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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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US Supreme Court Rejects Torture Suit against Chevron in Nigeria

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up an appeal by 19 Nigerians seeking to invoke a US anti-torture law to sue oil giant Chevron over deaths in the Niger Delta. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Chicago-Based Nigerian, 67, Wants Man Exhumed to Prove US Citizenship

A Nigerian man filed a lawsuit in federal court in Chicago seeking to have a deceased suburban man exhumed — saying he can’t obtain U.S. citizenship until he proves the man in the grave is his father. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Mother of Banker, Tony Elumelu, Kidnapped in Delta

- Kidnappers Hold Another Bank Boss in Lagos The mother of the former chair and managing director of the United Bank for Africa, Mr. Tony Elumelu, was on Wednesday kidnapped by gunmen in Delta State. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Central Bank Boss Sanusi Sued for Plagiarism by US-Based Nigerian

The Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has been dragged before a Federal High Court siting in Abuja over an alleged plagiarism by a Nigerian and (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Report: Hijackings in Nigeria Increase as Global Pirate Attacks Fall

Vigorous action by navies including pre-emptive strikes helped cut global pirate attacks by almost a third in the first quarter of this year although Nigerian gangs escalated hijackings in (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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7 Dead as Car Plunges 50 Feet in New York Crash

A van flew off an elevated portion of New York's Bronx River Parkway Sunday afternoon, falling more than 50 feet before landing in a horrific crash that left seven people dead, multiple news outlets reported. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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PDP Urges Investigation of ‘Aborted Cuba Trip’ by ACN Youth

The South West chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked security agencies to go beyond just stopping the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) youths visit to Cuba, saying; (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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African Peacekeepers from Nigeria, Others Expected in Guinea-Bissau

The first contingent of West African peace troops is due to arrive in coup-stricken Guinea-Bissau later Sunday, a security official said. "The first group from the ECOWAS (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Bill Clinton Joins President Obama to Campaign for Second Term

Former President Bill Clinton gave a rousing endorsement of fellow Democrat Barack Obama in his first 2012 campaign appearance with the president on Sunday night, and helped him raise more than $2 million. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Obama Hosts Media Correspondents to another Night of Laughs

The 98th annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner, held Saturday evening at the Washington Hilton, is intended to celebrate those journalists who inform the American public about important (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Southwest PDP to Appeal Court Ruling Nullifying Party Congress in Osun

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Southwest has said it will appeal against yesterday’s Lagos High Court ruling that nullified the party's Zonal Congress held in Oshogbo, Osun State on March 21, 2012. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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PDP Chides Lagos Government Over Doctors’ Strike

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Southwest has described the decision of the Lagos State government to punish doctors in its service, who participated in the three-day warning strike recently, as (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Muslim Terrorists Kill 21 in Sunday Attacks in Kano, Maiduguri

RADICAL Muslim terrorists unleashed another devilish bloodbath in a couple of attacks on Sunday, resulting in the cold-blooded death of about 21 persons, mainly Christians who were targeted (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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President Jonathan Praises PDP as Only Democratic Party in Nigeria

“For now, the PDP is the only political party we have in Nigeria that does not have one person whose word is law. Most other parties have individuals whose words are the laws. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Nigerian National Database Finally Comes on Stream

THE National Identity Database was finally activated last week in Nigeria, thereby strengthening the goal to reliably identify all citizens and residents of Nigeria. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Jerry Rawlings, Wole Soyinka, Others Expected at Ojukwu’s Burial

AS events peak in the ongoing ceremonies towards the final internment of the late Igbo leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, important foreign guests are expected to grace the final moments from near and afar. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Former Bank Chief Akingbola Loses Yet Another Plea in Court

FORMER managing director of Intercontinental Bank Plc (now named Access Bank) was on Wednesday denied his application to use some documents, containing parts of the proceedings of a (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Privatization Council Frees-Up States to Source Own Electricity

- Power Ministry Explains Nationwide Outages TO ensure regular and adequate supply of electricity to their citizens, state governments have been given the nod to collaborate with relevant distribution companies with a view to providing electricity. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Eulogies Rain as Ace-Economist Sam Aluko is Buried in Ekiti

NOTABLE Nigerians from across the country converged on the town of Ode-Ekiti, in Gboyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State on Saturday to bid Ekiti son and emeritus professor of Economics, (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Fiery Lawyer Festus Keyamo Cries Murder as Terror Suspect Dies in Custody

TIEMKENFA Francis Osvwo, one of the suspects apprehended after the October 1st 2010 bombing in Abuja, died on Saturday in the custody of the Nigerian State. (more…)

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