KANO GOVERNOR, KWANKWASO, BLAMES GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY FOR NIGERIA’S INSECURITY
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Governor Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso of Kano State yesterday took a critical look at the insecurity in the country, and divided the blame between governments,...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 10:19:56 PM
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NIGERIAN MILITARY TO RELEASE WOMEN, AND CHILDREN OF BOKO HARAM MILITANTS FROM DETENTION
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The military said it was acting on directives by President Goodluck Jonathan.
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) announced in Abuja on Tuesday that it would release som...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 8:22:26 PM
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HUNDREDS RECEIVE ACHEBE AS FAMILY LIMITS GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT IN BURIAL-REMIUM TIMES
By Sani Tukur
Mr. Achebe’s body arrived at Abuja without much of the pageantry earlier envisaged.
Hundreds of people were at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, to rece...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 7:43:56 PM
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STATE PARDON: ALAMIEYESEIGHA SAYS JONATHAN HAD NO CHOICE
By SaharaReporters, New York
Former Bayelsa State Governor and ex-convict, DSP Alamieyeseigha has said that President Goodluck Jonathan had no choice in the state pardon he recently ...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 6:27:27 PM
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MARYLAND-BASED LAWYER, EMEKA UGWUONYE LOSES AGAIN, ORDERED TO REFUND FUNDS HE STOLE FROM NIGERIAN EMBASSY
By SaharaReporters, New York
Maryland-based lawyer, Emeka Ugwuonye, yesterday suffered another devastating legal defeat as a US District Court ruled that he must refund the $1.55 mil...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 4:38:41 PM
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PHOTONEWS: PROF. CHINUA ACHEBE'S BODY ARRIVES IN NIGERIA
The body of late Nigerian author, Chinua Achebe arrived in Nigeria earier today in Abuja. Prof. Achebe's casket was drapped in Nigerian flag and wheeled first to a church at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Interna...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 1:35:27 PM
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2015: OCHEI’S ENDORSEMENT AT UBEKU’S LAGOS RESIDENCE TEARS ISOKO LEADERS APART
By SaharaReporters, New York
SaharaReporters has learned of a cold war among political figures of Isoko ethnicity in Delta State over a purported endorsement of Victor Ochei, speaker...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 6:43:48 AM
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CHINUA ACHEBE (UGONABO OGIDI ) GOES HOME BY JOE IGBOKWE
By Joe Igbokwe
All roads lead to Ogidi in Anambra State, Nigeria the home town of the late (Ugonabo) Professor Chinua Achebe on Wednesday May 23 2013 for the sage’s final burial. Peo...
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Monday, May 20, 2013 11:38:20 PM
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NIGERIA MUST GET REAL ABOUT ITS OIL BY MOHAMMED DAHIRU AMINU
By Mohammed Dahiru Aminu
The ultimate goal of every benign government, especially of countries so categorised as ‘developing’, and so intended for a keen march into 21st century mode...
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Monday, May 20, 2013 11:08:56 PM
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NORTHERN ELDERS FORUM PROTECTING BOKO HARAM, SAYS MIDDLE BELT DIALOGUE
By SaharaReporters, New York
Middle Belt Dialogue (MBD), has accused the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) of protecting Boko Haram, stating that the only concern of the Forum is how to gr...
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Monday, May 20, 2013 10:31:34 PM
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AMBITION, SELFISHNESS AND CLIMATE ACTION BY NNIMMO BASSEY
By nnimmo Bassey
A Keynote presented by Nnimmo Bassey at the Intensive Practical Course on Climate Change, Environmental Law, Regulation and Management hosted by The Nigerian Institu...
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Monday, May 20, 2013 8:00:54 PM
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CHINUA ACHEBE AS METAPHOR BY UGORJI O. UGORJI, ED.D.
By Ugorji O. Ugorji, Ed.D.
When I was coming of age in my part of the African continent, I was oriented to four major metaphors for what my environment considered most important in o...
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Monday, May 20, 2013 7:28:36 PM
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ACHEBE AND THE QUEST FOR NOBEL PRIZE BY VINCENT ALICHO, CMF.
By Vincent Alicho, Cmf.
The controversies that trailed Prof. Achebe’s last book—There Was a Country: A Personal History Of Biafra—came from different perspectives. While some people ...
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Monday, May 20, 2013 7:24:58 PM
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OGUN STATE POLICE SAYS NO STUDENTS KILLED AT OOU ABEOKUTA
By SaharaReporters, New York
The Nigeria Police in Ogun State has denied that any students were killed earlier today at the Olabisi Onabanjo University in Abeokuta. SaharaReporters ...
