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Saturday, September 13th, 2014
Jose Mourinho believes that Diego Costa is ‘not normal’, as the striker’s blistering introduction to English football showed no sign of abating with a hat-trick against Swansea. The 25-year-old was superb on Saturday as the Blues dealt with an early scare from Garry Monk’s impressive side to hold on to their impeccable Premier League record. […]
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Saturday, September 13th, 2014
Islamic State militants have released footage claiming to show the beheading of British hostage David Haines. The aid worker, 44, was captured by ISIS in Syria in March 2013. The plight of the dad-of-two was revealed when he appeared at the end of a video showing the beheading of US journalist Steven Sotloff earlier this […]
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Saturday, September 13th, 2014
The U.S. Embassy in Kampala has warned Americans in Uganda to stay indoors after the country’s forces arrested several terror suspects and recovered explosives in an operation to foil an “imminent” terrorist attack on the city. The country’s security forces have ratcheted up security in all public places, vowing to “effectively defeat whoever tried […]
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Saturday, September 13th, 2014
The dust raised by the stunning exposé of Australian independent negotiator, Dr Stephen Davis, on the alleged sponsors of the Boko Haram Islamic sect, indicted former Chief of Army Staff, General Azubuike Ihejirika (retd), the usual suspect, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, former Borno State governor, and an anonymous senior official of the Central Bank of […]
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Saturday, September 13th, 2014
By Oyewale Oyelola “We are calling on President Goodluck Jonathan to please contest in 2015 to continue transformation agenda of Nigeria” That was the clamour last weekend by the Anambra state Governor, Willie Obiano during a mega rally of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Akwa, the state capital. The event among others was […]
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Saturday, September 13th, 2014
The Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC has described as sad the news of the callous murder of Mr. Sabinus Ordu, cousin of Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, in his hometown, Ubima in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the State, on Monday, September 8. The party said the sudden death […]
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Saturday, September 13th, 2014
From Agabus Pwanagba, Jos Following gunshot wounds suffered by his son, Lt. Col. Adeboye Obasanjo this week during a clash with the Boko Haram insurgents, former President, Olusegun Obasanjo is being speculated to visit Jos, the Plateau state capital to see his injured son. African Examiner Correspondent learnt Obasanjo was quoted as promising that he […]
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Saturday, September 13th, 2014
Oyewale Oyelola The Federal House of Representatives has promised to support executive arm of government on the fight terrorism against in Nigeria. The Chairman, House Committee on Media, Zakari Mohammed stated this is a media chat ahead of September 16 resumption date for new legislative session of lawmakers. Mohammed said the House of Representatives have […]
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Saturday, September 13th, 2014
General Benjamin Adekunle (rtd), popularly known as ‘Black Scorpion’ is dead. According to family source, he died Saturday morning in Lagos. Born in June 1936 in Kaduna, Adekunle served in the Nigerian Army from 1958-1974. Gen. Adekunle served in the Congo crisis and the Nigeria civil war. He later assumed command of the Lagos Garrison […]
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Saturday, September 13th, 2014
The United States (US) Secretary of State, Mr. John Kerry has finally arrived Egypt to pursue effort in forming a strong and broad coalition to confront the Islamic State (IS) insurgents. While in the North African country, Kerry is expected to meet with the Arab League Chief Nabil al-Arabi in Cairo to discuss update and […]
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Friday, September 12th, 2014
The sight of £16m deadline-day signing Danny Welbeck, will bring a fresh sense of optimism around the Emirates on Saturday as Arsenal take on Manchester City in what has been tagged Premier League match of the week. The former Manchester United striker netted two vital goal last week as England beat Switzerland in their Euro […]
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Friday, September 12th, 2014
Ayo Balogun As debate trails the resumption date of schools announced by the Federal Government last Friday, the Lagos State Government appears ready for new academic session as it has directed all schools in the state to resume on Monday, September 22, 2014. The directive was in a press statement issued Friday in Ikeja by […]
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Friday, September 12th, 2014
A South African national on transit at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, has been held and screened for Ebola after showing potential symptoms of the disease. The South African woman, who flew in to Lagos from Morocco, according to reports, had worked in Guinea and Sierra Leone. She was being treated as a suspected case […]
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Friday, September 12th, 2014
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, Nigeria Bureau Victorious President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Aminu Maigari is like a proverbial cat with nine lives. Maigari has been in the last three months, enmeshed in a messy and dragged power tussle in the country’s football governing house. In actual fact, the crises if not for resenting interest and ulterior motives of […]
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Friday, September 12th, 2014
Many woshippers on Friday feared dead when a building collapsed within the premises of the popular TB Joshua’s Synagogue Church in Ikotun, a Lagos suburb. Many were also injured while many others were still trapped in the rubles of the collapsed structure. Reasons for the collapse of the six story edifice which occurred around 2:00pm […]
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Friday, September 12th, 2014
By Niyi Adeyi The Transformation Ambassador of Nigeria (TAN), a campaign/rallies body collecting signatures to endorse President Goodluck Jonathan second tenure in office has descended heavily on the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) on its criticism over its activities and accused it of double standard. Referring to APC press statement issued on Wednesday, which described […]
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Friday, September 12th, 2014
By Adewale Kupoluyi Parents and guardians with their children and wards in both public and private primary and secondary schools – which were earlier scheduled to reopen by the third week of September after a long holiday that began late July – were directed by the Federal Government to adhere to a new date following […]
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Friday, September 12th, 2014
Justice Thokozile Masipa of a South African Pretoria’s High Court, has ruled that Oscar Pistorius is guilty of culpable homicide, an offence the country considers unintentional, but unlawfully killing of a person. The Friday judgement followed yesterday ruling in which Justice Masipa absolved Pistorius of murder – the killing of his late girlfriend and fellow […]
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Thursday, September 11th, 2014
Adegbola Adigun ‘9ice’ Abolore Akande has kicked off his political career in Ogbomosho, Oyo State with a massive crowd storming the venue of the campaign. The musician turned politician visited Ogbomosho Town Hall, Oja Igbo on Wednesday 10th 2014 to address the indigenes of the city on his ambition to represent Ogbomosho North /South & […]
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Thursday, September 11th, 2014
From Agabus Pwanagba, Jos In its efforts to ensure that the 1, 542 polling units just allocated to Plateau State, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the state’s electoral empire has constituted a committee, to ensure equity, justice and fairness in the subsequent distribution and allocation of the voting points. The members of the committee who were […]
