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Insurgency: Ohanaeze calls on Igbos in troubled areas to relocate families,...

The apex Igbo socio-political body, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has urges all the Igbos in troubled areas of the North and other parts of the country ... The post Insurgency: Ohanaeze calls on Igbos in...

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Nigeria is sick, PDP irresponsible, says Atiku

A former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has again lashed out at the Peoples Democratic Party’s-led Federal Government for bringing untold hardship on Nigerians through its ineffective policies. The...

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Jonathan congratulates Onobrakpeya on Museum of Africa Arts honour

President Goodluck Jonathan has applauded the honour conferred on Bruce Onobrakpeya, one of Nigeria’s most renowned artists, by the Smithsonian National Museum of African Arts in Washington DC on...

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BoI support to agro-processing, others grosses N670bn

The Bank of Industry on Saturday disclosed that it had so far supported sectors like agro-processing; solid minerals and metals; gas, energy and petrochemicals; and creative industry/gender with over...

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Gunmen abduct Ribadu’s brother Gunmen abduct Ribadu’s brother Gunmen abduct...

Gunmen have abducted Sani Ribadu, the younger brother of the former Chairman of the EFCC, Nuhu Ribadu, in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, on Sunday. “He was abducted by gun yielding men in his farm...

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NCC fixes 2.6GHz spectrum auction for December

The auctioning of 2.6GHz spectrum auctioning will hold in December, the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has said. In a statement made available to our correspondent in Abuja on Sunday, the...

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Dame Jonathan takes divine recourse to solve security challenges

The search for solutions to the myriad of problems affliction the country got the First Lady, Dame Patience Goodluck Jonathan, once again taking divine recourse, as she urged Nigerians Sunday to...

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Gunmen kidnap Ribadu’s brother in Yola

Gunmen on Sunday kidnapped Mallam Sani Ribadu, a junior brother of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu. A source said Sani was kidnapped in his farm along...

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Consensus candidacy: APC presidential aspirants hold meetings in Abuja

Day and nocturnal meetings have become the lot of the of the four presidential aspirants of the All Presidential Congress, APC lately, Vanguard investigations have revealed. The meetings which now hold...

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2015: Ohaneze fails to endorse Jonathan

Chibota Edozie, Enugu The apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohaneze Ndigbo yesterday could not muster the necessary number to endorse President Goodluck Jonathan for re-election in 2015. Speaking with...

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2015: PDP has failed to deliver, Nigerians should vote it out – Okorocha

By Chibota Edozie. Enugu Governor of Imo State and presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Rochas Okorocha said yesterday that he will be president of Nigeria in 2015. He...

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Police arrest suspected kidnapper of Petroleum Minister’s sister

The Rivers State Police Command has arrested a notorious kidnapper, Benjamin Bob-manuel, who led a gang that kidnapped the Petroleum Minister’s sister, Madam Osiya Agama last two weeks. According to...

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BPE sets up committee to screen bids for NITEL

The Bureau of Public Enterprises has established a committee to screen the technical proposals submitted by bidders for the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited and its mobile subsidiary, the Nigerian...

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South Africa police probe Zuma for corruption

South African police have launched an investigation into corruption allegations linked to President Jacob Zuma’s $24m state-funded upgrade of his house, according to parliamentary papers. In a written...

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FBN Holdings Plc acquires Kakawa Discount House Ltd

FBN Holdings Plc, together with its wholly-owned subsidiary, FBN Capital Limited, has completed the acquisition of a 54% equity interest in Kakawa Discount House Limited.     Consequently, FBN Holdings...

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Naira faces 15% devaluation —Report

The naira may be devalued by 15 per cent, an Ecobank research has stated. It hinged this on the recent drop in global oil prices that had forced the Central Bank of Nigeria to take some far-reaching...

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Jonathan’s Declaration: Police divert traffic from Eagle Square

As Nigerians prepare for President Goodluck Jonathan’s formal declaration of his intention to vie for the presidency in 2015, the police have announced that the roads leading into and out of Eagle...

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Judge’s absence stalls trial of Coca-Cola’s, NBC’s CEOs

The trial of the Nigerian Bottling Company Limited and Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited and their respective managing directors at the Federal High Court, Abuja Division due to the absence of the trial judge,...

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Clerics raise alarm over alleged beheading of Christians in Adamawa by B’Haram

Christian leaders in Adamawa State have expressed worry over an allegation that Christians are being systematically eliminated in the areas occupied by Boko Haram fighters in the state. The Christian...

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2015: “We cannot hand over government to terrorism sponsors”, says Akpabio

The governor of Akwa Ibom Sate and Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party governors forum, Chief Godswill Akpabio ...

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