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Soldiers Mass in Northeast Nigeria as Emergency Rule Takes Effect

- Nigerians Positively Disposed to President’s Declaration LARGE contingents of military personnel have begun to move into major cities (more…)

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We Face a Rebellion and Insurgency by Terrorists – Jonathan

-Text of a national address delivered today, May 14, 2013 by President Goodluck Jonathan on the declaration (more…)

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Nigeria Imposes Emergency Rule in 3 Troubled Northern States

-President Says Boko Haram Actions a ‘Declaration of War’ THREE contiguous northeastern Nigerian states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa were placed under (more…)

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Lagos Court Jails Iranian for Illegal Importation of Arms

A FEDERAL court on has sentenced an Iranian, Azim Aghajani, and his Nigerian counterpart, Ali Jega, to (more…)

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Court Ends Marriage as Pastor, Wife Trade Adultery Charges

AFTER four years of marriage between Pastor Segun Fasina and his wife, Abosede, a customary court in (more…)

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Court Orders Policemen to Leave Council Premises

THE POLICE was ordered by a federal court in Rivers State capital of Port Harcourt on Monday to withdraw its (more…)

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Nigeria’s Non-Oil Sector Earns $1.1bn in 1st Quarter

NIGERIA’s federal government earned N179.5billion from the non-oil sector of the economy in the first quarter of 2013. (more…)

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Boko Haram’s Deadly Resurgence

AFTER a crackdown pushed them out of Nigeria's northern cities, Islamist militant group Boko Haram have (more…)

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Okupe, ‘The Attack Lion’ Under Fire for Selling Poison as WholeSome Food

by Bayo Oluwasanmi WE may disguise poison by mingling it with wholesome food, but that cannot change (more…)

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Governors Forum Opposes Emergency Rule in Northern Nigeria

DESCRIBING the demand as self-serving and inimical to the progress of the country, the Nigerian Governors Forum (more…)

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Police Hold Man Accused of Posing as Lawyer in Kidnap Case

POLICE authorities in Delta State say they have a man who they accuse of pretending to represent a kidnapping (more…)

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Nigeria Hosts 2014 World Economic Forum on Africa

THE 24th edition of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa will be hosted in Nigeria’s Federal Capital City (more…)

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Nigerian Naira Appreciates Against Foreign Currencies

SINCE May 6, the Nigerian Naira witnessed a rare appreciation against major foreign currencies, including the American (more…)

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Lebanese Captive, Others, Freed After Shootout Left 7 Dead

A SPECIAL Anti-Robbery Squad unit in Anambra State confirmed on Saturday that it killed 7 persons suspected (more…)

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Hostage Situation in US City Enters Second Day

A HOSTAGE situation in the New Jersey capital of Trenton entered its second day on Saturday as police worked (more…)

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Yola-Based American University Graduates 289 Students

NO less than 289 students graduated from the American University of Nigeria as the institution (more…)

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Nigerian Government to Introduce Plan to Encourage Investors

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan said on Thursday that his administration is working on a national industrial (more…)

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Military Helicopter Crash Lands in Port Harcourt

A NIGERIAN military helicopter in the River State capital of Port Harcourt on Thursday, barely days after a jet (more…)

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Looking Ahead with Bayo Oluwasanmi

Revisiting the LGBT Debate

by Philip Amiola THE volume of responses generated by my last article entitled, “Gays and Lesbians, We (more…)

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Looking Ahead with Bayo Oluwasanmi

Beyond Jonathan’s 5.7 Billion Naira Largesse

by Uche Igwe Georges Clemenceau, the former Prime Minister and wartime leader of France once said: (more…)

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