuters Africa

Telegraph.co.ukNigeria security forces: hostages killed before raidReuters AfricaBy Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's secret service said on Wednesday that a British and Italian hostage killed by their captors last week were executed before...

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15Mar

NBA Sues FG Over Slain Fuel Subsidy Protester – Leadership Newspapers

Leadership NewspapersNBA Sues FG Over Slain Fuel Subsidy ProtesterLeadership NewspapersThe Lagos State Government and the Nigeria Bar Association, (NBA) have sued the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and the ex...

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15Mar

Edo guber election: PDP, ACN at verbal war over alleged inducement of … – BusinessDay

Leadership NewspapersEdo guber election: PDP, ACN at verbal war over alleged inducement of ...BusinessDayAhead of the July 14 governorship election in Edo State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) are at verbal war ...

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15Mar

Govt sincerity will end Boko Haram siege ñ Group – Moment Nigerian Newspapers

Myjoyonline.comGovt sincerity will end Boko Haram siege ñ GroupMoment Nigerian NewspapersTHERE is a growing agitation across Nigeria over the activities of the Boko Haram and the seeming complacency of government in tracking them, resulting in the ins...

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14Mar

11 die in kerosene explosions in Edo, Delta – The Nation Newspaper

11 die in kerosene explosions in Edo, DeltaThe Nation NewspaperBy Osagie Otabor, Benin 4 hours 39 minutes ago Eleven persons were confirmed dead in kerosene explosions that occurred between February 1 and March 14 in Edo and Delta states. Nine of the v...

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14Mar

Security strengthened in Calabar – The Nation Newspaper

Leadership NewspapersSecurity strengthened in CalabarThe Nation NewspaperBy Nicholas Kalu, Calabar 4 hours 35 minutes ago Following cult clashes in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, security has been strengthened in the city, especially at night....

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14Mar

Abuja twin-bombings: Court stays proceedings in case against Okah, others – The Nation Newspaper

CHANNELSAbuja twin-bombings: Court stays proceedings in case against Okah, othersThe Nation NewspaperBy Kamarudeen Ogundele, Abuja 12 hours 20 minutes ago A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday stayed proceedings in the charge brought against ...

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14Mar

Group cautions Amosun about TASUED – Nigerian Tribune

Group cautions Amosun about TASUEDNigerian TribuneA youth group in Ogun State, Concerned Youths in Politics (CYP), has called on the Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, to rescind his decision on the scrapping of the Tai Solarin University of...

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14Mar

Ojukwu: Biafra’s final burial? – Nigerian Tribune

BusinessDayOjukwu: Biafra's final burial?Nigerian TribuneTHE eulogies and tributes poured in, in torrents, all united in wishing the late Igbo leader, Eze Igbo Gburugburu, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, bon voyage on his final passage into histor...

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14Mar

Alleged corruption charges: Ex-NIMASA boss loses in court – Nigerian Tribune

CHANNELSAlleged corruption charges: Ex-NIMASA boss loses in courtNigerian TribuneThe former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Mr Temisan Omatseye, on Wednesday, lost out in his bid to put an end to the...

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14Mar

Strike Vote: Senate Defended Organised Labour, Says NLC – Leadership Newspapers

Leadership NewspapersStrike Vote: Senate Defended Organised Labour, Says NLCLeadership NewspapersThe Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday hailed the Senate for rejecting the bill seeking that workers should vote before embarking on strike. The Se...

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14Mar

Nigerian police unveils new military-style uniform – Information Nigeria

Information NigeriaNigerian police unveils new military-style uniformInformation NigeriaThe Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar has on Tuesday unveiled newly approved camouflage uniform for officers of the Police Force. P...

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14Mar

2000 Soldiers Undergoing Training In Counter Terrorism – Ihejirika – Leadership Newspapers

Leadership Newspapers2000 Soldiers Undergoing Training In Counter Terrorism - IhejirikaLeadership NewspapersThe Chief of Army Staff (COAS) , Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, said on Tuesday in Abuja, that 2000 soldiers were undergoing training in counter t...

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14Mar

S/Africa’s Continual Maltreatment Of Nigerians —Gbenga Kayode – P.M. News

BBC NewsS/Africa's Continual Maltreatment Of Nigerians —Gbenga KayodeP.M. NewsThe recurring and unwarranted diplomatic fireworks were obviously sparked again, by South Africa, otherwise called the Rainbow Nation, when it repatriated 125 Nigerians...

