Thursday 31 July 2014

[wanabidii] 70 including PDP, APC trade words over Ekiti LCDAs take-off grant

70 including PDP, APC trade words over Ekiti LCDAs take-off grant


PDP, APC trade words over Ekiti LCDAs take-off grant

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 09:26 AM PDT

Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State has accused Governor Kayode Fayemi of alleged plot to use the 19 new Local Council Development Areas as conduits to siphon about N10bn out of the state's...

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No Fresh Case Of Ebola In Lagos- LASG

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 06:43 AM PDT

Lagos State Government on Wednesday has for the umpteenth time reiterated that no fresh case of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease has been found in the State or any part of the country. According to...

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Joy that Kills: Drunken bricklayer falls to death on Sallah day

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 05:45 AM PDT

A middle-aged bricklayer, Mr. Timothy Olubunmi, died on Monday afternoon, when he fell from the upper floor of an uncompleted storey building after getting drunk. Nigeriana learnt that Olubunmi was...

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Uganda judges debate bid to overturn anti-gay law

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 05:32 AM PDT

KAMPALA (AFP) – Ugandan state lawyers sought on Thursday to dismiss a petition by activists at the constitutional court seeking to overturn tough anti-gay laws that have been condemned by rights...

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Israel vows to crush Gaza tunnels, snubs UN

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 05:19 AM PDT

AZA CITY (AFP) – israel said on Thursday it would not pull troops from Gaza until they finish destroying a network of cross-border tunnels, despite sharp United Nations criticism over the civilian...

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Silvestre criticises Sanchez signing

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 04:51 AM PDT

Former Arsenal defender Mikael Silvestre has criticised the Gunners' signing of Chilean forward Alexis Sanchez. The 25-year-old joined the premier league side earlier this month from Spanish giants...

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Official: Everton sign Lukaku in €35m deal

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 04:44 AM PDT

he Belgian has returned to goodison park permanently, where he scored 15 league goals on loan from Chelsea last term, after falling further down the Stamford Bridge pecking order Everton have...

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Barclays Africa to expand in Nigeria

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 04:22 AM PDT

BARCLAYS Africa wants to expand its corporate investment banking business in nigeria into a fully fledged business by 2016. The corporate investment banking division in South Africa is the bank's...

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Pastor, woman nabbed after ‘sanctified water’ kills 2

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 04:10 AM PDT

WARRI — A man, said to be a pastor, and a woman are in Police net in Asaba, the Delta State capital for allegedly killing two children with a deadly substance sold by the pastor for N1,850. The Delta...

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Impeachment: APC slams Nasawara lawmakers for demanding dissolution of panel

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 03:46 AM PDT

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has slammed the PDP members of the Nasarawa House of Assembly for demanding the dissolution of the panel of seven set up by the state chief judge to probe the...

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CONGRESS MAJORITY REJECTS MAIGARI IMPEACHMENT

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 03:40 AM PDT

A majority of the general assembly of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has rejected the impeachment of the Aminu Maigari as president of the federation. A total of 26 state FA chairmen, who make...

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Sierra Leone President Declares State of Emergency over Ebola

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 03:34 AM PDT

(Reuters) Sierra Leone has declared a state of public emergency to tackle the worst ever outbreak of Ebola and will call in security forces to quarantine epicentres of the deadly virus, President...

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Impeachment: Stop Shedding Crocodile Tears, Oyo APC Tells Akala, Ladoja

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 03:20 AM PDT

The Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked former governors of the state, Adebayo Alao-Akala and Rashidi Ladoja, to stop shedding what it termed "crocodile tears" over the...

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New e-passport takes off Friday

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 03:11 AM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday inaugurated Nigeria's new 64-page e-passport with a call on Nigerians to protect the image of the country by shunning uncomplimentary statements and actions....

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Landlady’s children cut tenant’s private parts

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 02:58 AM PDT

A 35-year-old man, Yinka Offehin, is battling for his life at a private hospital in Lagos State after his scrotum was cut by the children of his landlady. The Edo State indigene, who resides on...

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Stephen Keshi: Nigeria close to new deal with the coach

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 02:54 AM PDT

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has revealed it is close to agreeing a new contract for Stephen Keshi to return as national coach. The 52-year-old led Nigeria to their third African title in...

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Ebola epidemic ‘out of control’ says charity

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 02:46 AM PDT

Global medical charity Doctors Without Borders has given warning that the Ebola crisis in West Africa is "unprecedented, absolutely out of control", as states across the world took steps to prevent...

