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Students plan nationwide protests against ASUU strike
PLANS may be underway by some Nigerian students to organise from Tuesday, a mass protest aimed at highlighting the woes bedeviling public education in the country. Organised by the Joint Action Front...
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[PHOTOS] CBN Gov, Sanusi Lamido Celebrates Wife Of 25 Years, Sadiya With...
The governor of the apex, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has conferred the chieftaincy title of Giwar Dan Maje on his wife, Sadiya at a ceremony held in his Nassarawa GRA,...
View ArticleBoko Haram Has Created Over 10000 Widows In Borno – Rock of Ages Foundation
A Non-Governmental Organisation, catering for the need of widows, the Rock of Ages Empowerment Foundation, has put the number of widows in Maiduguri, capital of Borno State, at over 10,000 following...
View ArticleHow Security Adviser Took Amaechi To Jonathan For Reconciliation
FURTHER details have emerged concerning a recent peace meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan and the Governor of Rivers state, Chief Rotimi Amaechi, which held in Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. The...
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Teenager Drowns as Ocean Surge Ravages Lagos Beaches
Barely a day after environmentalists and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) warned about the ongoing ocean surge in the coastal area of Lagos State, a teenager was swept away in the surge...
View Article[VIDEO] Usain Bolt Remains World’s Fastest Man, Wins 100M World Final
Usain Bolt marked his World Championships 100m gold medal by suggesting comparisons with Pele, Maradona and Muhammad Ali. If ever a man carried a sport on his shoulders, it’s this man, right now. It...
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Keshi Backs Mikel For CAF Awards
Super Eagles head coach, Stephen Keshi, has expressed optimism that Chelsea star John Mikel Obi is miles ahead of other contenders for this year’s African Footballer of the Year Award. Keshi told...
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New Lille No.1, Enyeama starts with a clean sheet
Vincent Enyeama began life as the number one at Lille with a clean sheet. Lille beat Lorient 1-0. Though it was a relatively quiet evening for the Super Eagles goalkeeper, he had to make three saves to...
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Work permit stops Mba Stoke deal
EPL side Stoke City will not consider a move for Sunday Mba as he did not play enough games for Nigeria to be granted a work permit. Netherlands-based agent Richard Umejei told MTNFootball.com that a...
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Lagos Bans Keke Marwa from Victoria Island, Ikeja & Other High Ways
Recently, rumour was rife that the state government was set to ban tricycle operators, otherwise called “Keke Marwa,” from the roads following their recklessness. However, the state government...
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Senator Ita-Giwa Pleads With Kinsmen On Bakassi Resettlement Plan
A prominent Bakassi indigene, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, has advised her people and Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora to accept the Goodluck Jonathan administration’s plans to develop and ensure a...
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NGF: 26 Governors Shun Gov Jonah Jang’s meeting
For the third time in the series, governors loyal to Chibuike Amaechi led Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF yesterday shunned the meeting summoned by Jonah Jang of Plateau State faction. Yesterday’s...
View ArticleEDUCATION IN NIGERIA: A DEEPENING QUAGMIRE
As at the time of writing this article, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is still continuing the strike action embarked on a strike action it embarked upon for the umpteenth time to...
View Article[OPINION] When A Woman Starts To Age
Temidire is all you could ask for in a man. He isn’t handsome neither does he know book like that. He often forgets to wear matching stockings. He is what Jemila and Rukky call ‘presentable’ or ‘just...
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Meet Woman With 22 Personalities: She’s A Mother Of Two, A Brothel Madam, A...
When Dawn Taylor walks down the street hand in hand with her two young sons, she looks like any other devoted mum. But Dawn, 31, is not like other mothers. She has multiple personalities – an...
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Canadians Rally Support for Two Nigerian Students Facing Deportation
Victoria Ordu and Ihouma Amadi were ordered deported last year after they violated their student visas by working for two weeks at a Wal-Mart. The two had been studying at the University of Regina,...
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Omotola, Genevieve, Monalisa, others make African Oscars list
The nominees for the third annual African ‘Oscars’ organised by Nollywood and African Film Critics, USA Washington DC has been released with Omotola Jolade Ekeinde, Genevieve Nnaji, Monilsa Chinda and...
View Article[OPINION] Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and the Churches by Joe Igbokwe
An urgent pressing matter in my home town, Nnewi in Anambra State compelled me to travel on Friday August 9 2013, afternoon after an engagement in Lagos. As I was about leaving the house around 1pm one...
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FEMI-FANI KAYODE: A WORD FOR THOSE THAT CALL ME AN IGBO-HATER
Those that call me a tribalist and an igbo-hater are simply misguided and ignorant. Perhaps they do not know the meaning of those words or the true import of their meaning. Those that know me well...
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[BREAKING] ASUP Preparing to Resume Strike
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) announced the decision to suspend the nationwide strike on July 16, 2013. Unfortunately, it has just been a pause. ASUP is gearing for another...
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