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14Mar

We Won’t Use VON As Govt Megaphone – Jonathan – Leadership Newspapers

CHANNELSWe Won't Use VON As Govt Megaphone – JonathanLeadership NewspapersPresident Goodluck Jonathan has said that he will not turn any public information organ into uncritical mouthpiece of the government. The president who was represented by V...

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14Mar

PDP chairmanship seat: Presidency drafts Anenih, Saraki for Tukur – Vanguard

AllAfrica.comPDP chairmanship seat: Presidency drafts Anenih, Saraki for TukurVanguardLAGOS— Political associates around President Goodluck Jonathan are promoting the aspiration of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur for the national chairmanship of the Peoples Dem...

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13Mar

Ibru’s widow battles husband’s brother – The Nation Newspaper

Leadership NewspapersIbru's widow battles husband's brotherThe Nation NewspaperBy Eric Ikhilae 3 hours 17 minutes ago MORE facts emerged yesterday on the last days of the late Mr Alex Uruemu Ibru, the frontline businessman and publisher of The ...

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13Mar

Ihedioha laments death of 18 corps members – Vanguard

Leadership NewspapersIhedioha laments death of 18 corps membersVanguardBY EMMAN OVUAKPORIE ABUJA- DEPUTY Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Emeka Ihedioha, yesterday expressed shock over the death of 18 members of the National Youth Service C...

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13Mar

Unijos students protest stabbing of colleagues – Vanguard

Leadership NewspapersUnijos students protest stabbing of colleaguesVanguardJOS—STUDENTS of the University of Jos, Tuesday, took to the streets to protest Monday night's stabbing of two of their colleagues by hoodlums another backlash of Sunday&#3...

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13Mar

Yorubaland: A note on leadership – Nigerian Tribune

Leadership NewspapersYorubaland: A note on leadershipNigerian TribuneThose who say that the nation can never witness another Awo are correct only to some extent. They are, in my view, on a dead end if they take their claim in absolute terms. In a way, ...

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13Mar

UPDATE 1-Attacks on security forces in north Nigeria kill 7 – Chicago Tribune

BBC NewsUPDATE 1-Attacks on security forces in north Nigeria kill 7Chicago Tribune* Boko Haram insurgency spreading in the north * Sect is President Goodluck Jonathan's top security woe (Adds new attack, details) MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, March 13 (Reute...

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13Mar

First Lady Tasks – Leadership Newspapers

First Lady TasksLeadership NewspapersThe First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan, on Tuesday urged beneficiaries of the Women for Change Empowerment Programme to make judicious use of the tools donated to them. Jonathan, who made the plea in Ibadan during he...

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13Mar

Man climbs mast to press ex-VP pay debt – P.M. News

BusinessDayMan climbs mast to press ex-VP pay debtP.M. NewsA mild drama played out Tuesday afternoon at the Federal High Court in Abuja as a middle aged man identified as Musa Inua climbed a telecommunication mast with the intention of committing suici...

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13Mar

Man attempts suicide atop telecom mast – BusinessDay

BusinessDayMan attempts suicide atop telecom mastBusinessDayA middle-aged man identified as Musa Suleiman had on Tuesday, tried to commit suicide by climbing up a telecom mast. He attempted this at the premises of the Federal High Court in the Maitama ...

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13Mar

Orji Pledges Support for NYSC – AllAfrica.com

Orji Pledges Support for NYSCAllAfrica.comBy John Oba, 13 March 2012 The Abia State Government has assured the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) of more support towards the realisation of the scheme's statutory mandate in the state. This pledged ...

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13Mar

Student Nurses Protest In Port Harcourt – P.M. News

Student Nurses Protest In Port HarcourtP.M. NewsStudents of Rivers State School of Nursing, Port Harcourt, the state capital, southsouth Nigeria, caused panic in the state capital today as they blocked the Ikwerre road, one the major roads in the city ...

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13Mar

Ambassadors Get Strict Reciprocity Marching Order – AllAfrica.com

Leadership NewspapersAmbassadors Get Strict Reciprocity Marching OrderAllAfrica.comBy Chineme Okafor, 13 March 2012 In what may not be unrelated to the diplomatic face-off between Nigeria and South Africa over the deportation of 125 Nigerians for posse...

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13Mar

Kano – Boko Haram, JtTF in Gun Duel – AllAfrica.com

BusinessDayKano - Boko Haram, JtTF in Gun DuelAllAfrica.comBy Garba Muhammad, Kaduna, 13 March 2012 KANO metropolis was again thrown into another round of confusion yesterday as unidentified gunmen engaged the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in a gun d...