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Gunmen abduct Senator’s mother in Bayelsa

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 02:43 AM PDT

Gunmen, in the wee hours of Wednesday, kidnapped 90-year-old Florentina Emmanuel, mother to Senator Paulker Emmanuel, at their Opolo residence in the Bayelsa State capital, Yenagoa. Paulker, a close...

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CBN to Withdraw BDCs’ Licences as Deadline Elapses

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 02:38 AM PDT

As the deadline fixed for Bureau De Change  (BDC) operators to comply with the new capital requirements ends today, defaulting firms will have their operating licences revoked by the Central Bank of...

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20015 Presidency: It’s Jonathan or Nobody, Says TAN

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 02:17 AM PDT

non-governmental organisation, Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN), has disclosed that the mandate of president goodluck jonathan needs to be renewed so as to enable him consolidate on and...

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Female suicide bombers not Chibok girls — FG

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 02:14 AM PDT

ABUJA — The Federal Government, Wednesday, took steps to douse anxiety over the possibility that boko haram insurgents are using the abducted Chibok girls as female suicide bombers. Female bombers...

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Gunmen kidnap man as bank manager escapes abduction in Aba

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 02:09 AM PDT

A middle aged businessman, Emmanuel Onu, has been abducted in Aba, Abia State, by gunmen believed to be kidnappers. This is even as a manager of a new generation commercial bank in the city escaped...

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We ‘ll provide data on Boko Haram, Ebola Virus — Minister

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 02:04 AM PDT

ABUJA — The new Minister of National Planning Commission, NPC,   Dr. Abubakar Sulaiman, has said he was determined to work hard towards providing Federal Government with accurate data on Boko Haram,...

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We Stopped Impeachment Process Against Jonathan For Peace – Senator

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 01:56 AM PDT

Edo North Senatorial District, senator at the National Assembly, Domingo Obende, has come out and revealed that the senate had stopped impeachment moves against President Goodluck Jonathan in the...

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DSS men storm Osun ahead guber polls

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 01:50 AM PDT

OSOGBO—Operatives of the Department of State  Service, DSS, yesterday stormed Osogbo, the Osun State capital and other major towns in the state preparatory to the August 9 governorship election in...

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Call Asari-Dokubo to order, Lagos Assembly tells Jonathan

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 01:39 AM PDT

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have called on President Goodluck Jonathan to call to order, the leader of Niger Delta Peoples Volunteers Force, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, over his...

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Shekau’ll soon be arrested, predicts church leader

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 09:26 AM PDT

…Warns of imminent plane crash General Overseer of God of Cham­pion Royal As­sembly, Brother Joshua Ignila, has reiter­ated his earlier prediction that a lower rank military officer of the Nigerian...

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New virus lives in half the world’s population

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 07:43 AM PDT

Odds are, there's a virus living inside your gut that has gone undetected by scientists for decades. A new study led by researchers at San Diego State University has found that more than half the...

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Jonathan commiserates with El-Rufai on son’s death

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 07:27 AM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday commiserated with a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, on the death of his son, Hamza.In a statement by his Special...

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Ideye signing is a risk

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 07:21 AM PDT

With the Premier League season just weeks away, West Bromwich Albion smashed their transfer record on striker Brown Ideye, paying an initial £10m for the Nigerian forward. He is a big, powerful...

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Vincent Enyeama: The Golden Year

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 06:46 AM PDT

Vincent Enyeama's inclusion in the Goal 50 for 2014 comes as no surprise given his performances over the past 12 months, but a year ago it would have triggered incredulous double-takes around the...

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Child abductors in Akwa Ibom face death sentence -Akpabio

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 06:41 AM PDT

The akwa ibom state Governor, Godswill Akpabio, has said that anybody found guilty of abducting a child in the state will face death sentence like a kidnapper under the state Child's Rights and...

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Police, Army Clash: 5 Dead In Zuru

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 06:36 AM PDT

Barely few hours to Eid-el Fitri celebration that climaxed the 30-day- Muslim Ramadan fasting, operatives of the Nigerian army and the police clashed yesterday, resulting in the death of one soldier...

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Police parade female cult member, armed robbers in Delta

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 06:33 AM PDT

A 21-year-old lady was among 11 members of a youth cult group arrested by the police in Asaba while performing their initiation rites. The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Celestina...

