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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Civil Servants Use Securityman to Conduit N8 million in Zamfara

An investigation carried out by the verification committee of the Zamfara State Primary Education Board has revealed that a securityman collected N8 million as salary in five months. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Army Arrests 17 Suspected Masterminds Over Mubi Bomb Blast

-No Casualty Recorded - Police Soldiers have arrested 17 suspects in connection with Saturday night’s bomb attack in Mubi, Adamawa. Lt. Victor Olukoya, the Public Relations (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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No Shooting Incident in Abuja – Police

The Police Command in FCT says no shooting incident occurred ``at a place of worship in Garki, Area 10, Abuja, on Sunday. This was contained in a statement issued by Mr Jimoh Moshood, the command’s spokesman. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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No sign of Nelson Mandela as South Africa’s ANC turns 100

Joy at movement's role in ending white minority rule in 1994 is tinged with sadness over its failure to bring a better life to many people Tens of thousands of chanting (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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No Subsidy Claim for Audited PMS Stocks in Tanks, says PPPRA

The management of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has announced that audited Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) already in tanks at various depots of petroleum marketers in the country will (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Passengers Beg for Improved Train Services

Passengers on the Ilorin-Lagos train on Sunday urged the Federal Government to accelerate the rehabilitation of rail transportation to cushion the effect of the fuel subsidy removal. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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‘Persistent killings’: Christians Flee Deadly Attacks in Nigeria

- Christians will Defend Themselves - Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor Hundreds of Christians have begun fleeing northern Nigeria after dozens were killed in a series of attacks by Islamist militants (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Strike: Police, NSCDC Deploy 30,000 Personnel to Beef up Security in FCT

The FCT Police Command and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have deployed 30,000 personnel to beef up security in the territory before, during and after the strike. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Subsidy Protest not Religious, Tribal – CLO

As labour mobilises for Monday’s protest against fuel subsidy withdrawal, the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) on Sunday cautioned against mistaking the planned protest for religious or tribal riots. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Texas Teen Deported to Colombia Reunites with Mom

A Texas teenager who was deported to Colombia in May after claiming to be an illegal immigrant was back in the United States on Friday and at the center of an international mystery over how a (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Three New Refineries Coming – Works Minister

The Minister of Works, Mr. Mike Onolememen, says part of the benefits that will accrue to Nigerians from the withdrawal of fuel subsidy will be the building of three new refineries. The minister who spoke at the (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Transporters say Subsidy Removal to End Fuel Smuggling

Transport operators have expressed optimism that the removal of subsidy on fuel by the Federal Government will end the persistent smuggling of premium motor spirit out of the country. Speaking in an interview in Abuja on Sunday, one of the transporters, Alhaji Musa Isewele, who is also the Chief Executive Officer of Musa Shehu Isewele Motors, said that the removal of the subsidy would make fuel smuggling unattractive and put a stop to the problem. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Universities not Helping Nigeria’s Growth – Senator

Sen. Gyang Dantong, Chairman, Senate Committee on Health on Sunday criticised Nigerian universities, declaring that the ivory towers ``are not contributing to nation growth. ``Worldwide, universities undertake (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Works Minister sees750,000 Jobs Coming in Road Sector in Two Years

Works minister Mike Onolememen says he sees about 750,000 jobs coming up in the road construction sector in two years as projects are being executed with savings made from fuel subsidy removal. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Beyonce and Jay-Z welcome a baby girl

Sources tell E! News the child, reportedly named Blue Ivy, arrived via C-section Saturday We were so ready for this belly, and now we're so psyched to meet this baby! Beyonce and Jay-Z welcomed a (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Nigerian Engineers need Capacity Building to Compete with Multinationals – Works Minister

Minister of Works, Mike Onolememen, says increased capacity building, cooperation and the right entrepreneurial spirit among Nigerian engineers is a sure way to position them to compete favourably (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Work to Resume on Abandoned N2.97bn Bridge in Delta

Work on the abandoned N2.97 billion Utor Bridge on the Asaba-Uromi road being constructed by the Federal Government is to resume, this year, Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa (PDP-Delta), has said. He said that the planned (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Chinua Achebe, Other Writers Call for Jonathan’s Security Blueprint

- Express Solidarity with Occupy Nigeria Marchers Below is a full text of the statement: Statement of Solidarity with the Nigerian People (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Jonathan keeps Faith with Nigerians, Canceled South African Trip

- Lawmakers Urge Halt to Fuel Subsidy Removal Nigerians, who started marking time on whether President Goodluck Jonathan would live up to his Saturday night live promise to cut down on foreign trips (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Up-Close: President Jonathan Cut a Pathetic Figure

By Bayo Onanuga President Jonathan’s handlers did him a disservice Saturday night when he delivered another address to Nigerians on his controversial removal of the fuel subsidy. (more…)

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