The Joint Task Force on Saturday said two suicide bombers died in coordinated attacks on MTN and Airtel offices.
An online news portal, Premium Times, reports that the two attacks occurred within five minutes indicating a coordinated effort.
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Suicide bombers attack MTN, Airtel Kano offices
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Don Jazzy buys Jay Jay Okocha’s club
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He is Michael Collins but popularly referred to as Don Jazzy.
Now the brand ambassador for Loya milk, He seems to be toeing the path of his D’Prince, his younger brother, who once tried his hands in the night club business. Last Friday, he opened the doors of Pop, his night club, to the public. This was the same night club Jay Jay Okocha ran as Club Nos 10. Obviously, Don Jazzy bought over the club. It was simply a change of ownership and name.
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He is Michael Collins but popularly referred to as Don Jazzy.
Now the brand ambassador for Loya milk, He seems to be toeing the path of his D’Prince, his younger brother, who once tried his hands in the night club business. Last Friday, he opened the doors of Pop, his night club, to the public. This was the same night club Jay Jay Okocha ran as Club Nos 10. Obviously, Don Jazzy bought over the club. It was simply a change of ownership and name.
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Army retires generals, others
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Authorities of the Nigerian Army have retired several senior officers of the service.
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Authorities of the Nigerian Army have retired several senior officers of the service.
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Friday, November 30, 2012
Reps probe Orubebe’s multi-billion naira mansion
The House of Representatives on Thursday ordered an investigation into a “multi-billion naria” mansion said to belong to the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Godsday Orubebe.
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Buhari loses 40-year-old daughter to sickle cell
Zulai, the first daughter of former Head of State and a former presidential candidate, Maj-Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is dead.
She died on Thursday evening after delivering a baby in Nasara Hospital,Marafa Estate in Kaduna.
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Friday, November 23, 2012
Police apprehend woman-led robbery gang
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Police in Ukanafun Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State have apprehended a woman-led robbery gang.The robbery gang, it was learnt, specialised in robbing their victims of cars, motorcycles and valuable items.
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Police in Ukanafun Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State have apprehended a woman-led robbery gang.The robbery gang, it was learnt, specialised in robbing their victims of cars, motorcycles and valuable items.
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Winning Africa Nations Cup not negotiable, Jonathan tells NFA
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President Goodluck Jonathan has charged the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) to win the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) according to Chief Patrick Ekeji, Director General, National Sports Commission (NSC).
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President Goodluck Jonathan has charged the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) to win the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) according to Chief Patrick Ekeji, Director General, National Sports Commission (NSC).
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
BUDGET PERFORMANCE : Reps walk minister out, want another sacked
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ABUJA— MINISTER of Science and Technology, Professor Ita Okon Bassey-Ewa, was, yesterday, walked out by the House of Representatives over his inability to convert budget figures into percentages in his ministry’s 2012 budget.
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ABUJA— MINISTER of Science and Technology, Professor Ita Okon Bassey-Ewa, was, yesterday, walked out by the House of Representatives over his inability to convert budget figures into percentages in his ministry’s 2012 budget.
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Eagles were super corrupt – Westerhof
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Former Nigeria national team coach, Clemens Westerhof has revealed that players bribed their way into the national team in the past.
Westerhof, who coached Nigeria to success at the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations in Tunisia and also led the Super Eagles to their first-ever Fifa World Cup in the United States in 1994, said the players who did not merit a place in the national team got call-ups after giving money to the selectors.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Eagles lack quality to win Nations Cup – Akpoborie
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In spite of the 3-1 victory Nigeria had over Venezuela in a friendly game recently, former Super Eagles forward Jonathan Akpoborie has insisted the team lack the character to win the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in January.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Olusola Saraki, strongman of Kwara politics, is dead
Reports reaching us indicate that Olusola Saraki, the strongman of Kwara politics, is dead. He was 79.
Mr. Saraki, Leader of the Nigerian Senate during the second republic, died Wednesday morning in Lagos.