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I’ll break 2nd term jinx –Ajimobi

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 06:30 AM PDT

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of oyo state yesterday vowed to break the jinx working against those seeking to rule the state twice as governor. He said he would be the first governor of the state that...

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Policeman Accidentally Shoots Self Dead In Aba

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 06:21 AM PDT

Inspector Sunday Mefo, a police officer attached to the Patrol and Guard (P&G) Unit at the Aba Central Police Station (CPS) in Abia State, allegedly shot himself dead accidentally on Sunday, July...

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Obiano Appoints Special Adviser From Hausa Community

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 06:15 AM PDT

In the spirit of the celebration of the Eid El Fitri, the Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano, has announced the appointment of a Special Adviser from the Hausa Community. For the very first time...

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SHOCKING: 43-year-old auto mechanic kills self over inability to pay rent

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 05:44 AM PDT

Following threat of eviction from his landlord over his inability to pay his house rent, one Mr.  Obi Orji, 43, an auto mechanic reportedly killed himself, Monday, July 28, in Minna. It was learnt...

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Chelsea & Tottenham target Emenike will let Fenerbahce decide his future

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 05:37 AM PDT

Nigerian international has revealed that he is happy at Fenerbahce, however, if he has received any offers he will let his club decide on his future. "For now, I can't say much on transfer because I...

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I will sell Mikel, Torres or Cech – MoU

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 05:33 AM PDT

Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho has declared that Nigerian midfielder, John Obi Mikel, could be on his way out of the club. Mikel has been consistently linked with a move away from Chelsea but it...

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B’ Haram kills seven in Adamawa

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 05:11 AM PDT

Suspected members of Boko Haram have carried out an attack on Garkida, a village in Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa State, killing four soldiers, three civilians and left many people injured....

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Posted: 29 Jul 2014 04:59 AM PDT

The Founder of Trinity House, Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, has claimed that he has found a solution to the deadly Ebola disease, which has killed no fewer than 670 people and infected more than 1,000 in...

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Weightlifting rocked by failed test

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 04:55 AM PDT

The future of weightlifting as a core sport in the Commonwealth Games programme has again been thrown into doubt after Nigerian 53kg gold medallist Chika Amalaha tested positive for drugs. The...

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PDP’s end will be ugly – Tinubu

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 04:46 AM PDT

A former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has predicted that the end of the Peoples Democratic Party will be disgraceful. He alleged that the impeachment of some All Progressive Congress...

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BREAKING: Ebola: 59 People Quarantined In Lagos

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 04:31 AM PDT

Lagos State Government today revealed that they have been quarantined by the health department after being exposed to the late Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian citizen who passed away in Lagos due to the...

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El-Rufai loses son in auto crash

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 04:13 AM PDT

Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has lost one of his sons in a car crash. Hamza El-Rufai died Tuesday morning in Abuja. The father of the deceased broke...

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Liberia: Letter From Lagos – Wish Liberia Had Done This Much to Curb Ebola

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 03:39 AM PDT

BLOG Lagos — On the day my country, liberia turned 167, I touched down in Lagos, nigeria to see for myself what really happened to Patrick Sawyer and how he died.  Sawyer, a WASH Consultant, at the...

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Five Nigerians who might make big moves

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 03:19 AM PDT

Nigerian stars such as Ideye Brown and Kenneth Omeruo have already secured moves since the World Cup. One senses, however, that one or two more Super Eagles may soon follow suit. This article...

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Israel steps up bombardment of Gaza

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 03:11 AM PDT

Gaza has seen one of its heaviest nights of bombardment in three weeks, after Israel's prime minister warned of a long conflict ahead. Gaza's only power plant was damaged as Israel carried out 60 air...

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Why I returned to PDP –Igwe

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 03:05 AM PDT

A  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart and returnee in Abia State, Chris Igwe, has confessed that his return to the party was made possible by the achievements of Governor Theodore Orji. Speaking...

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Why Ogun APC crisis persists, by Adegbuyi

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 02:43 AM PDT

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bisi Adegbuyi, has said the crisis rocking the Ogun State chapter of the party has remain intractable because some politicians in the state are...

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Malala stands up for kidnapped Nigerian girls

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 02:19 AM PDT

Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai came to international attention in 2012 when she was shot by Taliban gunmen because she spoke up for the right of girls to be educated. Her story inspired the...

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AP not part of impeachment plot against Ajimobi –Ladoja

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 02:17 AM PDT

National leader of Accord Party (AP) and former governor of Oyo State, Rashidi Ladoja, on Monday, dissociated his party members in the state House of Assembly from the alleged impeachment plot...

