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Nigeria 18426 Youths From SSouth Employed Under Sure-P Scheme - Labour Minister
Asaba - OVER eighteen thousand youths have so far been recruited under the Subsidy Reinvestment and Employment (SURE-P) scheme from the South-South geopolitical zone of the country, Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu has said. Wogu who stated this in Asaba yesterday during the sensitization and appraisal tour named the South- South states that benefited from the SURE-P ...
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Cameroon limits social media services
The government of Cameroon has ordered mobile operator MTN to suspend an SMS service that had proven a powerful tool for protest movements in North ...
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Cameroon new gorillas need protection
A Cameroonian environmentalist group is lobbying for the establishment of a new national park at Cross River on the Nigerian border to protect a little known sub-species of gorillas only living ...
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DBanj Plans to Shut Down Lagos With Another Five-Star Concert
Multiple award winning entertainer, D'banj has put plans in motion to shut Lagos down with another five-star concert, featuring live appearances from some of the finest stars from the continent and beyond as he marks his 33rd birthday anniversary in grand style. The MOBO and BET-winning hit-maker says, he's throwing a big, spectacular gig, at Eko Hotel in Lagos, on Sunday, June 23, to ...
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CBN Sells N277.9 Billion Worth of Treasury Bills
Lagos - The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) sold treasury bills worth N227.91 billion this week. The Financial Market Dealers Association (FMDA) disclosed this on its Website on Friday. FMDA said that five categories of treasury bills were sold at the last biweekly auctions. It said the auctions included the Open Market Operation (OMO) which comprised the 139-day and 128-day tenor bills. FMDA ...
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France begins withdrawing from Mali
France began the first stage of a withdrawal from Mali Saturday in what it says is a plan to pull out most of its troops and equipment by the end of the year. A convoy carrying unneeded equipment and vehicles left a French base outside the capital, Bamako, headed for Abidjan ...
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The US has sent troops to Niger
President Barack Obama today informed the US Senate that he had ordered the stationing of around 100 soldiers in Niger to support the French military operation in neighbouring Mali. The Niger government had agreed to the move, Mr Obama ...
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Fear of post-election violence in Benin
Benin's Constitutional Court today started examining the opposition's claims of vote rigging after the elections had given a surprise outright win to the incumbent. Observers fear "Ivorian conditions" in ...
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Benin opposition denounces election fraud
Following a chaotic election process, Benin's government claims incumbent President Thomas Boni Yayi won the first round outright. Opposition leader Adrien Houngbedji cries ...
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Issoufou wins Niger model vote
The elections in Niger, gained by long-time opposition leader Mahamadou Issoufou, are described as a "model" for Africa. Also the democratic transition process is ...
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Benin protesters won demanded vote delay
Benin last month saw mass protests, demanding a delay of the elections planned for 27 February as 1.4 million voters were missing in the electoral roll. Now, the Constitutional Court has given them ...
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Nigeria farmers double cassava yields
Nigerian farmers have more than doubled the yield of cassava, thanks to new varieties and a little bit of "juju" delivered to the Oyo state after a food crisis in ...
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Finally credible elections for Nigeria
Will the upcoming general elections in Nigeria become a repetition of the 2007 sham, or can the country finally organise a credible poll? There are both good and bad ...
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Kerry criticizes Nigeria on human rights
Jim Young/AP - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Ethiopian Foreign Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom shakes hands during a joint press conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Saturday, May 25, 2013. Making his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Secretary of State Kerry on Saturday demanded that Nigeria respect human rights as it cracks down on Islamist extremists and pledged ...
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Nigerian Star MI Set to Perform in Nairobi
Top Nigerian hip-hop star MI will be performing in Kenya at the official launch of Chocolate City music label. He will also participate in a series of concerts by Adrenaline Live Music Concept at Museum Hill in Nairobi on May 31. MI - real name Jude Abaga - is signed to the label that also houses singer Victoria Kimani. The two have recorded a single together. During an interview with ...
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Niger Chad receive 75000 refugees from Libya
The governments of the poor Sahelian states of Niger and Chad are struggling to accommodate a total of 75,000 refugees crossing the Sahara desert from ...
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Court to hear suit of Debe Ojukwu June 25
AFederal High Court, Lagos yesterday fixed June 25 to hear an application filed by one Chief Debe Ojukwu, over alleged breach of his fundamental human rights. The applicant who is the first son of Late Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu, had filed the suit on Oct. 5, 2012, seeking an order of court restraining 10 respondents, from threatening his life. The respondents are: Prof. Joseph Ojukwu, Emmanuel ...
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Niger transition shows way for North Africa
With Saturday's second-round presidential elections, Niger ends a model one-year all-inclusive democratic transition process. The process could be an example for the revolutions in Egypt and ...
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Champions League Final We’ re facing ‘Everest’ says Dortmund coach
LONDON (AFP) – Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp has said his team face their ';Everest'; in Saturday’s Champions League final, describing their showdown with Bayern Munich as the ';perfect game in the perfect stadium';. Bayern walked away with this season’s Bundesliga title by a 25-point winning margin and are the clear favourites to win at Wembley in ...
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Housewife Commits Suicide in Zamfara
A 45-year-old house wife, Malama Hadiza Sani of Gada Village in Bungudu Local Government area of Zamfara has allegedly committed suicide. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Hadiza, who until her death was a local comedian, was said to have killed herself with a sharp object in her husband's compound. Her husband Sani, a meat seller, told reporters on Friday in Gada that he left ...
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Mobile Number Portability Cant Affect Quality of Service Says NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Thursday in Abuja said Mobile Number Portability (MNP) would not cause deterioration in the quality of service in the country. MNP is an avenue that allows a subscriber to move or port from one network to anther while retaining the original number. Mr Tony Ojobo, the NCC's Director of Public Affairs, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ...
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Man Arrested for Allegedly Impregnating Granddaughter
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa on Thursday arrested a 50-year- old hunter for allegedly impregnating his 17-year-old step granddaughter in Dutse. The NSCDC Commandant, Mr Muhammad Gidado, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the suspect was arrested over alleged incest. Gidado said that the suspect, married to the girl's aunt, committed the offence at ...
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Northern Govs Forum in Crucial Meeting Over NGF Election
Members of the Northern Northern States Governors' Forum (NSGF), are presently in a crucial meeting in Abuja. Although details of the agenda are sketchy, LEADERSHIP can confirm that the meeting is a prelude to the election of Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum later ...
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London killing Security services tried to recruit Agdebolajo – friend’
LONDON -An alleged friend of London soldier murder suspect Michael Adebolajo was arrested at the BBC after telling the broadcaster that British security services had tried to recruit his friend. Abu Nusaybah told BBC television on Friday that Adebolajo was asked by the MI5 domestic intelligence agency if he wanted to work for them. He said Adebolajo had snubbed their approach. The BBC said ...
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FEC Approves Revised National Policy On Civil Aviation Contract for Water Scheme
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the revised National Policy on Civil Aviation aimed at enhancing the operations of the sector and also contract for the construction of Karshi water scheme in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This was disclosed at a media briefing hosted by the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, in company of the Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella ...
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Nigeria calling on US for misconception help
Nigeria is one of the main producers of drug lords and immigrants and is beset by political instability and groans under the weight of poverty and human strife. At least, this is the perception many in the world have, a perception that is all too narrow in its scope.
Nigeria has an enduring reputation as an exporter of criminals, drug lords, terrorists and immigrants. Such perceptions are only amplified by the recent attempted bombing of a US-bound plane on Christmas Day by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian, or the arrests every year of various Nigerian drug lords in countries around the world. Read more
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