Let Nigeria’s nations speak up! By Gbogun Gboro

Because of the troubling picture of our country at this time, I believe that the nations, or at least the largest nations, of our country, should speak up now. I hope that some will.Some force must rise up to try and save this country from self-destructing. Individual eminent Nigerians at home and abroad have shouted and screamed, and some of the most influential persons in the world have stood at...

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Army Must Participate In Polls, PDP Insists

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation on Thursday disagreed with the rival All Progressive Congress (APC) on the need to deploy soldiers to maintain peace during the May 28 and April 11 general elections.The ruling party's position came on the same day when the Nigerian...

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Hot Weather Pushes Up Demand For Soft Drinks, Water Sachet In Asaba

Coldsoft drinks sellers and water sachet vendors at major parks and markets in Asaba are enjoying high patronage due to the prevailing hot weather and poor power supply in Asaba, Delta State.Some of the water vendors, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on in Asaba, said that the business...

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Shocker: CAN Got N7Bn And Gave N3M Each To State Chairmen To Campaign For Jonathan

Fresh facts emerged on Thursday about the allegation by the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, that President Goodluck Jonathan's Peoples Democratic Party gave some pastors N6bn to campaign against the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in...

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Elections Will Hold As Scheduled, Says President Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday dismissed fears of another postponement of the general elections, stressing that the March 28 and April 11 dates will not be changed.Dr. Jonathan spoke at the Naval Dockyard, Victoria Island, Lagos while inaugurating four new vessels to boost the capacity of...

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EFCC Press Release Pension Scam: Accused Ill Health Stalls Trial

The trial of a former Special Assistant to the Director of Administration (Pension Accounts), Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Aliyu Bello, and a Sokoto State school teacher, Abdullahi Omeiza, before Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court Abuja could not proceed...

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Immigration Deports 82 Illegal Immigrants Found With Temporal Voter Cards

Keeping to its promise of repatriating foreigners caught meddling with next month's elections, the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has sent packing, 82 Nigeriens, who were found with Temporary Voter Cards (TVCs).The aliens were said to have been arrested during raids conducted by NIS officials across...

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Policemen Threaten Strike Over Unpaid Salaries, As IGP Warns Against Breach Of Discipline

----------------------Press Release----------------------The attention of Police High Command has been drawn to a media publication captioned, "Policemen Threaten Strike over unpaid salaries". At the outset, it is pertinent to state that, the leadership of the Nigeria Police Force is mindful of...

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Breaking: More Terrorists Die As Air Campaign Gets Results In Sambisa And Gwoza

A concerted air campaign by the Nigerian Air Force is ongoing in furtherance of the mission to clear terrorists from all their enclaves.  The air strikes which today targeted the training camps and logistics dumps of the terrorists in Sambisa forests and parts of Gwoza have been highly successful...

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The IG of Police Orders Full-Scale Investigation Into Okrika Shootings

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Suleiman Abba CFR, NPOM, NPM, mni, has ordered a full-scale investigation into the shooting incident yesterday, 17th February, 2015 at the campaign rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Okrika, Rivers State, during which three Policemen were injured...

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