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Again, APC raises alarm over plot by PDP to rig Osun poll

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 02:11 AM PDT

All Progressives Congress (APC) has spoken of how the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Presidency, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Police and the Army plan to work...

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Three nabbed with cloned Ekiti govt letterhead, blank cheque

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 01:57 AM PDT

The police in Lagos have smashed a syndicate allegedly specialised in swindling members of the public through false offers from state governments. Large quantity of fake documents and letter head...

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Europeans out to destroy African culture, says Alaafin

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 01:42 AM PDT

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi 111, has, in far away Brazil, lampooned the Europeans for deliberately setting out to destroy other cultures with their own cultures, described as...

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APC Govs’ attack on Jonathan frivolous –Group

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 01:33 AM PDT

An Igbo group, Ndigbo Cultural Society of Nigeria (NCSN) has condemned a communiqué issued by governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) blaming President Goodluck Jonathan for the twin bomb...

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Govt Allays Fear of Ebola Disease Outbreak

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 01:25 AM PDT

Lagos and Abuja — The Federal Ministry of Health and the Lagos State Government Monday allayed fear of Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the country.  The assurance is coming on the heels of...

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Okagbare Storms to Sprint Gold, Set New Games Record

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 01:20 AM PDT

Africa’s fastest female sprinter, Blessing Okagbare, last night stormed to the 100m gold and a new Commonwealth Games record. The gold medal is the third to be won by Team Nigeria at the...

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Don’t be cowed by terrorism, Jonathan tells Nigerians after Ramadan

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 07:44 AM PDT

The president asks Nigerians to be strong despite growing insecurity and bloodshed. As Muslims around the world celebrate Eid-el-Fitri, which marks the end of Ramadan fasting, President Goodluck...

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Police arrest man for defiling minor in Ogun

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 07:31 AM PDT

Detectives attached to the Obalende Division of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested one Qudus Giwa of Sabo Area Ijebu Ode for defiling a 15-year-old girl, on Friday, July 25. The incident...

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Heroic Granny Shoots Robber in the Head

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 07:16 AM PDT

Phyllis Law, 63, was minding her business on Friday night when two robbers decided to break in her home. Her home had already been broken in before, so Phyllis had reached the last straw. She pulled...

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5 Reasons You Need Your Girlfriends

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 07:09 AM PDT

I know this is a loaded statement, but here goes: I have always said that I don't trust women who don't have female friends. You know the type — the girl who spends her time exclusively with men. She...

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Body of Ebola victim cremated in Lagos

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 07:02 AM PDT

The body of the first victim of Ebola Virus Disease in Nigeria,   who died in Lagos on Friday, has been cremated. Details of the cremation were not available at press time but Sunday Vanguard...

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Bomb Scare in Kaduna as Traders Close Businesses

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 06:57 AM PDT

A bomb scare in Kaduna  Monday  forced  traders to close shops in the metropolis. Many people  had ran helter-skelter   to remain alive. It started when curious  traders  along Ahmadu Bello Way, the ...

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Nigeria isolates Lagos hospital where Ebola victim died

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 06:52 AM PDT

The Nigerian city of Lagos on Monday shut down and quarantined a hospital where a man died of Ebola in the first recorded case of the highly infectious disease in Africa’s most populous...

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BRT Probe: Falana requests Fashola to remove Justice Adebajo as chairman

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 06:28 AM PDT

A senior advocate of Nigeria,  Mr. Femi Falana yesterday urged the Lagos state governor,  Mr BabatundeFashola, SAN, to reconstitute the judicial commission set up by the Lagos State government to...

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3 dead, 7 injured in new Kano suicide attack (UPDATE)

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 06:10 AM PDT

A female suicide bomber in Nigeria's Kano city killed three people and injured seven others on Monday in an attack targeting women who had lined up to buy kerosene, police said. "A female suicide...

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Two refugees slaughtered by gunmen in Borno

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 06:00 AM PDT

Two people suspected to be amongst the over 10,000 displaced persons taking refuge in Shaffa District of Hawul Local Government Area of Borno state were over the weekend slaughtered by gunmen...

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Asari Dokubo Blasts Buhari Over Kaduna Bomb Attack

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 05:27 AM PDT

elf-acclaimed Niger Delta warlord and leader of Niger Delta Peoples Salvation Force (NDPSF), Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari yesterday accused former Head of State, General Mohammed Buhari (rtd.) of...

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