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Monday, November 12, 2012
E/Guinea win AWC as Nigeria return empty-handed
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For the first time since the championship started in 1991, Nigeria’s Super Falcons returned home empty-handed after Cameroon beat them 1-0 in the third place match on Sunday. Cameroon lost 2-1 to Nigeria in the group stage so the third place victory was a sweet revenge for them.
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For the first time since the championship started in 1991, Nigeria’s Super Falcons returned home empty-handed after Cameroon beat them 1-0 in the third place match on Sunday. Cameroon lost 2-1 to Nigeria in the group stage so the third place victory was a sweet revenge for them.
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Oshiomhole takes oath of office for another four yrs.
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The re-elected Governor of Edo State, Comrade Governor Adams Oshiomhole took oath of office for another four years in office in Benin the Edo State capital.
The crowd, Monday, in Benin went agog as the Governors’ second journey commenced when the Chief Justice of Edo State administered the oath of office.
Lam’s death: Oyo declares seven-day mourning
Oyo State Government has declared a seven-day mourning in honour of former governor of the state, Alhaji Lam Adesina, who died on Sunday morning at St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos, at 73 years.
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
NDLEA arrests student with 1.535kg cocaine
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency,
NDLEA, yesterday arrested a 23 years old student of Management
Accounting at Waltham College, London Mr. Chiwuzie Godson Chiedozie in
an attempt to smuggle about 1.535 kilogrammes of cocaine through the
Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.
FIFA rankings: Nigeria move six places up
Nigeria have moved six places up from 63
to 57, according to the latest rankings released by world football
body, FIFA, on Wednesday.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
UNILAG student hospitalised after outing with Facebook friend
A 21-year-old student has been hospitalized after she was allegedly pushed down from the third floor of a building in Lagos, following a disagreement with a man she met on the social network, Facebook.
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Don’t mediate for Boko Haram, CPC tells Buhari
Congress for Progressive Change has advised former Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), to reject his nomination by the Boko Haram sect as a mediator in its proposed negotiations with the Federal Government.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Police arrest 500 as group declares Biafra republic
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Policemen in Enugu on Monday arrested over 500 persons for allegedly being part of the purported re-declaration of Biafra as a sovereign state.
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Policemen in Enugu on Monday arrested over 500 persons for allegedly being part of the purported re-declaration of Biafra as a sovereign state.
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Osaze back with Eagles — Keshi
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After months of speculations and varied news on the future of Osaze Odemwingie with the Super Eagles, coach Stephen Keshi has clarified the situation insisting that the West Brom attacker never told him of his resignation from the national team.
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Sambo’s helicopter destroys 78-year-old woman’s home
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The sand stirred up by the helicopter conveying Vice-President Namadi Sambo to Buanchor, Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State on Friday destroyed a mud-house belonging to a 78-year- old woman, Mrs. Bessie Obi, when it landed in the community.
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The sand stirred up by the helicopter conveying Vice-President Namadi Sambo to Buanchor, Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State on Friday destroyed a mud-house belonging to a 78-year- old woman, Mrs. Bessie Obi, when it landed in the community.
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Okada riders beat up LASTMA officers
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Aggrieved riders of motorcycles popularly called Okada plying Magodo area of Lagos State took to the Ojodu Berger road on Monday to engage some officers of the Lagos State Traffic and Management Authority in a fight after a raid by a combined team of policemen and LASTMA officers.
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Aggrieved riders of motorcycles popularly called Okada plying Magodo area of Lagos State took to the Ojodu Berger road on Monday to engage some officers of the Lagos State Traffic and Management Authority in a fight after a raid by a combined team of policemen and LASTMA officers.
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Saturday, November 3, 2012
Soldiers kill over 40 in Maiduguri
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Operatives of a military task force shot dead dozens of young men during raids in Maiduguri, a stronghold of the radical Islamist group, Boko Haram, residents and a morgue worker told AFP on Friday.
