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Racial Profiling Remains an Ongoing US Phenomenon

By Tyler Perry A few days before President Obama was supposed to speak at my studio, I was leaving the studio, headed to the airport. Most times when I leave the studio I have an unmarked escort. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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American Fraudster Exploits Disaster Victims, Leaving a Global Con-Trail

A con-man whose trail of dispossessions and deceptive transactions once touched Africa is in police custody with Indiana state police after posing, among other professions, as a medical practitioner (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Obasanjo Resigns PDP Board of Trustees Post

FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday resigned his position as Chairman Board of Trustees of his party, Peoples Democratic Party. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Another Thief in the Government House?

By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi At a time when we ought to have learnt one or two lessons from the Ibori trial by the Southwark Crown Court and the declaration of the former governor as (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Mrs Akpabio Donates N2M to Incorruptible Officer

The Wife of the Governor of Akwa Ibom State Mrs. Ekaette Unoma Akpabio has again identified honesty and commitment to duty as a panacea for success. Mrs Akpabio made this known while redeeming the pledge (more…)

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Obasanjo Resigns PDP Board of Trustees Post

FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday resigned his position as Chairman Board of Trustees of his party, Peoples Democratic Party. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Massive US Tornadoes Wreck Havoc in Dallas-Fort Worth Metro Area

-110 Airplanes Damaged at Dallas International Airport At least two tornadoes tore through the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area in Texas on Tuesday, ripping apart buildings, tossing tractor trailer trucks into the air and grounding planes in the region. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

Looking Ahead with Bayo Oluwasanmi

Re: While We Are Drinking Pure Water

By Wahab Gbadamosi Newspaper columnists are special specie, a gift to journalism, to their country and to the human race. Week after week, columnists engage in the lonely labour of pounding out thoughts. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

Life and Style

Religious Las Vegas XVI: The New Rugged “Cross”

By Olumide Goodness Adeyinka George Bennard, 1913 wrote the song that still stand today as a reference to what should define our attitude in responsibility to our communities and people. The dearest and best of us was slain for the benefit of us all. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Nigerian Lawyer among Victims of Campus Shooting in US State of California

A NIGERIAN, simply identified as Doris was among the victims of a disgruntled former student suspected of opening fire at a small Christian college in California on Monday, resulting in the death of seven (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

Politics

Kaduna Refinery Production Hits Over 2.5 million Litres Daily

Less than one month after the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison- Madueke convened a stakeholders’ forum in Abuja to x-ray the challenges confronting the nation’s three traditional (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Group Expresses Fear Over State of Nigerian Judiciary

An Abuja based Non Governmental Organisation, the Society for Rule of Law in Nigeria (SRLN), has described the present state of the Nigeria Judiciary as alarming, saying; “if urgent steps are not taken to (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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President Jonathan Congratulates Ebenezer Obey at 70

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has written to felicitate with legendary Juju musician, Evangelist Ebenezer Obey-Fabiyi on the occasion of his 70th birthday today, April 3, 2012. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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2012 Ondo Governorship Election Holds October 20 – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved Saturday, 20th October 2012 as the date for the Ondo state governorship election. A statement signed by INEC’s director, Public Affairs, Emmanuel Umenger, (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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AP: Terrorist Gunmen Storm Maiduguri Market, Kill 7

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen have killed seven people at the popular Maiduguri Monday market on Wednesday, police and eye witnesses said. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Analyst Seeks Comprehensive Capital Market Probe by Lawmakers

As the Ad-hoc Committee of the House of Representatives on the Capital Market has set an April 17, 2012 date for resumption of its public hearing, a call has been made for the probe to be comprehensive (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Kogi State: Octopus PDP and the Nigerian Judiciary

By Dr. Ozovehe Idris When the Supreme Court of Nigeria ruled recently on the issue of tenure elongation on five State governors which culminated in the sudden sack of all governors of the (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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UPDATE: 40-Year Old Nigerian Lawyer, Doris Chibuko, Among Victims of California Campus Shooting

THE Nigerian who sharpedgenews.com exclusively reported to be among the victims of Tuesday’s fatal college shooting at Oikos University in California has been identified as Doris Chibuko, a lawyer from (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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‘N2bn Tinubu Birthday’: South-West PDP Seeks Probe of ACN Governors

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Southwest has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to probe the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) governors (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Omoigui-Okaru Bows Out as Tenure Ends at FIRS

-Kabiru Mashi Steps-in as Acting Chair The golden era of reforms and improved revenue drive at Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service entered a new phase on Thursday as the chairperson, Mrs. Ifueko Omoigui-Okaru, formerly ended her term in office after eight years at the agency. (more…)

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