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Notorious Gunrunner Flees Abuja Police Custody

A suspected gun runner recently arrested in Abuja, with large cache of arms and ammunition has escaped from the police custody. Already, a police Inspector and nine other ranking and (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Obasanjo Turns 75, Highlights Reasons for Africa’s Poor Food Security

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has identified lack of continuity of agricultural policies and programmes by successive governments as responsible for food insecurity in Africa. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Nigeria Demonstrates Regional Giant Status in Internet Usage

WITH an approximate population of 155 million of which 45 million actively use the internet, Nigeria’s vast potential as a business destination of choice and economic powerhouse has again been established, thanks (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Former Governor Oyinlola, PDP Chapters, Seek 150bn in MTN Damages

- Call for Suspension of MTN License in Nigeria THE battle to nail a suspended president of the Court of Appeals, Justice Ayo Isa Salami, took a new dimension on Friday as mobile telephone service provider in Nigeria, MTN (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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JTF Eliminates Ringleader of Bayelsa Killings, Holds One Suspect

BAYELSA-based Joint Military Task Force (JTF) code-named “Operation Pulo Shield,” has killed Shedrack Itokofuwei, popularly known as ‘Mammy Water’, who is the alleged mastermind in the massacre of an Army officer (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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The EFCC as a Humor Merchant

By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi No institution has been slapped and punched around with massive controversies and criticisms other than those of the EFFC, since the consolidation of democratic rule in Nigeria in 1999. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Appeal to PDP: Please Do Not Inflict Tukur on Us

By Abel Henchard I have observed with keen interest the prominence of the candidature of the former Governor of old Gongola State and former Chairman of the (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Toddler Found in Field as Tornados Tear Across Midwest, Southern US

A toddler girl who was discovered in an Indiana field following Friday's devastating tornadoes is in critical condition at a Kentucky hospital, but she may be the only member of her family who survived. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Airlines and Passengers Groan as Cost of Aviation Fuel Shake Air Travel

FOLLOWING earlier signs of its arrival on Friday, a biting scarcity of aviation fuel, which goes by the technical name JET A1, left hordes of travelers stranded countrywide over the weekend. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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NNPC Blames Return of Fuel Scarcity on Navy, Customs

THE remerging shortfall in the supply of petrol noticed in Lagos and other cities in Nigeria has been blamed on the activities of the Customs Service and the Navy. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Why Biafra Can Rise Again – Late Dim Ojukwu

Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. Remember him? In the sixties when many Igbos living in the Northern parts of Nigeria were slaughtered in thousands by the Hausas and driven back to their place of (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Mimiko Government Alleges Fresh Plot to Sabotage Integrity

THE Ondo State Government said on Sunday that it has uncovered an attempt by an ambitious governorship hopeful in the forthcoming election in the state to discredit the current administration of Governor Olusegun Mimiko. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Suspected Islamic Sect Members Kill Policemen in Kano

GUNMEN suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect yesterday gunned down two policemen at the Dorayi quarters of Kano metropolis. The slain policemen were on guard duty at the residence of a top (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Court Dissolves Marriage After Woman Cuts Husband’s Genitals

A Lagos court has dissolved the marriage between a couple after the wife cut off her husband’s penis with a knife. The 28-year old woman, Janet Uduak was dragged to a customary court in (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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‘Every Year With You Was an Adventure’

By Bianca Ojukwu How do I sum up 23 years in one page? I don't know. How do I describe you? I cannot. Not in any depth. Not for anybody else - you were my husband, my brother, my friend, my child. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Kano Sharia Security Outfit to Marry Off 100 Widows, Divorcees

It is no joke: divorcees and widows totaling a hundred are set to be married off to interested men in Kano, in an arrangement spearheaded by the states “Hisbah Command”, a religious security outfit set up (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Jonathan Government to Adopt Report of Committee on Boko Haram

ALL the recommendations of the Alhaji Usman Galtimari-led committee, which was empowered by the President Jonathan government in response to security challenges posed by rampaging Islamic extremists in (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Gunmen Launch Another Attack on Maiduguri Facilities

TERROR continues to reign at its northern epicenter of Maiduguri on Wednesday as gunmen suspected to be members of the violent Islamic sect, popularly known as Boko Haram, unleashed yet another string of (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Aregbesola has a ‘Sick Mind’ – Oni

FORMER Governor of Ekiti State, Chief Segun Oni, has reacted to the comment made by Osun State Governor Mr. Rauf Aregbesola as a product of a sick mind, who is being hunted by the failure of his party to deliver the (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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In Indonesia, Barack Obama’s ‘Transgender’ Ex-Nanny

Once, long ago, Evie looked after "Barry" Obama, the kid who would grow up to become the world's most powerful man. Now, his transgender former nanny has given up her tight, flowery dresses, her brocade vest and (more…)

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