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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Citing Unfairness at Heathrow, Arik Air Signals End to Abuja-London Flights

Nigeria's biggest carrier Arik Air said it would have to stop its daily flights between Abuja and London because it was being prevented from getting arrival and departure slots at UK airports, an accusation that risked reigniting a diplomatic row. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Uncomfortable Reminder: Former Presidential Aspirant, Buhari, Returns from Foreign Medical Trip

RETIRED 80’s-era military General, Muhammadu Buhari, on Sunday returned to Nigeria from a foreign medical trip, which prompted a visit from a few public persons who included the current Speaker (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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PHOTO UPDATE: Abandoned Wife of Oil Magnate Otedola Cries For Justice After 26 Years

- Details How She Was Denied Access to Daughter for 25 Years For Olayinka Otedola, her joy knew no bound in 1986 when she conceived and eventually gave birth to a baby girl to the son of the former Governor of Lagos State, Sir Michael Otedola. Like any other woman with desire of settling down, she had wished that the 'traditional introduction' between her family and that of Otedola would be solemnized either in court or in church after the birth of her baby girl. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Surveillance Helicopter Crash: Police Boss Pays Condolence Visit to Families of Deceased Cops

THE families of the men of the Nigeria Police who died in the recent crash of the air patrol craft in Jos received on Saturday Muhammed D. Abubakar, the acting police Inspector-General. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Mediator between Nigerian Government and Extremist Sect Quits Talks

A respected cleric mediating in peace talks between the Nigerian government and the Boko Haram Islamist sect announced Saturday he was quitting the talks, accusing the government of insincerity. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Mimiko, Obi, Shema win Zik Prize for Good Governance

ONDO State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi and the Katsina State Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Shema and other eminent personalities were at the weekend conferred (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Nigerian Cardiologist, Oluyemi Badero, Gets Top-Level US Recognition

A United States-based organization which publishes a leading annual journal of distinguished US medical practitioners, Castle Connolly, has named a Nigerian, Dr. Oluyemi Badero, as one of the top interventional cardiologists in the United States. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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PDP Witnesses Relative Order in Weekend Congresses across Nigeria

AFTER a notable development that seems to back President Jonathan’s recent claim that the PDP is Nigeria’s most disciplined party, the leadership of the People’s Democratic Party is breathing a sigh of (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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DG Arunma Oteh Fights on as House Committee Chair Steps Down

AFTER about a week of exchange of allegations and counter-allegations, the ongoing probe of the management of affairs at Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission has resulted in the resignation of Herman Hembe, the Chairman of the House of Representative Committee on Capital Market and Other Financial Institutions leading the investigations. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Airtel Commended for Role in Educational Development

Leading Telecommunications Services provider, Airtel Nigeria has been commended for its pioneering role in the delivery of quality education to underprivileged children in the country. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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EFCC Arrests Ondo Oil Dev Commission Boss Ajimuda, Raids Home

REPORTS reaching sharpedgenews.com reveal that after two weeks of close watch, agents of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission picked up Mr. Debo Ajimuda, who is the head of Ondo (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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US Republican Hopeful Romney Takes Big Win in Illinois Primaries

MITT Romney claimed victory in Illinois' Republican primary Tuesday, taking a decisive lead in the non-binding beauty contest vote and expecting to do well in the more critical delegate elections further down the ballot. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Shooting Death of African-American Teen Dominates US Airwaves

-Race Believed to Have Played Role in Death In the final moments of his life, Trayvon Martin was being hounded by a strange man on a cellphone who ran after him, cornered him and confronted him, according to the teenage girl whose (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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DEFEATED: Bamanga Tukur, Goodluck Jonathan’s PDP Chair Candidate

GOVERNORS from the North-East geo-political zone conspired to reject THE candidate for the national chairmanship of the governing Peoples Democratic Party, Bamanga Tukur, defeating President Goodluck Jonathan’s (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Airtel Takes Superfast Broadband Services to Enugu Trade Fair

BARELY weeks after it unveiled its 3.75G superfast broadband services to Nigerians, telecommunications giant, Airtel Nigeria is set to take its latest Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) ‘Club Business’ solutions (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Military Kills Nine Suspected Violent Extremists in Kano Shootout

NINE suspected members of the murderous Islamic sect, popularly known as Boko Haram, were killed on Wednesday by a crack team of the Nigerian military operating in Tudun Wada, near  the northern (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Ndume Terrorism Trial: FG Suspends Case as Senator Seeks to Quash Trial

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, suspended trial on terrorism charges against Senator Mohammed Ndume. Justice Gabriel Kolawole said that the suspension was predicated upon a motion (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Barricaded French Shooter Dead after Forces Storm Apartment

Mohammed Merah, the 23 year old French gunman who confessed to killing 7 people in the city of Toulouse in south west France, is dead after a final dramatic shoot-out with French police. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Soldiers Upstage Elected Government, Suspend Constitution, in Mali

- Jonathan, Regional Organizations, Issue Strong Condemnations THROWING Mali back into the now-unfashionable age of military coup d’états, renegade soldiers of this landlocked West African nation (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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30, 000 Americans March for Slain 17-Year Old Trayvon Martins

More than thirty thousand peopled converged on the American small town of Sanford in the southern state of Florida on Thursday to demand justice over the apparent cold-blooded murder (more…)

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