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PDP Slams ACN Governors over June 12 Celebration

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Southwest has described the celebration of June 12 by Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) governors as blatant and shameless display of hypocrisy. PDP Zonal Publicity Secretary, Hon. Kayode Babade said in a statement issued today that "rolling out drums and wasting public fund on media exaltation and ugly lectures in the name of June 12 cannot cover the hatred the (more…)

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Nigeria Police Question Otedola Over House Committee Scandal

Billionaire businessman, Mr. Femi Otedola, allegedly became a guest of the Nigeria Police on Tuesday as investigations began into the serious bribery scandal involving him and the Chairman of the House of Representatives (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Jimoh Ibrahim’s Air Nigeria ‘Grounded’ by Regulators as Dana Aircrash Investigations Continue

Regulators grounded Air Nigeria for safety checks Wednesday, while the company's top executive claimed instead that he had stopped flights from the country's second-largest airline to "reorganize" after its engineers held a (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Court Reinstates Sacked Ekiti SIEC Chairman, Members

TWO years after they were dismissed by the Kayode Fayemi government in Ekiti State, the chairman and members of the State Independent Electoral Commission, SEIC, sacked on October 22, 2010, were on (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Subsidy Bribery Scandal: House to Hold Emergency Session Friday

AN emergency session of the Federal House of Representatives holds on Friday, according to feelers from senior members of the Lower House. The session has become necessary in light of the growing bribery scandal (more…)

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Nigeria Updates Visa Policy to Boost Investment and Tourism

To ease the entry of investors and tourist into Nigeria, the federal government on Wednesday approved a new visa and expatriate quota policy that would henceforth enable such groups to procure visas at (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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‘Leave President Jonathan Out of Bribery Scandal’ – Nigerian Presidency

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan’s office on Thursday reacted to what it calls “diversionary attempt by some newspapers” to involve the president in the unfolding bribery scandal involving some members of the Federal House of (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Thrown from Vehicle, Baby Survives High-Speed Police Chase

A toddler who was thrown from an SUV during a high-speed chase in Lubbock, Texas, has been released from the hospital, police said Wednesday. The 18-month-old girl "miraculously" only suffered minor (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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US Government Expands Espionage Air Bases in Africa to Target Militants – Washington Post

The United States military is expanding a secret network of air bases across Africa in order to spy on Al-Qaeda and other militant groups, the Washington Post reported. The surveillance is carried out by small, unmarked (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Suspicion of Money Laundering: M & T Bank Returns Embassy’s Check

-New Posers for Ambassador Adefuye Sharpedgenews.com on Thursday got further proof that the M & T Bank in Maryland, United States has indeed issued a check to the Nigerian Embassy in Washington DC and has initiated that it no longer wants to (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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House of Reps Draws Battle Lines with Presidency?

-Suspends Subsidy Committee Chair Lawan-Otedola’s Zenon Oil and Gas Re-Indicted FOLLOWING Friday’s interruption of a two-week break to convene in Abuja, the Federal House of Representatives’ plenary session lived up to the anticipation of a showdown in the Lower House regarding (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Reporter Interrupts President Obama during White House Statement

A reporter caused an unusual disruption at the White House on Friday when he interrupted President Barack Obama mid-sentence while making a statement, challenging his decision to give young illegal immigrants (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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House Actions a ‘Mere Celebration of Corruption’ – Otedola

OIL magnate and owner of Zenon Oil and Gas, Mr. Femi Otedola, joined other Nigerians in reacting to the developments in the House of Representatives on Friday, where the lawmakers had reinstated Mr. Otedola’s company (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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24-Hour Curfew Imposed in Kaduna after Bloody Sunday Attacks

- Up to 50 People Possibly Dead from Church Attacks- Reprisal Attacks Unleashed by Aggrieved Christian Youths Christians in the northern state of Kaduna launched into reprisal attacks against Muslims on Sunday, following growing perception of failure by President Goodluck Jonathan’s government’s inability to (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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How Bolingo Hotel in Abuja Tried to Destroy Evidence of Rape of Nigeria-Canadian Minor

A desperate attempt by the manangement of the Abuja three-star Hotel Bolingo to suppress the fact of the case of one employee accused of raping a Nigerian minor of Canadian citizenship (names withheld) has popped (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Otedola’ Zenon Presents Case Before Nigerian Public

Zenon, the downstream oil company of Nigeria’s tycoon, Mr. Femi Otedola is taking its case of perceived persecution for failing to kowtow to the extortion devices of federal lawmakers, to the court of public opinion by (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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NDLEA Arrests 136 Drug Offenders in 6 Months

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Akwa Ibom said it arrested 136 drug traffickers in the last six months. The command also said that it seized (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Man, 60, in Court for Assaulting 8-Year Old Girl

A 60-year-old bricklayer, Sunday Ekey, on Monday appeared before an Akure Senior Magistrates' Court on a one count charge of indecent assault. The accused was docked before Senior Magistrate (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Israel Deports First Planeload of Africans Home

A plane carrying 123 illegal South Sudanese migrants departed from Tel Aviv on Monday en route to Juba, the capital city of their home country. Another four migrants boarded commercial flights (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Kaduna State Govt Relaxes Curfew by 12 Hours

The Kaduna State Government on Monday relaxed by 12 hours, the 24-hour curfew imposed on the state following Sunday’s bombing of three churches in Zaria and Kaduna. The curfew will now take effect from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. (more…)

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