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Politics

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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CBN Clarifies Stand on New National Cheque Standard
15Mar By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments
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CBN Clarifies Stand on New National Cheque Standard

By Dayo Omoogun The Central Bank of Nigeria says it has noticed that some stakeholders have been interpreting its earlier directive on the Revised Nigeria Cheque Standard and Nigeria Cheque Printers Accreditation Scheme (NICPAS), differently from intended purpose. (more…)
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