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Ekiti Court Slams N750m Damages on ‘The Nation’ Newspaper

20May

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Ekiti Court Slams N750m Damages on ‘The Nation’ Newspaper

A HIGH COURT in the Ekiti State Capital of Ado-Ekiti, southwest Nigeria, has awarded (more…)

Florence Olawunmi Fagboyegun Passes on at 83

17May

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Florence Olawunmi Fagboyegun Passes on at 83

Businesswoman and icon of evangelical Anglicanism in Nigeria, Mrs. Florence Olawunmi Fagboyegun transited into (more…)

Airforce Jets Deployed in Fight Against Boko Haram

17May

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Airforce Jets Deployed in Fight Against Boko Haram

NIGERIA sent fighter jets to support troops fighting growing insurgency in the northeast region on Thursday, the (more…)

Massive Tree Crashes in Imo, Kills at Least 31 Persons

17May

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Massive Tree Crashes in Imo, Kills at Least 31 Persons

NO less than thirty-one persons were killed when a tree crashed on town hall building, during a rainstorm at the (more…)

Nigeria, Cameroun Agree to Strengthen Trans-Border Security

17May

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Nigeria, Cameroun Agree to Strengthen Trans-Border Security

THE Nigerian government said it is cooperating with its Cameroonian counterpart to beef-up security along (more…)

Finance Minister Hails Growing Investor Confidence in Nigeria

17May

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Finance Minister Hails Growing Investor Confidence in Nigeria

INVESTORS’ interest and confidence in the Nigerian economy is surging, Minister of State for Finance, (more…)

Aviation Minister Says Rivers Govt Jet Clearance is Fake

17May

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Aviation Minister Says Rivers Govt Jet Clearance is Fake

NIGERIA’s aviation Minister Stella Oduah took the drama over the aircraft operated by the Rivers State government (more…)

Support, Criticism, Trail President Jonathan’s Emergency Declaration

16May

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Support, Criticism, Trail President Jonathan’s Emergency Declaration

MIXED reactions continue to trail President Goodluck Jonathan’s Tuesday evening declaration of emergency (more…)

Akinmade, Falae Others Make Mimiko’s New Cabinet List

16May

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Akinmade, Falae Others Make Mimiko’s New Cabinet List

Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State has submitted at least seventeen names to the House of (more…)

15May

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Borno State CAN Secretary Assassinated

Less than an hour after the declaration of state of emergency in three Nigerian Northern States of Yobe, Adamawa (more…)

Stanbic IBTC Bank Lays off Nigerian Employees in Order to Maximize Profit

15May

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Stanbic IBTC Bank Lays off Nigerian Employees in Order to Maximize Profit

The slave labour practices by South Africa owned Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc is doing very untold damage to the (more…)

Soldiers Mass in Northeast Nigeria as Emergency Rule Takes Effect

15May

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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…)

We Face a Rebellion and Insurgency by Terrorists – Jonathan

15May

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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…)

Nigeria Imposes Emergency Rule in 3 Troubled Northern States

14May

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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…)

Lagos Court Jails Iranian for Illegal Importation of Arms

14May

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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…)

Court Ends Marriage as Pastor, Wife Trade Adultery Charges

14May

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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…)

Court Orders Policemen to Leave Council Premises

14May

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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…)

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

14May

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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…)

14May

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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…)

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

13May

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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…)