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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Whistle Blowers, Undercover Investigators Expose Rot Under Stella Odua’s Aviation Ministry

-How Dana Airlines Ignored Warnings A GROUP of whistle blowers within Dana Airlines Nigeria Limited and the Federal Civil Aviation Authority, FAAN, have started speaking up on the greed and official corruption that (more…)

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Fayemi Plans to Sack Over 10,000 Teachers in Ekiti State – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Southwest has accused the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi of planning to sack more than 50 percent of the over 18,000 primary (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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AP: 21-Year Old Prodigy Becomes University of Chicago’s Youngest Doctor

A 21-year-old Chicago man who began college at age 9 and medical school three years later is about to become the youngest student ever awarded an M.D. by the University of Chicago. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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US Government Successfully Eliminates Al-Qaeda No. 2 in Drone Attack

A FEW DAYS after it acknowledged that its agencies were monitoring online and other electronic chatter to know if a drone strike it coordinated was successful, confirmation that the United States government (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Bootlegged Tickets Complicate Identification of Dana Air Victims

-Government Suspends Dana Airline License Sharpedgenews.com has learned that Nigerian authorities may be experiencing difficulty in matching names with the actual identities of persons who perished in (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Money Talks in Failed Attempt to Recall US Governor of Wisconsin

-Republicans Outspend Democrats 8:1 Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker retained his governorship Tuesday night, besting Democrat Tom Barrett in a race that was a referendum on Walker's decision to take on public employee unions. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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African Peace and Progress Remain Centerpiece of Nigeria’s Foreign Policy – President Jonathan

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan Thursday in Abuja reaffirmed the importance of peace, political stability and socio-economic development in Africa to Nigeria’s foreign policy. Speaking at an audience with (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Lawyer to Austria-Based Nigerian Pastor Assures of Client’s Innocence

The much awaited appeal hearing of Pastor Joshua Esosa’s case today (06.06.2012) in  Vienna ,  Austria  came and went but our expectations are still hanging. The absence of one of the witnesses stalled the court (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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PREMIUM NEWS: Northern Elders Reject Jonathan’s N20million “Gift”

President Goodluck Jonathan’s patchy relationship with key northern political groups took a plunge at last week’s hyped visit of the region’s elders to the president, with the team’s last minute rejection of a N20 million (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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‘The Lives of all Nigerians and Foreigners in our Country are Precious’

- Remarks by President Jonathan on Wednesday June 6, 2012, at a Special Federal Executive Council session in honor of the victims of the Dana Air disaster of Sunday, June 3, 2012. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Political Intentions Behind UNILAG Renaming?

By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi The heat generated by the renaming of the former University of Lagos, UNILAG into Moshood Abiola University, Lagos, MAUL, has seized to abate even when an (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Again, Tinubu, Buhari Conspire to Stop PDP IN 2015

The last time they staged their conspiratorial scheme to stop the political upclimb of Goodluck Jonathan, the plot failed to fly. In fact, the incompatibility of Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Yoruba Moslem-dominated Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Award-Winning Singer Lauryn Hill Faces Tax Evasion Charges

Eight-time Grammy winner Lauryn Hill has been charged with failing to file income tax returns for several years with the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. attorney's office in New Jersey announced Thursday. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Blast at Maiduguri Police HQ Kills at Least 10 People

A bomb blast at the entrance of the police headquarters of northeast Nigeria's Borno state killed many people on Friday, mostly police, witnesses and security officials said. A police officer at the scene, who could not be named, (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Embattled House Committee Leader Farouk Lawan Struggles to Deny Bribery Allegations

BARELY weeks after his committee gained attention for what many Nigerians saw as an audacious investigation into and revelation of the shenanigans of powerful interests in the downstream sector of the oil industry, particularly (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Churches in Plateau and Borno Attacked by Suspected Terrorists

- Retaliatory Attacks Staged, Discouraged by Local Priest A car bomber detonated his explosives on Sunday outside a church in this central Nigerian city, and gunmen attacked another church in the nation’s northeast, killing at least four people and (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Suspected Armed Robbers and Kidnappers Nabbed in Edo State

A 5-man gang of suspected armed robbers and kidnappers who for months have terrorized Benin City and surrounding communities have been routed by the Edo State command of the Nigeria Police. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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‘Fayemi is inviting anarchy in Ekiti’ – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Southwest has warned the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi of the dire consequences of his continuos reign of terror against members (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Former Eagles Star Christian Obodo Freed after Reported Kidnap

Police personnel of the Delta State Police Command in Nigeria over the weekend freed a former football star, Christian Obodo, who was reported kidnapped over the weekend. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Adeboye Dedicates New RCCG Church, Wisdom Assembly in Kansas City

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye on Monday night cautioned against praying for the death of wicked leaders across the world. (more…)

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