BOKO HARAM DETAINEES ‘LL BE RELEASED IN PHASES – PRESIDENCY
THE Presidency,yesterday, disclosed that the order directing the release from Police, DSS and military detention centres of Boko Haram suspects detained in connection with the security challenge, woul...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 2:00:39 AM
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JUDICIAL CLEANSING: I WON’T ENTERTAIN BASELESS PETITION AGAINST JUDGES – CJN
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Aloma Muhktar, yesterday, expressed her determination to flush out corrupt judges from the judiciary, saying judges must be men of probity and impeccable cha...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 2:00:09 AM
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KIRIKIRI RESIDENTS PROTEST NEGLECT BY OIL FIRMS
FOR second day running, operations of five oil firms in Kirikiri town, Oriade Local Council Development Council Area, LCDA, of Lagos State, were paralysed by residents protesting the deplorable state ...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 1:12:59 AM
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10,000 MEGAWATTS TO BE GENERATED BY DEC – FG
THE federal government, yesterday, disclosed that plans had been concluded to move from the present position of power generation of 4,500 to 10,000 megawatts by December....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 1:00:56 AM
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ROBBERS ATTACK FEMALE DOCTOR, SNATCH LCDA VAN
Robbers, who posed as stranded visitors, Monday, snatched a Toyota Hilux pick-up van belonging to Iba Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Ojo Lagos....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 1:00:15 AM
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NASARAWA MASSACRE: DIRECTOR ARRESTED, ACCUSED OF LEAKING INFORMATION TO CULTISTS
Still trying to fish out the masterminds of the massacre of dozens of policemen and security agents in Alakyo in Nasarawa State about two weeks ago, security operatives have arrested a senior director...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 1:00:11 AM
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LAGOS EARNS N29BN IGR, BEGS FG TO PAY N13BN DEBT
Lagos State Government,yesterday, said it recorded a monthly revenue increase of N29.0 billion in 2012 as against an average of N18.9 billion in 2008, even as it appealed to the Federal Government to ...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:58:14 AM
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NIGERIA’S TROUBLING EPIDEMIC OF RAPES
LAST week, the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development, an NGO, reported that in 2012, no fewer than 1, 200 girls were raped in Rivers state....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:58:14 AM
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EDO ASSEMBLY LAMENTS ABANDONED NDDC PROJECTS
Edo State House of Assembly, yesterday, lamented what it described as the unacceptable number of abandoned Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, projects in the state and urged the Commission to m...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:56:07 AM
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CORRUPTION ALLEGATION: NJC INSISTS ON PROBING OF JUSTICE GUNMI
The National Judicial Council, NJC, yesterday, said it would still go ahead and investigate allegations of corruption levelled against the former Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory, Justice ...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:55:41 AM
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RIVERS CRISIS: WE’LL CORRECT OUR MISTAKES, AIG ASSURES AMAECHI
The Police, yesterday,said its officers and men in the Rivers State Command might have committed errors in the discharge of their constitutional duties in the recent events unfolding in the state....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:55:20 AM
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LAND DISPUTE: LAWYER PETITIONS IG OVER USE OF ARMED THUGS
A Lagos based lawyer, Ademola Koko has petitioned the Inspector General Police, IG, over alleged illegal activities, acts capable of disrupting public peace, and unconstitutional use of police, in r...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:55:03 AM
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JONATHAN’S 2015 CAMPAIGN POSTERS FLOOD P-HARCOURT
CAMPAIGN posters and flyers projecting President Goodluck Jonathan for the 2015 presidential election flooded Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State, yesterday....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:53:31 AM
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JUDGE WARNS LITIGANTS AGAINST INTIMIDATION
Justice V-O.A Oviawe of an Edo Court High Court sitting in Agenebode in Estako East Local Government Area of the state, has warned litigants before his court not to resort to intimidating and threaten...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:50:34 AM
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ANCIENT TREE TRAGEDY: TEARS, CONDEMNATIONS TRAIL MULTIPLE DEATHS
his is not the best of times for Imo State and its people given the harvest of tragedies recorded in the state recently. The most recent is the ancient ancestral tree that fell in Umudagu, Ihitte Isi...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:45:09 AM
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LETTER TO NIGERIANS UNDER EMERGENCY RULE
I UNDERSTAND what you are going through right now. No sooner did the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, declare a state of emer...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:43:27 AM
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HOW NOT TO HONOUR ACHEBE
PROFESSOR Albert Chinualumogu Achebe (1930-2013) would have quickly reminded us that there was a country....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:41:39 AM
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MALI OPERATION: ARMY ARRESTS SABOTEUR SOLDIERS
THE Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, said, yesterday, that soldiers who leaked information to terrorists about the movement of troops to Mali for AFISMA operations, thereby leading to...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:40:46 AM
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WHY LPDC BARRED FOUR LAWYERS FOR LIFE
The cyclone of cupboard cleansing currently permeating the Nigerian Judiciary, recorded fresh victims last week, as the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, LPDC, in a decisive move, handed lif...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:40:16 AM
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ANAMBRA PDP: PEACE ON THE HORIZON
The crisis ridden Anambra State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has apparently run out of options in finding neutral political mediators to resolve its decade long crisis. As a last resor...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:38:06 AM
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NIGERIA’S OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN ESTIMATED AT 10 MILLION – UBEC
