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Enugu receives Achebe’s body
By Tony Edike ENUGU-The remains of the departed literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe arrived Enugu at exactly 12.35pm today. A private aircraft belonging to Overland Nigeria marked 5N-BPEbrought the dark brown casket wrapped with dark blue lace to the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu from Abuja. Professor Mrs Christie Achebe, his widow, his children and Engr Austin Achebe, his elder ...
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My wife is too lazy husband tells court
Malam Wahab Ahmed of Ojagboro area, Ilorin, on Tuesday, told an Ilorin Area Court that he was seeking for divorce from his wife, Abike Wahab, for her lazy nature and ';I don’t care attitude.'; The 48-year-old man told the court that he had been married for six years now and that his wife hardly swept their bedroom and surroundings whenever she woke upin the morning,'; not ...
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Nigeria seeks Nigers military support against Boko Haram
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Nigeria has asked neighboring Niger for support in a week-old offensive against Islamist insurgent bases in its semi-desert frontier region, underlining moves towards West African cooperation against jihadis seen as a cross-border ...
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Achebes Body Arrives in Abuja
The remains of celebrated writer, Chinua Achebe arrived Abuja, the federal capital territory, Tuesday morning and was received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport by government officials, writers, cultural organisations and other associates. Dignitaries present at the local wing of the airport include, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, Governor Peter ...
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Nigeria Nine Minor Informants to Kidnappers Assassins Nabbed
Sapele - Nine minors, all males, suspected to be members of four different dreaded cult groups that have been disguising and acting as informants to kidnappers and assassins in Sapele, Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State, were Tuesday arrested and paraded in Koko, Warri North Local Government Area of Delta state, by men of the Nigeria Army, Koko Barrack, in conjunction with the Joint ...
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Nigerias oil savings depleted 35 pct to $5.87 bln this year
Nigeria has used up 35 percent of its oil savings so far this year, leaving it with $5.87 billion, data released by the accountant general's office showed on Tuesday. ...
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Nine minors informant to kidnappers assassins nabbed
By Godwin Oghre Sapele -Nine minors, all males, suspected to be members of four different dreaded cult groups that have been disguising and acting as informants to kidnappers and assassins in Sapele, Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State, were Tuesday arrested and paraded in Koko, Warri North Local Government Area of Delta state, by men of the Nigeria Army, Koko Barrack, in conjunction ...
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Agriculture Fertilisers and franchises put power in Nigerian farmers hands
With strong leadership in government, both public and private programmes target farmers' real needs, while a cassava offensive finally reaps some rewards.One of the bright spots in an insipid cabinet is agriculture minister Akinwumi Adesina and his reform programme.Formerly vice-president of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, Adesina has brought private sector thinking to ...
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Amnesty Committee Offers to Meet With Boko Haram in Any Country
Minister of Special Duties and Chairman of Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North, Alhaji Kabiru Turaki, yesterday expressed the readiness of the committee to meet with the Boko Haram sect in any country in the world to ensure peaceful resolution of the conflict that has ravaged parts of the North. Speaking during a stakeholders' ...
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Mark Blames Porous Border for Terrorists Influx
Senate President, David Mark, Monday lamented the porous state of Nigeria's borders, which he identified as a major boost for the influx of terrorists into the country. Mark made this remark in Abuja while declaring open a public hearing on "A Bill for an Act to Amend the Border Development Agency (Establishment) Act 2013," organised by the joint Senate Committee on Judiciary, ...
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Curfew Relaxed in Borno Yobe as 200 Troops Storm Adamawa
There were indications that the ongoing military onslaught against members of the Boko Haram sect might have recorded some success as the curfew earlier slammed on parts of Borno and Yobe States was relaxed Monday. But as Borno and Yobe got some breather, 200 troops arrived Yola, the Adamawa State capital, yesterday, with more troops expected to join them to enforce the emergency rule imposed ...
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Moses Kalu Out of World Cup Qualifiers Confed Cup
Nigeria's hope of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup and also performing well at next month's Confederations Cup in Brazil that will precede the Mundial, suffered a massive setback Monday following the withdrawal of Victor Moses and Kalu Uche from the campaigns. The two players are going to be conspicuously missing when Nigeria files out against Kenya and Namibia in the Brazil 2014 ...
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Nigeria Shell Community Disagree Over Cause of Bayelsa Oil Spill
The Ikarama Community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State has disagreed with Shell Petroleum Development Company over the cause of the reported oil spills from nearby oil wells. The spill has contaminated the Taylor Creek in Yenagoa; and residents of Biseni/JK4 Road told the News Agency of Nigeria that they disagreed that the spills were caused by oil theft. Officials of ...
