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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Nigeria Successfully Launches New Communications Satellite

- President Jonathan Hails Development FROM Xichang Satellite Launch Center in South West China on Sunday, and about 5:40PM local time in Abuja, Nigeria’s latest communications satellite, NigComSat1R, launched into outer space. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Nigerian Oil Subsidy War: Government Promotes Advantages of Subsidy Removal

Emerging events continue to show that the Jonathan Administration in Nigeria seems determined to see through its desire to make oil subsidy a thing of the past in the country. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Coordinated Bomb Blasts Shatter Christians’ Peace in Nigeria

Nigeria, the world’s largest black nation, on Christmas day grabbed world headlines for the wrong reasons again as a coordinated series of bomb detonations targeted at Christian worshipers went off in multiple locations in (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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2012 budget: Reps to Increase Allocation to Agric Sector

The House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture says it is discussing with the leadership of the house to increase allocation to the agriculture sector. Chairman of the committee (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Amnesty Program: Poland Now Hosts 29 Niger-Deltans

A second batch of 17 beneficiaries of the Niger Delta Amnesty Program has arrived in Poland on a two-year training exercise, bringing to 29 the number of beneficiaries on Poland’s sponsorship. Mr Niesioywski Przemyslaw, the (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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OPC Leader, Frederick Fasheun, Suggests Mediation between FG and Boko Haram

The Founder of the Oodua Peoples’ Congress (OPC), Dr Frederick Fasehun, on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to choose a team to dialogue with members of the Boko Haram sect, saying that mediation (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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United States Seeks Trial of Rwanda ICTR Offenders

The U.S. has called for concerted efforts to arrest and bring to justice all the fugitives of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) who are still at large. The call, in a statement issued by the (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Explosion in Sapele, Delta State, Injures 7 – Police

The Delta Police Command on Wednesday said that seven persons were hospitalised following Tuesday’s explosion in Sapele, Delta. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Supreme Court Ratifies President Jonathan’s Victory in April Election

- Jonathan Hails Judgment; Courts Opposition Support- Buhari Issues Bristling Statement to Condemn Judgment EIGHT long months after the April 16, 2011 presidential elections in Nigeria, the Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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President Jonathan Meets with Security Chiefs over National Security

THE avalanche of criticism directed at government after terror attacks at multiple locations in Nigeria on Christmas day appears to have spurred the presidency into visible action to serve the impression that it is up to the task of guaranteeing the safety of life and property in the country. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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EFCC Fined N.5m for Holding AfricaBank’s Adigwe for more than 24 Hours

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday held that the fundamental human rights of a former Managing Director of Afribank, Sebastian Adigwe, were breached when he was detained by the EFCC for more than 24 hours. The court awarded N500,000 as (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Airtel Introduces Ultra Low International Call Rate Bundle Offer

·  Airtel customers can now call US, Canada, UK, China & India from N8:33k/minute In line with its commitment to provide Nigerians with innovative, exciting, relevant and affordable telecommunications services, leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Baba Suwe’s Arrest: Narco Couriers Focus Abuja International

The ultra-mordern Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja has suddenly become the new preferred point of depature for Nigeria’s notorious narco-trafficking syndicate following increased surveillance (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Tunisia Issues Warrant for Arafat’s Widow

Tunisian authorities issued an international arrest warrant for Suha Arafat, widow of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, as part of a corruption probe into Tunisia's former first family. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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ECOBANK Staff, Sunday Okewu, 3 Others, go to Jail for Visa Racketeering

Justice Habeeb Abiru of the Ikeja High Court in Lagos jailed a staff of Ecobank Plc. and three others on Monday for defrauding a woman of N2.25 million under the pretext of helping her to procure travel visas. The convicts (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Don’t misunderstand House over EFCC bill, lawmakers plead with Nigerians

The House of Representatives on Monday urged Nigerians not to misunderstand the lawmakers over the bill seeking to amend the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Act 2004 (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Gaddafi son should be tried in Libya First – Minister

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi will not escape justice and should be tried in Libya for murder, corruption and ``many things’’ before an international court questions him, the country's interim justice minister said on Monday. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Openly Gay Nigerian, Otibho Obianwu, Criticizes Anti-Homosexula Bill

* Senate Throws Open Debate on Prisoners’ Exchange as Falana Voices Dissent Some gays and lesbians on Monday in Abuja openly criticised a bill seeking to prohibit same sex marriage in Nigeria. They contended that the bill would make them refugees and asylum seekers in other countries. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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ICPC recovers N13bn from MDAs

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it has recovered N13 billion through ``System Studies and Review of some selected Ministries, Departments and Agencies''. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Ijaw Youth Council urges speedy clean-up of Niger Delta

The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has called for the immediate commencement of the clean-up of the Niger Delta region as recommended by the United Nations Environmental Programme. The IYC (more…)

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