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13Mar

Nigerian ministry preparing robust ICT policy – IT News Africa

Leadership NewspapersNigerian ministry preparing robust ICT policyIT News AfricaNigerian Minister of Communication and Technology Omobola Johnson said the ministry is working on a draft Information and Communications and Technology (ICT) policy during ...

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13Mar

Cultism: Bayelsa confirms 4 killed – Vanguard

Leadership NewspapersCultism: Bayelsa confirms 4 killedVanguardBy SAMUEL OYADONGHA YENAGOA— Bayelsa State Government, yesterday, said it will set up a task force to check the security challenges in the state. The announcement came a day after suspect...

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13Mar

PDP vows to unseat Mimiko – Vanguard

PDP vows to unseat MimikoVanguardBy DAYO JOHNSON AKURE—THE Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State yesterday said that it had no working agreement with the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, ahead of governorship election next year towards unseating Gov...

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12Mar

EFCC gives N34.6m to families of dead officials – The Nation Newspaper

EFCC gives N34.6m to families of dead officialsThe Nation NewspaperBy Yusuf Alli, Abuja 3 minutes ago With a heavy heart, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, yesterday presented over N34.6 million t...

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12Mar

FIRS orders D’Rovans Hotel directors’ arrest – The Nation Newspaper

FIRS orders D'Rovans Hotel directors' arrestThe Nation NewspaperBy Bisi Oladele, Ibadan 10 minutes ago The Federal High Court, Ibadan has ordered the arrest of four directors of D'Rovans Hotel in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The order fol...

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12Mar

We renamed Abuja district after Goodluck in good faith — FCT – Nigerian Tribune

We renamed Abuja district after Goodluck in good faith — FCTNigerian TribuneThe Federal Capital Territory (FCT) administration said though the renaming of Maitama Extension District after President Goodluck Jonathan was a spontaneous action taken by ...

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12Mar

PDP chairman: Jonathan, N/East govs meet over Tukur •As aspirants meet … – Nigerian Tribune

WorldStagePDP chairman: Jonathan, N/East govs meet over Tukur •As aspirants meet ...Nigerian TribuneA decision may have already been reached on the choice of the next national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with one-time governor of d...

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12Mar

Corrupt tendencies of Nigerian leaders – Nigerian Tribune

AllAfrica.comCorrupt tendencies of Nigerian leadersNigerian TribuneTHE popular online Wikipedia dictionary defines corruption as: “spiritual or moral impurity or deviation from an ideal.” Corruption has been prevalent in Nigeria from time immemoria...

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12Mar

FG must review Nigeria’s foreign policy — Senator Adeyemi – Nigerian Tribune

BBC NewsFG must review Nigeria's foreign policy — Senator AdeyemiNigerian TribuneChairman, Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Smart Adeyemi, has demanded a review of Nigeria's foreign policy, saying that the time was...

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12Mar

8 killed in Nasarawa Village attack – Vanguard

CHANNELS8 killed in Nasarawa Village attackVanguardLafia – The Nasarawa State Police Command has confirmed the killing of eight persons by unknown gunmen, who attacked Tse Yaji Village near Kadarko Town in the Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa ...

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12Mar

Ekiti gets state laws – Daily Times Nigeria

Leadership NewspapersEkiti gets state lawsDaily Times NigeriaThe Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi has signed into law, a bill on the first edition of the laws of state. The move came 15 years after the state was carved out of the old Ondo State. Bef...

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12Mar

Gov’s Wife Tasks PDP On Affirmative Action For Women – Leadership Newspapers

BusinessDayGov's Wife Tasks PDP On Affirmative Action For WomenLeadership NewspapersThe Wife of the Bayelsa State Governor, Mrs. Rachael Dickson weekend challenged political leaders in the State and national level to implement the 35 per cent affir...

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12Mar

How Lagos Marked International Women’s Day – P.M. News (blog)

Leadership NewspapersHow Lagos Marked International Women's DayP.M. News (blog)Lagos State joined the rest of the world at the weekend to mark the 2012 International Women's Day, a day set aside by the United Nations to celebrate the achievemen...

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12Mar

Reject decision to name district after you, ACN tells Jonathan – Daily Sun

AllAfrica.comReject decision to name district after you, ACN tells JonathanDaily SunThe Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described the decision to name the Maitama District Extension in Abuja after President Goodluck Jonathan as a 'poisoned cha...

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12Mar

Ogun To Start Implementation Of New Tax Law – Leadership Newspapers

Leadership NewspapersOgun To Start Implementation Of New Tax LawLeadership NewspapersOgun State Government has assured workers that it will this month start the implementation of the new tax regime just signed into law by the Federal government. Making...

