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Emergency Rule PFN cautions Govt
UMBRELLA body of Pentecostalism in Nigeria, the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, Thursday declared its support for the state of emergency declared by President Goodluck Jonathan in three states of the North East and enjoined the president to work with the National Assembly to follow through on all provisions as enunciated by the constitution, reports Sam Eyoboka. Speaking at the end of ...
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Lagos community battles blindness
By EBUN SESSOU Musibau Akara, 60, is among thousands of people on the verge of losing their sight to cataract. Consequently, he is seeking succour in the on-going free eye screening and surgery in Epe area of Lagos State. Narrating his story to Sunday Vanguard, Akara said life was rosy and everything was going on smoothly for him until his sight began to fail him. "I started having ...
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How Customs intercepted mind-boggling ammunition in Oyo – DC Oteri
By UDEME CLEMENT The seizure of 56,750 rounds of ammunition in Oyo/Osun Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), which is one of the highest seizures of ammunition in the history of NCS in the country has attracted attention of all Nigerians to the Command. The Command, which previously had records of low seizures has become the centre of activities in the last one month, with massive seizures ...
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Our Food Health The Experts
By Helen Ovbiagele Thanks to those experts on healthy-eating, who are constantly telling us what is right/wrong for us to feed our system with, many people in most parts of the world are now cautious about what they eat and drink. You can't help but join in, if you want your body to hold together, so that you can be healthy, active, and hopefully, live long. Some of us have been so ...
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Pro-Jonathan govs finally split NGF
By HENRY UMORU, SONI DANIEL & JIMITOTA ONOYUME Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) may have finally broken up after a segment believed to be loyal to President Goodluck Jonathan set up a parallel body to the one led by Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State. Amaechi emerged as the NGF chairman for the second tenure in the Forum's controversial election on Friday. He defeated Governor ...
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Niger president says attackers came from Libya death toll climbs to 35
NIAMEY, Mali - Niger's president says suicide bombers who carried out simultaneous attacks on a military installation and a French-run uranium mine came from southern Libya. President Mahamadou Issoufou told reporters Saturday the death toll now stands at 35, including 24 soldiers, one employee of French nuclear giant Areva, and 10 terrorists. Issoufou spoke alongside the CEO of Areva, ...
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Nigeria needs quality leadership — Okorie
President and founder of Guardians of the Nation International, Mr. Linus Okorie, talks about how he plans to address the leadership deficit in ...
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Kerry stresses respect for human rights with Nigerian president
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry, who last week expressed concern about allegations of gross human rights violations by Nigerian forces fighting the Boko Haram Islamist sect, raised the issue with the country's president directly on Saturday, a U.S. official ...
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Christians Remain Targets as Nigeria Violence Grows
Christians warn they are the main target of ongoing violence in Nigeria's restive northeast. Meanwhile, Brig. Gen. Chris Olukolade, a military spokesman, says its forces have successfully engaged a large number of heavily armed terrorists during the last few days in an effort to curtail the violence. To date 17 deaths have been reported, 14 suspected Islamic extremists and three soldiers. ...
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Boko Haram Kills Nigerian Pentecostal Leader
Boko Haram terrorists are believed responsible for the murder of a popular Pentecostal pastor in Nigeria. Faye Pama was the Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria, North East zone. Stefanos Foundation Director Mark Lipdo said Pastor Faye was killed in Borno state Tuesday afternoon. "Gunmen climbed his fence and got into his house and shot him downYou know the sect says they ...
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Vicious Terrorist Attacks in Niger Kill 30
Two deadly suicide bombings in Niger have killed about 30 people, including 24 soldiers and at least six jihadists. Reports say suicide bombers simultaneously drove vehicles full of explosives into a military base in the town of Agadez and a French uranium at Arlit. One civilian was reportedly killed in the attack on the mine. A troop of French special forces responded to the call and helped ...
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When the Senate dissolved party lines for emergency rule
BY HENRY UMORU The Senate read the mood of the nation correctly when it threw its weight behind the imposition of state of emergency in the troubled states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe. Following the nationwide broadcast by President Goodluck Jonathan where he declared the state of emergency and in line with the Senate Standing Orders 2011 as amended, the lawmakers called for a session to ...
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Emergency Rule How Reps tinkered with proclamation
By OKEY NDIRIBE Fresh facts have emerged on why President Goodluck Jonathan's declaration of a state of emergency in three north-eastern states got unanimous endorsement in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. It was learnt that security reports concerning the situation in the states had become alarming. A particular report indicated that Boko Haram militants had threatened that they ...