Asaba—ACTING Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, Prof. Charles Onocha, said in Asaba, Delta State, Wednesday, that specific interventions geared towards broadening access ...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:34:41 AM
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DICKSON ALLEGES PLOT TO DESTABILISE BAYELSA
Yenagoa—Bayelsa State governor, Mr Seriake Dickson, has raised alarm over alleged plot by some persons to destabilise the state....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:31:40 AM
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OSHIOMHOLE ORDERS STUDENTS TO PAY FOR VANDALISED SCHOOL PROPERTY
BENIN—EDO State governor, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, has directed that protesting students of Idogbo Secondary School, in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of the state, who destroyed the school's property...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:31:32 AM
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FG TALKS TOUGH OVER SLAVE LABOUR
WITH globalisation, the world of work witnessed a new trend in employer- employee relationship. Out-sourcing became a new trend with employers outsourcing jobs which they consider not to crucial to th...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:30:45 AM
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NUC, ICPC CRACK DOWN ON ILLEGAL VARSITIES NATIONWIDE
...vow to prosecute operators
The National Universities Commission (NUC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) have commenced their joint operation to cra...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:30:37 AM
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SHAREHOLDER GROUPS BOYCOTT SEC MEETING OVER E-DIVIDEND PAYMENT
Some shareholder groups said that they boycotted a meeting called by the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, to resolve issues on the e-dividend payment because they were not involved in the prop...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:30:30 AM
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‘WE SWEAR BY ALMIGHTY ALLAH WE WILL NEVER STOP FIGHTING – LONDON ATTACKER
One of the two alleged killers of a British soldier on a street in south-east London on Wednesday explained his actions on an amateur video obtained by the television channel ITV....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:26:05 AM
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CHILDREN’S DAY: CAN NIGERIA SALVAGE THE OVER 10.5M OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN?
As Nigeria prepares to celebrate yet another Children’s Day on Monday, May 27, there is an increased need for proper management of the country’s resources to ensure that the over 10.5 million out-of-s...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:20:01 AM
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EULOGIES, CULTURAL SHOWS, TRIBUTES MARK ACHEBE’S EXIT
AWKA, the capital of Anambra State stood still, yesterday, as the body of the literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe arrived the state for its final journey to Ogidi, his home town, in Idemili North L...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:19:59 AM
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RESEARCH & DEVT: STUDENTS MAKE INCUBATOR
Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention and the sole aim of education is to impact one's community positively and so Rabiu Kabir, Basir Attahiru and Bashir Umar Mato, all students of Dawakin T...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:19:26 AM
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CUSTOMS INTERCEPTS VEHICLES CONVEYING 56,750 LIVE AMMUNITION
FEW hours after the Oyo State Police Command arrested a man with 3,500 live cartridges, the Oyo/Osun Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service also impounded a vehicle loaded with 56,750 rounds of ammun...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:18:17 AM
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2015: GOV ORJI DENIES ENDORSING ANY CANDIDATE
UMUAHIA—AHEAD of 2015 governorship race in Abia State, Governor Theodore Orji has denied endorsing anybody to succeed him, insisting that the race was opened to qualified and interested aspirants....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:18:03 AM
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UNESCO, NIGERIA TACKLE DEARTH OF MATHS, SCIENCE STUDENTS, TEACHERS
The United Nations Edicational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, UNESCO has teamed up with Nigeria to tackle the dearth of mathematics and science students by promoting teaching and learning of t...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:17:35 AM
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OOU CRISIS: NO STUDENT DIED – VC
....Maladministration fueled crisis
The Vice-Chancellor, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State, Professor Saburi Adesanya, has refuted rumours that four students were killed in the recent crisis tha...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:15:27 AM
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DEPLOYMENT OF TECHNOLOGY ‘LL BRING VALUE TO EDUCATION SECTOR – EXPERT
Managing Director, Dragnet Solutions, Mr. Robert Ikazoboh, has identified technology as a key element that will bring value and help develop the education sector in the country, particularly in exami...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:14:38 AM
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MERRY GO ROUND IN OGUN
It has been a popular prediction that the ruling ACN in Ogun State would one day suffer some internal implosion on account of the ego of its leaders. The political prophets seem to be much on course!...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:11:21 AM
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FIFA U-20 W/CUP: OBUH NAMES FINAL SQUAD JUNE 7
Flying Eagles coach, John Obuh will name his final 21-man squad for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup on June 7....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:10:55 AM
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SHIPPING FIRMS END MID-STREAM DISCHARGE
SECRETARY of Berthing Meeting, Mr Vincent Ohizu, has Monday said that all shipping companies are complying with the Presidential directive banning midstream discharge of cargoes on the nation’s water...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:10:49 AM
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OSUN SPENDS N3BN FEEDING PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS – DEP. GOV
Osun State Deputy Governor, Mrs. Titi Laoye Tomori says it costs only N50 to feed a child at break time in the on-going Osun Elementary School Feeding and Health Programme....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:10:28 AM
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OBALENDE YOUTHS IN CONCERT
A TOTAL of 35 youths aged 15-25 last weekend, at Obalende, Ikoyi Lagos, thrilled a mammoth crowd which gathered at the venue of the 6th edition of BornTroWay project....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:10:22 AM
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