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Operatives of a military task force shot dead dozens of young men during raids in Maiduguri, a stronghold of the radical Islamist group, Boko Haram, residents and a morgue worker told AFP on Friday.
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Soldiers kill over 40 in Maiduguri
Operatives of a military task force shot dead dozens of young men during raids in Maiduguri, a stronghold of the radical Islamist group, Boko Haram, residents and a morgue worker told AFP on Friday.
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JTF storm kidnappers hideout, kill 14
The Joint Military Task Force stormed the hideout of the kidnappers of a Turkish national in oil-rich Rivers State and killed 14 of them in a shootout, police said Saturday.
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Plane crash:Gov Suntai’s aides flown to Germany
THE three injured aides of Governor Danbaba Suntai of Taraba State in Thursday, penultimate week’s plane crash were Saturday airlifted to Germany for treatment.
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
Akwa Ibom deputy governor, Ekere, resigns
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AKWA Ibom State Deputy Governor, Mr. Nsima Ekere, on Wednesday resigned his position with immediate effect and without official explanation.
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AKWA Ibom State Deputy Governor, Mr. Nsima Ekere, on Wednesday resigned his position with immediate effect and without official explanation.
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
American tennis stars Serena and Venus Williams arrive Lagos
American tennis stars Serena and Venus Williams arrived in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, on Tuesday as part of a two-nation tour that will see them play exhibition matches to promote women’s rights.
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Stephen Keshi names 24 home-based players for the friendly against Venezuela
Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi has named 24 home-based players for the friendly match against Venezuela in Miami, United States of America, on November 14, as he prepares the side for January’s Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa.
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Pope appoints Kukah to Vatican’s Pontifical Council
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Abuja – Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Sokoto, as a member of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, Vatican City.
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21 Nigerian Pilgrims Die in Saudi Arabia
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The death toll of Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia has risen to 21 from 14, a week before the Hajj rites, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
NAN quotes the National Hajj Commission’s weekly public health bulletin “No one” dated October 29, which showed that the male pilgrims had the highest mortality rate of 13.
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Monday, October 29, 2012
A 46-year-old woman gives birth to a set of triplets in her 12th consecutive childbirths
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A 46-year-old housewife, Malama Delu Alhaji-Ali, of Unguwar Namanda village, Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State, on Saturday gave birth to a set of triplets in her 12th consecutive childbirths.
News Agency of Nigeria correspondent who visited the area, reports that the woman was delivered of the triplets at the Comprehensive Health Care Centre in Faskari.
Nigeria U-17 team, the Golden Eaglets beat Guinea 4-0
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Nigeria U-17 team, the Golden Eaglets, on Sunday beat Guinea 4-0 on in Conakry to qualify for the next round of the African Junior Championship on a 7-0 aggregate.
Bomb Kills 15 in Kaduna
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A BOMB explosion at a Catholic Church in Malali, Kaduna State claimed 15 lives and injured 100 people yesterday.
But the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) put the casualty figure at eight.
The spokesperson of the agency Yushau Shuaib, said: “NEMA rescuers in collaboration with stakeholders have so far confirmed eight dead and over 100 people injured from the bomb explosion.”
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Flood: Another woman gives birth to twins in camp
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ANOTHER set of twins has been delivered at the flood victims camp located at the Central School, Odekpe in Ogbaru local government area of Anambra State, bringing to three the number of multiple births recorded in the camps in the state since the victims were sacked by flood that ravaged their communities
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A Nigerian human trafficker jailed in Europe
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A Nigerian human trafficker who terrified his victims into silence through “juju” witchcraft rituals and sexual violence was convicted Friday of trafficking girls to work in the sex trade across Europe.
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Uba fights Authur Eze in Enugu
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A sensational legal battle between a business mogul from Anambra State, Prince Arthur Eze and Senator Andy Uba, representing Anambra South Senatorial District is now raging before an Enugu State High Court presided over by the Chief Judge, Justice Innocent Umezulike.
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