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Kerry pressures Nigeria on human rights during first visit to sub-Saharan Africa
US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) attends the 50th African Union Aniversary Summit in Addis Ababa on May 25, 2013, with Africa's myriad problems set aside for a day to mark the progress that has been made. Today's 54-member AU is the successor of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), established amid the heady days as independence from colonial rule swept the continent in 1963. ...
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Boko Haram camps destroyed by Nigerian army
The Nigerian army said Friday it had destroyed a number of camps used by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram in the northeast of the ...
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Old Yoruba Kingdom Who are the Yoruba people
By Femi Fani-Kayode In his 2,000 page book entitled, ''Ile-Ife-The Source of Yoruba Civilisation'', Prince Adelegan Adegbolawrote the following about the Yoruba people: "The Yoruba are the progeny of great kingship, efficient kingdom-builders and astute rulers. They have been enjoying for centuries a well-organized pattern of society, a pattern which persists, in spite ...
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Post-election violence Why FG is yet to compensate victims – Jonathan
By CALEB AYANSINA ABUJA – THE Federal Government on Sunday cited rising security challenge across the northern part of the country as the prime reason why it hasn’t completed the payment of compensation to the victims of post-election violence in the country. But as the delay continues, the Anglican Church has called for the inclusion of religious bodies and civil society groups in ...
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London Killing – More Question Than Answers Were Nigerian suspects under ‘Peter-Powers’ type of hypnosis
By Femi Fani-Kayode Some things just don't add up when it comes to the Woolwich killings. There are certainly more questions than answers. Let us examine the facts. An off-duty British soldier by the name of Lee Rigby was walking down the street in the charming and peaceful London suburb of Woolwich. All of a sudden, and out of the blue, he was randomly selected and run over by a car which ...
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Nigeria Military destroyed insurgents hospital fuel depots
The Nigerian army says it destroyed camps used by Islamist militants to coordinate attacks against communities in northeastern regions of the country. Brig. Gen. Chris Olukolade said the camps were well-equipped, with hospital facilities and dormitories, the BBC reported Friday. Olukolade displayed photos at a news conference he said showed a destroyed fuel depot and what appeared to be ...
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Jonathan not involved in NGF election – Presidency
The Presidency has denied any involvement by President Goodluck Jonathan in the Nigeria Governors’ Forum election held yesterday that returned Governor Rotimi Amaechi as its chairman. In a statement, by Dr. Reuben Abati, Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), rejected media reports portraying the President as an interested party and the main loser in the forum’s ...
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Sri Lankan Buddhist monk sets self ablaze to protest killing of cattle
COLOMBO (AFP) – A Sri Lankan Buddhist monk died Saturday of severe burns a day after setting himself on fire to protest the slaughter of cattle, an official said. Bowatte Indaratna, 30, succumbed to his injuries at the National Hospital in Colombo where he was rushed Friday after his self-immolation bid in front of the highly venerated Temple of the Tooth in the central town of Kandy. ...
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‘After five years of marriage my husband disowned me’
By ADEOLA ADENUGA Mr Lawrence Adigbohun told an Agege Grade 'A' Customary Court that his wife, Blessing, brought a concubine to his house, and wanted to stab him with a knife. Meanwhile, Blessing, a 24-year-old factory worker, who was dragged before the court by her husband, told the court that her husband lied to people that she was his niece, and not his wife. "When I was ...
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Female suicide bomber injures 18 in southern Russia
Bombings have become common in Dagestan. On May 20th, four people died after two bombs exploded the regional capital of Makhachkala, where a suicide bomber struck on Saturday. (Abdula Magomedov/Associated ...
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Niger attacks launched from southern Libya Nigers president
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Islamist militants who carried out simultaneous suicide attacks on an army base and a French uranium mine in northern Niger two days ago came from southern Libya, Niger's president said on ...
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Killer-friend on the loose ‘He made me a widow nine days after our wedding’
Ameze …seeks justice It was a pitiable sight when Sunday Vanguard visited the family of the deceased as it was revealed that he wedded his wife according to customs and traditions of the Binis only nine days before the murder to enable him participate properly as a genuine in-law in the burial of his father in-law scheduled for June. Besides, Ameze, the wife of the victim, apart from ...
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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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