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Nigerian military in heavy fighting with Boko Haram militants
Nigeria 's military has been involved in heavy fighting with Islamist insurgents armed with sophisticated weapons from Libya as it steps up an offensive aimed at flushing ...
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Ogidi building materials market school shut in honour of Achebe
BY VINCENT UJUMADU AWKA – INDICATIONS emerged Tuesday that the famous building materials market located at Ogidi in Idemili North Local Government area, the home town of Professor Chinua Achebe, will be closed for business on Thursday as a mark of respect for the literary giant who will be buried that day. Vanguard gathered that the leadership of the traders and officials of the local ...
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Jonathan orders release of detained suspected terrorists
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) announced in Abuja on Tuesday that it would release some persons detained in connection with terrorist activities. The Director of Defence Information, Brig-Gen. Chris Olukolade, said in a statement that the decision to release the suspected terrorists was based on the directives of President Goodluck ...
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“Tobacco smoking leads to low sperm count weak erection”
Kaduna -Dr Joseph Natsah of General Hospital Kachia in Kaduna State, has advised youths against tobacco smoking, saying it leads to impotence. Natsah said in an interview on Tuesday in Kaduna that tobacco smoking results in low sperm count, weak erection and impotence. He warned girls involved in smoking to desist from the habit as it would also prevent them from either conceiving or having ...
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8 Nigerians make up CAF standing committees
Abuja -No fewer than eight Nigerians have been appointed into the Standing Committees of the Africa Football Confederation (CAF) for the 2013/2015 soccer season. A statement on CAF's website on Tuesday said the appointments were approved by the Executive Committee of the confederation during its meeting in Cairo between May 15 and May 16, following a newly-introduced system of selection. ...
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Lagos set to prosecute forgery of land documents
Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ade Ipaye, has saidthe state government is set to prosecute applicants who present forged documents or false information to secure land titles in the state. Ipaye said this on Tuesday at a stakeholders’ forum on Land Use Act (Title Documentation) Regulations 2012. He said many applicants (both corporate and individual) were ...
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Court affirms forfeiture of Lagos brothel to NAPTIP
A Federal High Court, Lagos on Tuesday affirmed an earlier judgment ordering the forfeiture of a brothel in Lagos to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Person. Justice James Tsoho, in his judgment, dismissed an application seeking to quash the order of forfeiture as contained in the earlier judgment. The application was filed by two brothers Taofeek and Lukman Jubril, ...
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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 million that was meant for his clients, the Nigerian embassy in Washington, DC, but which he illegally converted to his personal use. The stolen funds came from tax refunds credited to the Nigerian embassy from real ...
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Nigeria cbank holds rates at 12 percent for 10th time
View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Nigeria's central bank governor Lamido Sule Lamido speaks at conference on banking reforms in Nigeria in Lagos, February 11, 2010. REUTERS/Akintunde ...
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Insurgency Drop amnesty adopt `acceptance’ strategy NGO advices FG
Abuja – Foundation for Peace and Non-Violence in Nigeria, an NGO, on Tuesday advised the Federal Government to adopt ';acceptance'; strategy in place of its amnesty programme to curb security challenges threatening the country. The President of the Foundation, Mr Onengiya Erekosima, who gave the advice at a news conference in Abuja, said that the new strategy would encourage ...
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Dana crash Pathologist cross-examination fixed for July 3
Ikeja - The coroner’s inquest into the June 3, 2012 Dana plane crash on Tuesday fixed July 3 for further cross-examination of a Consultant Pathologist and Chief Medical Examiner of Lagos State, Prof. John Obafunwa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 153 passengers and some residents of Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos State, where the crash occurred, lost their lives in the incident. ...
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Balarabe Musa advocates return to regional government
Abuja -The failure of the government to fully implement the Ibrahim Dasuki report on local government system has made it difficult for operators to enjoy autonomy, Alhaji Balarabe Musa has said. Musa, the National Chairman, Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), made this known on Tuesday in a telephone interview in Abuja. He said that the Dasuki report on local government reform had ...