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Monday, May 20, 2013 5:50:03 PM
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EFCC PRESS RELEASE: EFCC ARRAIGNS FRAUDSTER FOR FORGERY
By Wilson Uwujaren-Ag. Head, Media & Publicity
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, May 20, 2013 arraigned Damola Orimogunje before Justice Adeniyi Onigbanj...
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Monday, May 20, 2013 5:36:36 PM
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“NIGERIA WILL BECOME HISTORY …” NIGERIA IS ALREADY HISTORY BY BAYO OLUWASANMI
By Bayo Oluwasanmi
Melford Dokubo Goodhead Jr., now known as Alhaji Mujahid Asari Dokubo recently set the Nigerian media world literally ablaze at a press conference.
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Monday, May 20, 2013 5:06:12 PM
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ACHEBE: A MAN AHEAD OF HIS GENERATION? BY PROFESSOR BART NNAJI, CON, NNOM, FAS
By Professor Bart Nnaji, CON, NNOM, FAS
Professor Chinua Achebe had left the University of Massachusetts about a decade before I joined the same University in 1983 as Professor and D...
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Monday, May 20, 2013 4:32:53 PM
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BOKO HARAM CRACKDOWN: YOBE TOO DECLARES DUSK -TO-DAWN CURFEW
By SaharaReporters, New York
In continuation of the military crackdown against the Boko Haram sect, the Yobe State government this afternoon declared a dusk-to-dawn curfew in observa...
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Monday, May 20, 2013 4:14:29 PM
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TWO STUDENTS OF OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY KILLED AS POLICE SHOOT TO HALT PROTEST
By SaharaReporters, New York
Two students are reported to have been killed this morning at the Olabisi Onabanjo University [OOU] in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, as policemen ...
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Monday, May 20, 2013 3:58:43 PM
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ANTI-CORRUPTION NETWORK SAYS 12 NEW JUDGES OF NIC ‘UNQUALIFIED’
By SaharaReporters, New York
None of the 12 judges recently approved by the National Judicial Council to the National Industrial Court is qualified, the Anti-Corruption Network (ACN)...
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Monday, May 20, 2013 3:43:07 PM
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DEFENCE HQ DEPLOYS ANOTHER 1000 SOLDIERS TO ADAMAWA
By SaharaReporters, New York
In furtherance of its crackdown of Boko Haram sect in Nigeria's troubled North-East region, the Defence Headquaters in Abuja has ordered deployment of 10...
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Monday, May 20, 2013 1:46:55 PM
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FOLASAYO DELE-OGUNRINDE, NIGERIAN ARTIST, DIES OF STOMACH CANCER AT 45
By Ademola Bello
Folasayo Dele-Ogunrinde, award winning Nigerian writer, visual artist, performance poet, public speaker, filmmaker and actress is dead.
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Monday, May 20, 2013 1:17:03 PM
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SPEAKER TAMBUWAL IS FACE OF CAMPAIGN TO STOP POLITICIANS FROM FOREIGN MEDICAL TRIPS
By SaharaReporters, New York
A delegation of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) last Thursday visited the National Assembly Complex to unveil Speaker of the House of Representati...
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Monday, May 20, 2013 4:02:56 AM
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WHY I SUPPORT STATE OF EMERGENCY – FEMI FALANA
By SaharaReporters, New York
Lawyer and activist Femi Falana has indicated his support for President Goodluck Jonathan’s recent declaration of a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and...
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Monday, May 20, 2013 3:53:49 AM
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COLD WAR IN KADUNA GOVERNMENT HOUSE AS DEPUTY GOVERNOR’S WIFE CLASHES WITH SECURITY OPERATIVES
By SaharaReporters, New York
A cold war has broken out at the Kaduna State Government House over a strange power show on Saturday in Abuja in which the wife of the Deputy Governor, M...
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Monday, May 20, 2013 3:46:57 AM
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NASARAWA CRISIS: GENESIS AND THE WAY FORWARD BY GODWIN ONYEACHOLEM
By Godwin Onyeacholem
Slowly but surely, the resort to ethnic preservation and protection – which is a natural outcome of deep ethnic consciousness – will continue to spread in irrit...
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 9:28:48 PM
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BOKO HARAM/NIGERIA MILITARY CLASHES: OVER 2000 NIGERIANS FLEE INTO NIGER REPUBLIC
By SaharaReporters, New York
Over 2000 Nigerians have fled the Nigerian State of Borno following the clash between Boko Haram and Nigerian troops in Abadam local government area of B...
