Month: January 2017
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Boko Haram: Professor, 2 others Killed, As Many Injure in Bomb Attack in University of Maiduguri
Police Commissioner, Damian Chukwu has mobilised bomb squad to the scene of early morning suicide bomb attacks at the University of Maiduguri, where a Professor and two others were killed in the blast while thirteen others were said to have been rush to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital tovsave their lives. The suicide bomb…
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Boko haram: UNHCR, borno govt. Distributes shelter kits to 2000 idps in konduga
BY: YAHAYA WAKILI. MAIDUGURI Borno state Government in collaboration with UNHCR launches the distribution of 2000 Shelter Kits to 2000 beneficiaries in Konduga Borno state governor, Hon. Kashim Shettima was in Konduga on Thursday to officially launch the distribution of 2000 Shelter Kits to 2000 beneficiaries to assist them towards rebuilding their house which was…
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When Judgment Comes Upon The Hangman
By Philip Agbese The cobwebs should have cleared from the eyes of anyone previously in doubt about the shady dealings of online hitman and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoleye Sowore, who was this week arrested over an alleged threat to life and blackmail of a London-based journalist, Lekan Fatodun. For those unfamiliar with Sowore’s activities,…
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Anti-Terrorism Campaigns: From Battlefields To Sponsors of Terrorism
By: Charles Ibekwe The indulgence into criminality by some Nigerians is really strange and awful. The rapidity and magnitude Boko Haram Terrorisms expanded its viciousness in Nigeria stunned infinitely. The existence of caves in some forests in Kogi state and other parts of Nigeria, which served as factories for the manufacture of terrorists lethal weapons…
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OPC: Group Urges Gani Adams To Resign As Admonished By Ooni
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Concerned Coordinators of the Odua People’s Congress (OPC) have commended the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi II for admonishing Otunba Gani Adams to resign as the National Coordinator of OPC in order to put an end to the lingering crisis rocking the congress. The spokesman for the Coordinators, Comrade Maruf…
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Ohanaeze: Ekweremadu Hails Nnia Nwodo’s Emergence
By Aaron Ossai The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has hailed the election of the former Minister of Information, Chief John Nnia Nwodo as the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo. Reacting to the Tuesday election of the pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ekweremadu described Nnia Nwodo as a cerebral intellectual with well established contacts across…
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Dark Clouds Over Boko Haram Defeat
By Yahaya WAKILI, Maidugur Sect Attacks From Mystery Positions, Behead 15 Hunters, Kill 6 Soldiers In Renewed Ambus They Are Signs Of Desperation In Defeat – Army The one biggest wish of Nigerians is perhaps the end to Boko Haram terrorism. And so, when the President, Muhammadu Buhari announced the total conquest of the terrorists,…
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Gov Ahmed Warns Tertiary Institutions On Revenue Targets
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara state governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has warned that any head of tertiary institution in the state who fails to meet revenue targets resulting in salary arrears would be changed. Governor Ahmed, who handed down the warning during a meeting with heads of government owned- tertiary institutions in the state,…
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Boko Haram: Borno Officials Flee As Military Expands Dragnet
FG Probes How Gov Rewards Kingpins With Appointments Council Boss Confesses Collecting 120 Heads of Cattle, N.5m As Deal Lobby Hits Brick Wall As Irabor Remains Adamant, Buratai Gives Marching Orders By Yahaya WAKILI, Maiduguri Until events began to unfold in Borno State, nobody ever read any meaning into governor Kashim Shettima’s frequent references to…
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Mrs. Rashida Bello’s Rural Development Exploits in Kogi
By Aaron Ossai Since assumption of office, barely a year ago the humane and urbane wife of the Executive Governor of Kogi state Mrs. Rashida Bello has been an ardent and passionate advocate of women, children and the vulnerable in Kogi state. Her commitment to her core beliefs in lifting the life of the less…