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GDP Figure: Beyond Belief

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Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Why Nigeria’s new GDP figure may not mean much for average Nigerians beyond being an indication of developments…

What Our People Will Gain From Rebasing The GDP

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12 years ago

Ngozi Okonjo-Iwaela, Finance Minister, in this interview with RayPower FM, reacts to criticism of the rebasing exercise Many Nigerians want…

How Rebasing Can Translate To Development

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12 years ago

Dr Ayo Teriba, Managing Director of Economic Associates and one of the experts who knew how the figures came about,…

Libyan gunmen kidnap Jordan envoy

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12 years ago

Gunmen travelling in two cars on Tuesday abducted the Jordanian ambassador to Tripoli, Fawaz Aitan, in an attack that left…

Uganda MPs probe athletes’ sex abuse scandal

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12 years ago

Uganda’s parliament has opened a probe into the alleged sex abuse of elite female runners from the national team by…

Transgenders are third gender, India’s Supreme Court says

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12 years ago

India’s highest court on Tuesday recognised the existence of a third gender that is neither male nor female, in a…

Afghan deputy minister kidnapped

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12 years ago

KABUL (AFP) – A senior Afghan government official was kidnapped along with his driver on his way to work in…

New poll tips Indian opposition alliance to win majority

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India’s Hindu nationalist opposition party and its allies are on course to win an overall parliamentary majority in the world’s…

Ban Ki Moon condemns Nigerian bombing

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12 years ago

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last night condemned the bus bombing that killed at least 71 in Abuja, Nigeria on…

Sierra-Leone marathoner disappears in London

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12 years ago

A female athlete from Sierra Leone has been declared missing in the United Kingdom after participating in the London Marathon.…

Nigerians tell FG change tactics against Boko Haram

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Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja A cross section of Nigerians has called on federal government to review its anti insurgency tactics in view…

US army denies clemency to WikiLeaks source

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A US Army general has denied clemency to the soldier formerly known as Bradley Manning for leaking hundreds of thousands…

Washington Post, London Guardian share Pulitzer prize

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NEW YORK (AFP) – The Guardian of London and the Washington Post shared a Pulitzer Prize Monday for reporting on…

Chinese herb beats drug for arthritis

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12 years ago

A Chinese herb called thunder god vine works better than a widely-prescribed pharmaceutical drug at easing rheumatoid arthritis, a study…

Tinubu urges Jonathan to be more decisive on Boko Haram menace

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12 years ago

The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Nigeria’s leading opposition group, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has urged President Goodluck…

In Nsukka, power outage makes phone battery chargers smile to bank

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12 years ago

Service providers in Nsukka, Enugu State in eastern Nigeria, who charge telephone batteries for people in exchange for money now…

14 soldiers charged with mutiny in Sierra-Leone

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12 years ago

(Reuters) – A Sierra Leone military court has charged 13 soldiers and a captain with mutiny and denied them bail,…

Fire guts press centre at PDP’s house

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12 years ago

There was a minor fire incident which affected some parts of the Press Centre situated within the premises of the…

OOU, Medical students at loggerhead over fees

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12 years ago

The management of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye, has refused to honour the invitation of the Ogun House of Assembly…

Toll on Lekki-Ikoyi Bridge: Court gives date for ruling

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12 years ago

A Nigerian Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday fixed 25 April for ruling on the Lagos State Government’s application…

US denounces ‘senseless’ Nigeria bombing

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12 years ago

The United States on Monday condemned a bomb attack on a packed bus station in Nigeria which killed 71 people,…

US woman charged with serial killing of her newborn babies

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A US woman accused of killing six of her own newborn babies appeared in a court Monday and was held…

Govt discovers 7,000 ghost students on scholarship

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Niger state government said it uncovered 7,000 ghost students on the payroll of its scholarship board. The Commissioner for Tertiary…

UK condemns Abuja bus station bomb attack

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The United Kingdom Foreign Secretary William Hague has condemned today’s bus station bomb attack at Nyanya in Abuja, which killed…

Abuja Blasts: PDP blames APC

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12 years ago

Nigeria’s ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) accused the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) for the bomb attack that claimed scores…

APGA: Court dismisses Victor Umeh’s application

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A Nigerian Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday dismissed the stay of execution application brought by Chief Victor Umeh…

14 year-old bride charged with murder

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12 years ago

A 14 year-old bride, Wasila Tasi’u, was on Monday charged before a Rijiyar Zaki Magistrates’ Court in Kano for alleged…

Abuja bomb blasts: Survivors recount lucky escape

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12 years ago

Some of the survivors of the twin bomb blasts at Nyanya Bus Station, Abuja have spoken about their lucky escape.…

Police confirm Bauchi village attack

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12 years ago

The Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed that unknown gunmen shot and injured one person in an attack in Wasasa…

Jonathan visits bomb blast scene, hospital

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12 years ago

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday urged Nigerians to be conscious and observant of possible security threat around them, to reduce…

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