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 8:22:31 PM
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CHURCHGOERS KILLED AT PASTOR JOSHUA’S CHURCH SERVICE IN ACCRA
By SaharaReporters, New York
Four Ghanaian churchgoers were killed in a stampede today at Pastor TB Joshua's church service in Accra, Ghana as worshippers scrambled for "Holy Water....
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 8:07:36 PM
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BOKO HARAM IN DISARRAY, NIGERIAN ARMY REPORTS
By SaharaReporters, New York
The Nigerian Army has reported that displaced Boko Haram terrorists are in disarray, with a large number of them heading across some borders. Fourteen o...
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 8:01:28 PM
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PHOTONEWS: CHURCHGOERS KILLED DURING HOLY WATER STAMPEDE AT PROPHET TB JOSHUA’S CHURCH IN ACCRA
Four Ghanaian churchgoers were killed today during Pastor TB Joshua's church service on Sphintex Road in Accra during a stampede as worshippers scrambled for "Holy Water ".
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 7:56:53 PM
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THE PARABLE OF THE COCKROACH AND NIGERIA BY PRINCE CHARLES DICKSON
By Prince Charles Dickson
The Edos say “Ehemwen wÿÿ iren te gua so ihuan, ren te vbe gua ku, sokpan ukpÿ iye-ÿkhÿkhÿ ÿre ÿ ma gie iren ku iku iren vbe avan”. A cockroach knows how t...
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 2:27:16 PM
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APC: DEAD ON ARRIVAL? BY SAMUEL OGUNDIPE
By Samuel Ogundipe
"Elevating the fallacy of the false alternative to Boko Haram insurgency, Bola Tinubu, and a few others in the Action Congress of Nigeria, believes Nigerians who w...
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 12:59:37 PM
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AT BORO ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, CLARK, YAKASSAI DIFFER ON PRESIDENT JONATHAN’S RE-ELECTION BID
By SaharaReporters, New York
A northern politician, Tanko Yakassai, and prominent Ijaw figure, Edwin Clark, at the weekend expressed divergent views on the likely candidacy of Presid...
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 3:28:44 AM
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PROFESSOR, REV. SISTER, ARRESTED OVER ILLEGAL UNIVERSITY IN ENUGU
By SaharaReporters, New York
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) in collaboration with the National University Commission (NUC) on Friday a...
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 2:12:44 AM
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DOCTOR DAMAGES EPISODE 89
The stars over Washington are lining up against President Barack Obama. Dr. Damages gives you a permutation that may turn things up in favor of Nigeria when the Messiah returns home to Africa in time ...
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 1:33:40 AM
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MAIDUGURI: ARMY KILLS 10 BOKO HARAM MILITIA, CAPTURES 65
The Nigerian military in Abuja confirms it has killed 10 members Boko Haram sect and captured 65 who sneaked into Maiduguri in Borno State after fleeing various hot spots on account of military strike...
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 1:30:11 AM
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KEEPING IT REAL WITH ADEOLA - EPISODE 73
This week on Keeping It Real, Adeola features some pictures of Nigeria before and after independence, find out if the giant or Africa is progressing or regressing.
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 1:28:29 AM
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YEARS AFTER GRADUATION, UNN DOCTORS STILL DENIED PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES BY THEIR INSTITUTION
By SaharaReporters, New York
Years after graduating from the College of Medicine of the University of Nigeria, the 2008/2009 batch of doctors can hardly call themselves doctors, as t...
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Saturday, May 18, 2013 9:46:51 PM
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SAHARAREPORTERS INTERVIEW EXCLUSIVE: ACHEBE A CELEBRATED STORYTELLER, BUT NO FATHER OF AFRICAN LITERATURE, SAYS SOYINKA
Also: Why He Wished Achebe Had Not Written His Last Book; What He Told Ojukwu Before The War; Genocide, And Other Issues
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Saturday, May 18, 2013 12:29:35 PM
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MISLEAD, MISTRUST, MISINFORM, MISUNDERSTANDING -WHY MOST NIGERIANS DO NOT TRUST PRESIDENT JONATHAN AND HIS ADMINISTRATION BY CHARLES OMOLE
By Charles Omole
As the Cuban missile crisis raged in October 1962; the US president sat in the White House and called the leaders of the key nations that were members of the UN Secu...
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Saturday, May 18, 2013 1:01:25 AM
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