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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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NNPC is Corrupt, Unbundle it into Smaller Units Now!!! – Hon Hakeem Muniru

Some federal lawmakers have accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC of lying to Nigerians, they say the corporation is also responsible for defrauding Nigerians of several billions of naira (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Residents Worry as Police Release Notorious Criminal and Fraudster ‘Alhaji Gay’

The earlier fears expressed by residents of Oyo State and environs that Razak Adetunji Adeniyi, known to many as ‘Alhaji Gay’, might be released from police custody has finally become reality. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Military Honors Greets Arrival of Ojukwu’s Body in Nigeria

MONDAY morning in Abuja saw Nigerians of all stripes arrive the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport to pay their last respect to late influential Igbo leader, Chief Chukuwemeka-Ojukwu, whose (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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SEC Boss, Arunma Oteh, Assures Investors of Protection from Criminal Acts

THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has referred 11 capital market operators to the police and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged criminal transactions. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Coalition of Yoruba Groups Advocate Regional Government

By Alaba Abdulrazaq In continuation of the calls for integration of all Yoruba States in the South western part of Nigeria, a group known as ‘Atayese’, comprising all Yoruba socio-cultural (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Former Ekiti Governor, Segun Oni, to Appeal Dismissed Suit

THE Court of Appeal sitting in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Monday, dismissed a suit brought before it by former governor of the state, Chief Segun Oni, seeking the reversal of the October 15, 2010 judgment (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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New Year Day Massacre: DPO, 52 Others Gunned Down in Ebonyi

Unidentified gunmen carried out a bizarre execution of innocent residents of the rustic community of Ezillo, in Ishielu Local Government of Ebonyi State in the early hours of Saturday, leaving a Divisional Police Officer and 52 other people dead in their wake. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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“A State of Emergency to Restore Public Order, Peace and Security”

The text of a nationally televised address by President Goodluck Jonathan on the occasion of the declaration of State of Emergency in certain parts of the federation, on Saturday, December 31st, 2011. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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And Then There Was Spring

By Adedayo Ogunleye Location: Berger Roundabout, Abuja, Nigeria. Time: 1.00pm Date: 19th December, 2011. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamic Militants Tell Christians to Leave the North

By Ardo Hazzard and Elisha Bala-Gbogbo, Bloomberg Islamic militants in Nigeria gave Christians three days to leave the north following President Goodluck Jonathan’s declaration of a state of emergency in four northern states. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Airtel Denies Plans to Shut Blackberry Services in Nigeria

After rumors emerged earlier on Tusday that the government was trying to get service providers to shut down access to Blackberry service in Nigeria, Mobile telecommuncation company Airtel Networks Limited (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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National Mirror – Ijaw Kinsmen Protest, Disown President Jonathan

Ijaw kinsmen of President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday seized the East-West highway (Warri- Port Harcourt Road) as the public outcry against Sunday’s removal (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Itsekiri Came to Sapele as Refugees of ‘Nana War’ – Okpe leaders

Leaders of the Okpe Nation last weekend stated that they have no intention to articulate any means of conflict and crisis with the Itsekiri, or to engage them in any battle. However, they accused (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Osunbor Grassroots Solidarity Movement Urges Delegates to Vote Wisely

The Media/Publicity Director of the Osunbor Grassroots Solidarity Movement (OGSM) in Nigeria and in the Diaspora, Mr. Matthew Ebatamehi Aramunde, has enjoined its members all over the country and outside Nigeria to (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Oyindamola Pemu-Amuka N4m Bribe: Police Service Commission Dismisses Cops

- Declares Affected Officers AWOL- More heads Roll at Panti CID THE Police Service Commission in Nigeria rose from its meeting last Thursday in Abuja to recommend two of its men, Mr. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Rick Santorum’s Lean, Persistent Campaign

SharpEdgeNews.com Editor’s Note: The results of Tuesday caucuses in Iowa remain inconclusive, with with 96% reporting at press time, and Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Fire Outbreak at Wema Bank Head Office in Lagos

THE Marina, Lagos Island, headquarters of Wema Bank on Tuesday was the scene of a fire accident caused considerable panic among the staff of the bank and workers with neigboring businesses. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Oil Subsidy Removal: Nigerians Stare Back at Jonathan

Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria, was rocked to its foundations on Tuesday as angry citizens in collaboration with civil society organizations protested the sneaky manner in which President Goodluck (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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A Knife-Edge Win for Mitt Romney: Signs of Bitter Conservative Battle Ahead

DES MOINES, Iowa--Iowa may not pick presidents. It may not even pick Republican presidential nominees. But Iowa most certainly resets the nomination contest, something its voters did again on (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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4 “OPC Members’’ Remanded in Prison Custody for Alleged Murder

Four men, who claimed to be members of the Oodu’a Peoples Congress (OPC), were on Wednesday in Lagos remanded in Ikoyi prison over alleged murder of a suspected cult member. (more…)

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