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Politics

Dr King for the Gallows at Last
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
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Dr King for the Gallows at Last

If feelers reaching us is anything to go by, the self-acclaimed Jesus Christ of the Latter Days who goes about with as so many sobriquet as His Holiness, His Eminence, His Majesty, Doctor, Pastor, Prophet and more may at last pay the ultimate price for his crime as he is due to answer the hangman’s noose in few weeks’ time. (more…)
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Jonathan Commends Outgoing Thai Ambassador
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
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Jonathan Commends Outgoing Thai Ambassador

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Monday in Abuja commended the outgoing Thai Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. ManopMekprayoonthong for his efforts to strengthen economic cooperation and bilateral trade between Thailand and Nigeria. (more…)
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Ekiti Groups Demands Explantion Over Deptuty-Governor’s Whereabouts
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
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Ekiti Groups Demands Explantion Over Deptuty-Governor’s Whereabouts

A Non Governmental organisation in Ekiti State, the Ekiti Justice Group (EJG) has demanded explanation from the State Government over the disappearance of the Deputy-Governor, Mrs. Funmi Olayinka from the State since last month. The group said Mrs. Olayinka has been out of the country for over one month now with no one offering explanation as to where she travelled to and the purpose of her trip. EJG said in a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti today and signed by its Director of Communications and Strategy, Comrade Gbenga Babawibe that “Even though we have been reliably informed that the deputy governor is presently in the United States of America (USA), where she travelled to last month, it is important that the State government explain to Ekiti people the purpose on which they are spending ...
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Ekiti Group Demands Explanation Over Deptuty-Governor’s Whereabouts
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
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Ekiti Group Demands Explanation Over Deptuty-Governor’s Whereabouts

A Non Governmental organisation in Ekiti State, the Ekiti Justice Group (EJG) has demanded explanation from the State Government over the disappearance of the Deputy-Governor, Mrs. Funmi Olayinka from the State since last month. The group said Mrs. Olayinka has been out of the country for over one month now with no one offering explanation as to where she travelled (more…)
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University Examination Cheating Ring Routed in New York
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
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University Examination Cheating Ring Routed in New York

At a time when examination cheating has become endemic amongst Nigerian students, a 7-man ring has been arrested by authorities in the State of New York in the United States of America for outright academic fraud and commercialized impersonation of candidates in the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), the equivalent of Nigeria’s University Matriculation Examination. (more…)
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Again, Nigeria spends N2b on Identification Scheme
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
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Again, Nigeria spends N2b on Identification Scheme

Nigeria continues its search to get it right on its national identification card as the country plans to spend another 2 billion dollars on the project which an expatriate stooge of the former ruling clique once described as a fat cow waiting for everyone to milk. (more…)
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Armed robbers raid 2 banks in Ilesa
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
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Armed robbers raid 2 banks in Ilesa

One week after robbers raided four banks in Iwo and killed one policeman, some hoodlums on Wednesday attacked two new generation banks in Ilesa, Osun. The hoodlums attacked the banks at 10 a.m. and allegedly killed two people, sources told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). (more…)
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Massachusetts Man Charged with Pentagon Attack Plot
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
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Massachusetts Man Charged with Pentagon Attack Plot

By Ros Krasny BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities on Wednesday arrested and charged a Massachusetts man with plotting to damage or destroy the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol by using remote-controlled aircraft filled with plastic explosives. Rezwan Ferdaus, 26, a U.S. citizen, was also charged with attempting to provide support and resources to the al Qaeda group in order to carry out attacks on U.S. soldiers stationed overseas, U.S. attorney's office in Boston said. (more…)
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Castro Says Obama is Stupid
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
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Castro Says Obama is Stupid

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro lashed out at U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday for demanding changes on the island in order to improve bilateral relations and referred to him as "stupid." On Wednesday, Obama told Hispanic journalists that he would be (more…)
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Gbenga Daniel on the Fringe of Lunacy
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
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Gbenga Daniel on the Fringe of Lunacy

* Sets Police After Unpaid Workers at Compass Newspapers These certainly are not the best of times for members of the family of Mr. Gbenga Daniel, the former Governor of Ogun State over alleged visible display of anger and worrisome attitude that are feared to be symptomatic of mental illness. (more…)
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Nigerian-American Medical Doctor, Christine Daniel, Goes to Jail Over Fake Cancer Healing Claims
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
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Nigerian-American Medical Doctor, Christine Daniel, Goes to Jail Over Fake Cancer Healing Claims

Claims of alternative medicine and pharmacy practitioners on efficacious healing on terminal diseases suffer a crushing setback as laboratory analysis of some formulae on therapy for cancer ended up being a hoax, and a naturalized American doctor and Pentecostal preacher, Christine Daniel, faces the possibility of up to one hundred and fifty years behind bars. (more…)
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Igbo Day celebration: Police arrest 100 MASSOB
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
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Igbo Day celebration: Police arrest 100 MASSOB

No fewer than 100 MASSOB members were yesterday beaten up and arrested at the entrance gate of Abakaliki Township Stadium during the Igbo Day celebration by the police in Abakaliki, Ebonyi StateFour of them who were wounded during the police action were later (more…)
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Jonathan Extols Aristides Pereira’s Liberation Fervor
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
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Jonathan Extols Aristides Pereira’s Liberation Fervor

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has eulogized the late former President of Cape Verde, Aristides Maria Pereira, calling him an authentic African hero who played a vital role in the liberation struggles that freed his country and other parts of Africa from colonialism. (more…)
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Underwear Bomber’ Set To Act As His Own Lawyer
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
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Underwear Bomber’ Set To Act As His Own Lawyer

When prospective jurors file into a Detroit courthouse next week for the start of a major terrorism trial, all eyes will be on the defendant, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. The young man from Nigeria may be best known for allegedly trying to detonate explosives hidden in his underwear on a Northwest Airlines flight on Christmas Day 2009. (more…)
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COVID-19: Obaseki Suspends Schools’ Resumption
15Mar By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments
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COVID-19: Obaseki Suspends Schools’ Resumption

By Frank Momoh The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has reviewed the curfew earlier imposed in the state to now span from 10pm to 5am to check rising cases of COVID-19 in the wake of the second wave of the pandemic. (more…)
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