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12Mar

Budget: NASS may sanction FCT minister over breach of protocol – Vanguard

Budget: NASS may sanction FCT minister over breach of protocolVanguardBy DAN UDOH ABUJA — FOR presenting the 2012 budget proposals of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja directly to the National Assembly without going through the Presidency as ...

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12Mar

Revised 2012-2014 revenue/ expenditure framework: Tough and harder times ahead – Vanguard

BusinessDayRevised 2012-2014 revenue/ expenditure framework: Tough and harder times aheadVanguardBy Omoh Gabriel The Federal Government's revised medium term revenue and expenditure strategy before the National Assembly does not appear to have any ...

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12Mar

Flood: Oyo lawmakers accuse FG of unfulfilled promise – Vanguard

Flood: Oyo lawmakers accuse FG of unfulfilled promiseVanguardBy OLA AJAYI IBADAN—SEVEN months after the August 26 flood disaster that claimed hundreds of lives in Ibadan and its environs, some members of the Oyo State House of Assembly have complaine...

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11Mar

NIMET warns pilots about dangerous thunder storm – Vanguard

NIMET warns pilots about dangerous thunder stormVanguardBy LAWANI MIKAIRU& DANIEL ETEGHE Pilots and airline operators in Nigeria have been asked to be conscious of the dangerous thunderstorms that would take place between May / June and October in ...

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11Mar

Bayelsa guber: No victor, no vanquished – Dickson – Vanguard

Bayelsa guber: No victor, no vanquished – DicksonVanguardBy Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa— Bayelsa State Governor, Mr Seriake Dickson, has said that there was no victor, no vanquished in the February 11, governorship election in the state. Governor Dick...

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11Mar

Bank manager,7 others held over missing N380m – Vanguard

Bank manager,7 others held over missing N380mVanguardBy Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA- The Police in Abuja have waded into the mysterious disappearance of N380 million paid into an account in a commercial bank vanished within 12 hours after lodgement. The acc...

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11Mar

Ooni, Sultan, Aregbesola, others canvass national unity – Vanguard

P.M. NewsOoni, Sultan, Aregbesola, others canvass national unityVanguardBy GBENGA OLARINOYE OSOGBO—In the wake of a heated debate on national unity with particular reference to disagreement between some northern elements and their southern counterpar...

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11Mar

Economic growth and food security depend on healthy farm sector, whose pillar … – Economic Times

Economic growth and food security depend on healthy farm sector, whose pillar ...Economic TimesIn India, agriculture and allied sector is the source of income for over 60% of rural population and its contribution to GDP has been consistently coming dow...

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11Mar

British government deports about 120 Nigerians from the United Kingdom over … – Newstime Africa

Leadership NewspapersBritish government deports about 120 Nigerians from the United Kingdom over ...Newstime AfricaAbout 120 Nigerians have been deported by the Home Office from the United Kingdom over alleged immigration offences. Some of the offences...

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11Mar

Gunmen Kill Ex-Sars Commander in Yola – AllAfrica.com

Gunmen Kill Ex-Sars Commander in YolaAllAfrica.comSome unidentified gunmen on Friday in Yola, killed the former Head of the Adamawa State Police Command Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), ASP. Mohammed Ali The attack took place around 2 pm along Atiku ...

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11Mar

Killing Of Expatriates: Normalcy Restored In Sokoto – Leadership Newspapers

Leadership NewspapersKilling Of Expatriates: Normalcy Restored In SokotoLeadership NewspapersThe relative peace in the seat of the caliphate has been restored in Mabara area of Sokoto, after a prolonged gun battle between suspected kidnappers and the c...

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11Mar

IBB, Atiku, Abdulsalami, Ciroma, Maitama Sule, others move to unite North – Vanguard

Leadership NewspapersIBB, Atiku, Abdulsalami, Ciroma, Maitama Sule, others move to unite NorthVanguardBy HENRY UMORU PROMINENT Northern leaders have begun the process of bringing together all groups in the North under one umbrella as a way of projectin...

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11Mar

SNC: We need to dismantle unitary system, Tinubu, Fashola, Ikuforiji insist – Vanguard

Nigerian TribuneSNC: We need to dismantle unitary system, Tinubu, Fashola, Ikuforiji insistVanguardBy Olasunkanmi Akoni & Monsur Olowoopejo As Nigeria grapples with the issue of whether or not to have a national conference, has former Governor of L...

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11Mar

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