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Crackdown On Nigerian Media Sparks Censorship Row

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From nationwide seizures of newspapers to tough new regulations on live political programming, rights groups and journalists say Nigeria’s media…

Pregnant Woman Commits Suicide

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Jethro Ibileke/Benin A middle aged mother of one identified as Ometere Aduga, a 300-level medical student drop-out, has reportedly committed…

Fraudsters Kill Ex-Customs Officer, Daughter

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Yusuf Muhammed A suspected fraudster, Alhaji Olatunji Azeez, has allegedly killed a 64-year old retired customs officer, Angela Uzo Kery…

Ekiti Election: Candidates In Last-Minute Campaign Battle

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12 years ago

Barely 48 hours to the governorship election in Ekiti State, western Nigeria, the leading candidates are locked in a last…

Confab: Absentee delegates to lose sitting allowance

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Delegates who failed to show up for plenary sessions of the ongoing National Conference without any cogent reason will as…

Igbo group commends Fashola over Ndubusi Kanu park

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The Ndigbo Cultural Society of Nigeria (NCSN) has commended Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola for naming one of the finest…

Charles Taylor pleads to serve jail term in Rwanda

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Former Liberian president Charles Taylor says his imprisonment in Britain breaches his human rights and has applied to serve the…

Oyo declares 7 days mourning for Arisekola

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12 years ago

The Oyo State Government has declared seven days of mourning following the death of Alhaji AbdulAzeez Arisekola-Alao in the UK…

Italy to repatriate 700 Nigerian prisoners

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12 years ago

Nigeria and Italy would soon conclude negotiations on a Prisoners Transfer Agreement (PTA) to facilitate the return of over 700…

Ex-Jerusalem mayor jailed over corruption

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An Israeli court sentenced former Jerusalem mayor Uri Lupolianski Thursday to six years in prison for his part in a…

US, Japanese cancer researchers win Asian ‘Nobel’ Prize

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12 years ago

An American and a Japanese immunologists were Thursday named joint recipients of the Tang Prize, touted as Asia’s version of…

Pakistani female singer murdered

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12 years ago

Yet-to-be-identified gunmen have shot dead a popular female singer in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar in the latest attack…

Nine missing as second boat sinks off Malaysia

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12 years ago

Nine people were missing after an Indonesia-bound boat sank off western Malaysia early Thursday, a report said, as authorities searched…

Chime begins leave, hands over to deputy

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12 years ago

Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has proceeded on his annual vacation after handing over to his deputy, Sunday Onyebuchi.…

UK promises more to support Nigeria

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12 years ago

The United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID), says it will do everything possible to support the Nigerian Government. Ben…

Italy to assist Nigeria against terrorism

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12 years ago

The Italian Government on Wednesday in Abuja declared its support and willingness to assist Nigeria in the fight against terrorism.…

Confab restricts public office holders to local hospitals

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12 years ago

The National Conference on Wednesday in Abuja recommended the restriction of government sponsorship of public officers for foreign medical care…

New King takes charge in Spain

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12 years ago

King Felipe VI took the Spanish crown Thursday, setting the stage for celebrations in the flag-festooned capital a day after…

Nigeria’s military chief debunks coup rumour

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12 years ago

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh, Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff on Wednesday dismissed rumours that the military is…

Jonathan, Atiku, Tinubu, others extol Arisekola-Alao

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12 years ago

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan opened the floodgate of tributes for Alhaji Abdul-Azeez Arisekola-Alao, the Nigerian businessman who died in London…

OAU shut indefinitely over school fees

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12 years ago

The authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, has shut the university indefinitely following sustained protest of students over increment…

Boko Haram plans to bomb Abuja with petrol tankers – FG

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The Federal Government said on Wednesday that a plot by insurgent group, Boko Haram to bomb Abuja, the Federal Capital…

PDP working to rig Ekiti election – Oyegun

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12 years ago

The National Chairman of the APC, John Oyegun has accused the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP of planning to rig the…

Ekiti Election: APC loses faith in the Jega-led INEC

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Kayode Fayemi Campaign Organisation, (KFCO) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) to explain the role of its…

Nigerian censors board wants ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ re-edited

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12 years ago

The movie adaptation of Ngozi Adichie Chimamanda’s “Half of a Yellow Sun” will still not be showing in Nigeria, close…

Akande’s Valedictory Speech to APC executives

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Chief Bisi Akande formally ends his duty as interim chairman of Nigeria’s largest opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC),…

Abacha loot: Liechtenstein returns $227mn to Nigeria

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12 years ago

GENEVA(AFP) – Liechtenstein said Wednesday it would return 167 million euros ($227 million) to Nigeria, ending a drawn-out battle by…

Police warn Nigerian soccer fans Keep off TV venues

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12 years ago

Nigeria’s police on Wednesday advised football fans to stay away from public venues showing World Cup matches after a bomb…

Brazil World Cup: Nigeria, Ghana lead in TV viewerships

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12 years ago

The first-ever survey of World Cup viewing habits among Africans has given added weight to what has long been suspected…

Two women jailed for slapping Abuja policeman

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An Upper Area court in Zuba, FCT, on Wednesday sentenced two women – Binta Mamman, 35, and Safiya Aliyu, 19,…

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