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Nigeria Country to Achieve Carbon Neutrality By 2025 Says Alison-Madueke
The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has said Nigeria will by 2025 bring down its gas flaring by at least two per cent. Alison-Madueke disclosed that by 2010, the country had recorded a downward gas flaring rate of 30 per cent as well as against the current rate of 11 per cent, adding that it aspires to bring it further down to two per cent by 2020 and beyond. The ...
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Kosmos Comes Up Dry Onshore Cameroon
Kosmos Energy Ltd. said it failed to find commercial reservoirs at an exploration well onshore Cameroon, sending the oil-and-gas company's shares falling after hours. The Sipo-1 exploration well, drilled on the Ndian River Block in the Rio del Rey Basin, was targeting the Miocene Isongo Formation. Oil and gas shows evidenced during drilling indicated a working petroleum system, but no ...
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Etisalats Nigeria affiliate signs $1.2 billion loan
DUBAI | Tue May 21, 2013 7:26am EDT DUBAI May 21 (Reuters) - Etisalat's Nigeria affilate has signed a $1.2 billion loan with 13 Nigerian banks, the United Arab Emirates' No.1 telecom operator said on Tuesday. The medium-term facility will be used to refinance an existing $650 million loan and bolster Etisalat Nigeria's network, Etisalat said in a statement to the Abu Dhabi ...
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Cross River State Rural Access and Mobility Project in Nigeria
Cross River State has an enviable history in Nigeria, yet until 2008, most rural roads were in poor, impassable conditions. They had a negative impact on the local economy, especially agricultural activities, with poor rural roads resulting in exorbitant vehicle operating costs and unquantifiable travel times. The situation was worse still in far-flung villages where logs of fallen trees often ...
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AfDB Project Integrates Nomadic Peoples into Mainstream Education in Nigeria
Spanning at least 20 different countries across the African continent, nomadic peoples constitute about six per cent of the total African population, or some 50 million people. This large population, categorized into three major groups, as pastoralists, migrant fishing folks and farmers, has a common wandering lifestyle. Shrinking grazing lands, constant blocking of grazing paths, increasing ...
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NAMA staff resume duty – Official
Abuja – The staff of Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) who were on a one-day strike on Monday have resumed full operation. The NAMA spokesman, Mr Supo Atobatele, told reporters in a telephone interview on Tuesday that the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) had called off the strike on ...
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Nigeria Survey - 30 Percent of Girls Get Raped
At least three in 10 young girls have sex for the first time ever through rape, says a survey. The survey by Positive Action for Treatment Access (PATA) investigated reasons for high HIV prevalence and lower age of first sex among adolescents aged between 10 and 19 and found "forced sex was the third main reason for sexual debut" after love and peer pressure. More than 31.4% of ...
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Nigeria Passengers Stranded At Lagos Airport As Aviation Workers Begin Strike
Scores of air passengers were yesterday stranded at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) as unions at the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) embarked on an indefinite strike. The workers, who spoke to our correspondent, said the strike was to press home their demand for the implementation of the salary structure approved by the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages ...
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Nigeria hit by Moses Uche injuries
Injuries to Victor Moses and Kalu Uche have left Nigeria short of attackers for June's World Cup qualifiers and the Confederations Cup in Brazil. The pair's withdrawal from the squad deepens problems for coach Stephen Keshi, who was already without Nations Cup joint-top scorer Emmanuel Emenike. Keshi said: "It's unfortunate that they informed us when we have already ...
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Davido releases hot new single ‘Kalo Connect’
By Charles Mgbolu Davido is not resting on his oars just yet when it comes to entertaining fans with club raving music as a new single ‘Kalo Connect’ comes hot from his ...
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LGs not ripe for financial autonomy says Sen. Obende
Senator Domingo Obende (ACN-Edo), has said that local governments in Nigeria were not ripe for financial autonomy.Instead, he advocated that local governments should only be granted administrative autonomy. Obende made his opinion known in Abuja on Monday during an interactive session with National Assembly Correspondents. He cited `recklessness of elected officials' in the management of ...
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Nobody can stop Jonathan – Fasehun OPC founder
Emma Amaize and Akpokona Omafuaire WARRI - FOUNDER of the Niger-Delta People Volunteer Front, NPDVF, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has declared that he was ready, bullet for bullet, for those who want to stop President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015. He stated this in Warri, weekend, just as the founder of the Oodua People's Congress, OPC, Dr. Frederick Fasehun , said nobody can stop ...
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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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