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ACN Vindicates us on Aregbesola’s ‘Religious Extremism’ – PDP

The Southwest Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described comments of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Osun State Spokesperson, Kunle Oyatomi in the Saturday Sun newspaper of today as (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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US Government Warns of ‘Boko Haram’ Attack in Nigeria

- Terrorists May Target Abuja Hotels The American government has warned its citizens living in Nigeria that Islamist sect Boko Haram is planning attacks on the capital Abuja, including major hotels there. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

Looking Ahead with Bayo Oluwasanmi

Ondo Gov Election: LP’s Ace and the ACN/PDP Challenge

By Boye Sanda To all intents and purposes, the governorship election coming up in Ondo State on 20th October promises to be an epic battle. On a surface plain, the battle is between (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

Looking Ahead with Bayo Oluwasanmi

We Must go on with One Nigeria

By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi At a time when we are faced with series of problems bedevilling the country, comments coming from the North about breaking-up, division or secession from the country into (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Chicago-Based Nigerian, 67, Wants Man Exhumed to Prove US Citizenship

A Nigerian man filed a lawsuit in federal court in Chicago seeking to have a deceased suburban man exhumed — saying he can’t obtain U.S. citizenship until he proves the man in the grave is his father. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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US Supreme Court Rejects Torture Suit against Chevron in Nigeria

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up an appeal by 19 Nigerians seeking to invoke a US anti-torture law to sue oil giant Chevron over deaths in the Niger Delta. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Oshiomole’s ‘Multi-Billion’ Naira Home: Newspaper Stands by Report

SAN FRANCISCO-based online newspaper outfit, The Will, has responded through a special press release to the negative reception that followed its recent publication about Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole, in (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Subsidy Review Fallout: Government Ends Audit Services with Akintola Williams

THE Nigerian government on Friday said it has terminated the services of Akintola Williams & Co., and Adekanola & Co., the audit and accounting firms previously empowered to carry out (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Mother of Banker, Tony Elumelu, Kidnapped in Delta

- Kidnappers Hold Another Bank Boss in Lagos The mother of the former chair and managing director of the United Bank for Africa, Mr. Tony Elumelu, was on Wednesday kidnapped by gunmen in Delta State. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Central Bank Boss Sanusi Sued for Plagiarism by US-Based Nigerian

The Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has been dragged before a Federal High Court siting in Abuja over an alleged plagiarism by a Nigerian and (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

World News

Upheaval in West Africa: Could Nigeria Be Next?

Daniel Wagner and Joshua Wallace, for Huffington Post The recent coups in Guinea-Bissau and Mali raise question regarding whether radical political change will sweep other parts of west and sub-Saharan Africa. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Report: Hijackings in Nigeria Increase as Global Pirate Attacks Fall

Vigorous action by navies including pre-emptive strikes helped cut global pirate attacks by almost a third in the first quarter of this year although Nigerian gangs escalated hijackings in (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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ThisDay, The Sun Offices Attacked by Terrorists in Abuja and Kaduna

SUSPECTED members of the terrorist group Boko Haram carried out their recent threats to begin targeting media houses in the next phase of their ongoing campaign of terror on Thursday, hitting the Abuja and Kaduna offices (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

Looking Ahead with Bayo Oluwasanmi

Upheaval in West Africa: Could Nigeria Be Next?

Daniel Wagner and Joshua Wallace, for Huffington Post The recent coups in Guinea-Bissau and Mali raise question regarding whether radical political change will sweep other parts of west and sub-Saharan Africa. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

The Insider

ThisDay, The Sun Offices Attacked by Terrorists in Abuja and Kaduna

SUSPECTED members of the terrorist group Boko Haram carried out their recent threats to begin targeting media houses in the next phase of their ongoing campaign of terror on Thursday, hitting the Abuja and Kaduna offices (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

The Nexus of Truth with Olumide Goodness Adeyinka

The Media, Freedom, Leaders and Shame of Howard University

by Oladimeji Abitogun I understand the disappointment of some of the readers who have faithfully committed to following this column since it first came on about eight years ago. This column, life with Oladimeji Abitogun, was (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

Looking Ahead with Bayo Oluwasanmi

Letter to the Nigerian Opposition

By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi IN the last couple of years and most especially since the beginning of our nascent democracy in 1999, what has been pelted against the vast majority of Nigerians has been a degeneration (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

Politics

African Peacekeepers from Nigeria, Others Expected in Guinea-Bissau

The first contingent of West African peace troops is due to arrive in coup-stricken Guinea-Bissau later Sunday, a security official said. "The first group from the ECOWAS (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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PDP Urges Investigation of ‘Aborted Cuba Trip’ by ACN Youth

The South West chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked security agencies to go beyond just stopping the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) youths visit to Cuba, saying; (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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7 Dead as Car Plunges 50 Feet in New York Crash

A van flew off an elevated portion of New York's Bronx River Parkway Sunday afternoon, falling more than 50 feet before landing in a horrific crash that left seven people dead, multiple news outlets reported. (more…)

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