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CHAN Eagles to battle Cote d’Ivoire July 6
Lagos -The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has said that the Super Eagles will host Cote d'Ivoire between July 6 and July 7 in the first-leg qualifying encounter of the Championship for African Nations (CHAN). The biennial competition, which is heading for its third edition, is a continental showpiece exclusively for players based on the African continent. NFF's Assistant Director ...
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Large crowd receive Achebe’s body at Enugu Airport
Enugu -The remains of the late literary icon, Prof. Chinua Achebe, arrived at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, and were received by a large crowd of people from his home town, Ogidi in Anambra. The body, which arrived at about 12.36 p.m. aboard a private aircraft, Overland Nigeria, with registration number 5N-BPE was accompanied by the deceased wife, Prof. Christy Achebe, and ...
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Chukwu tasks NFF other football administrators on spectatorships
Lagos – An ex-international, Christain Chukwu, on Tuesday urged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and other football authorities in the country, to urgently address the issue of declining spectators at match venues. Chuwku, a former Green Eagles captain, in Lagos said that lack of spectators at match venues was inimical for a football-loving country like Nigeria. The one-time captain ...
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Whats Behind Nigerias Escalating Bodycount
People pray near the graves of victims of a suicide bomb attack during a memorial service at St. Theresa's Church in Madalla, on the outskirts of Abuja, Nigeria on December 23, 2012. (Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters) New data from the Council on Foreign Relations' Nigeria Security Tracker (NST) shows that April was the second-bloodiest month in Nigeria since President Goodluck Jonathan's ...
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Happening Now - Sacked NIMC Staff Protest At National Assembly
Former staff of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) disengaged in August 2012 are protesting at the National Assembly over unpaid benefits. The protesters who blocked the entrance to the National Assembly complex since 9 am today, alleged that they were disengaged 9 months ago without being paid their due benefits. They demand that their benefits be paid to them failing which ...
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Nigeria Seeks Help from Niger in Battle with Militants
NIAMEY -- 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 threat. Concerns grew particularly after Islamist militants associated with al-Qaida seized the north of Mali last year and were dislodged only after ...
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Cholera outbreak hits Malian refugee camp in Niger
NIAMEY, Niger -; The United Nations refugee agency said that they are working to contain a cholera outbreak in Niger in a refugee camp for people fleeing the conflict in ...
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SGF receives Achebe’s corpse in Abuja
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Pius Anyim, on Tuesday morning joined family members of late Chinua Achebe to receive the corpse of the literary icon at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja. Other senior government functionaries who also came to welcome Achebe’s corpse included the Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi; Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo; and ...
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Nigeria relaxes state of emergency
Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency over three states near Nigeria's northern border. The government is fighting militants from Boko Haram, a militant group trying to establish an Islamist state in Nigeria. The Economic Community of West African States this week described the state of emergency as a necessary and legitimate measure to ensure security, Nigerian newspaper ThisDay ...
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Army relaxes curfew in Yola
By Umar YusufYola – The 23 Armoured Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Yola has announcedthe review of the curfew imposed on the state after the declaration of the state of Emergency by President Goodluck Jonathan last week. The curfew which was earlier fixed at6pm to 6amhas now been reviewedfrom7pm to 6am. In a two paragraph statement issued in YolaTuesdayby the Army PublicRelations Officer, ...
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Senate backs emergency rule
Against all expectations, the Nigerian Senate Tuesday,unanimously backed the state of emergency slammed on Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states last week, by President Goodluck Jonathan, following what was seen as ceaseless and senseless killings of people in the affected states by Boko Haram Islamist group. The upper legislative chamber had slated today, as a day for deliberation and subsequent ...
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U.S. Secretary Kerry On State of Emergency Fighting in Northern Nigeria
The United States is deeply concerned about the fighting in northeastern Nigeria following President Jonathan's declaration of a state of emergency in the Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa states. We are also deeply concerned by credible allegations that Nigerian security forces are committing gross human rights violations, which, in turn, only escalate the violence and fuel extremism. The United ...
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Nigerian Senate Approves State of Emergency
Nigerian military. The Senate unanimously approved the declaration. The Senate on Tuesday approved the State of Emergency declared by President Goodluck Jonathan in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe States. The 100 senators present unanimously approved the president’s declaration at a session of the whole house. The Senate had earlier gone for closed door session to debate the matter. At the ...
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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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