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US report says Boko Haram may have anti-aircraft missiles
Photos: Angry Arik Air passengers block Abuja airport runway
Withholding Our Salaries Will Not Make Us End The Strike, ASUU Tells FG
Army Verifying Authenticity Of New Boko Haram Video Showing Boko Haram Leader Shekau Alive
Video: Another police extortion caught on tape
Fashola Apologises To Igbos Over Poor Handling of Deportation
Borno State Governor Donates Blood To Helpless Pregnant Woman
My Deputy Betrayed Me - Governor Suntai

US report says Boko Haram may have anti-aircraft missiles

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 08:43 AM PDT


From Punch A report by a committee of the United States House of Representatives has linked the fundamentalist Islamist sect, Boko Haram to al Shabaab, the terror group that carried...




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Photos: Angry Arik Air passengers block Abuja airport runway

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 08:41 AM PDT


Angry passengers yesterday evening Thursday September 26th blocked the runway of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, preventing planes from taking-off or landing. The passengers, who...




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Withholding Our Salaries Will Not Make Us End The Strike, ASUU Tells FG

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 02:18 AM PDT


University lecturers yesterday reiterated their commitment to the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, saying not even the attempt by the Federal...




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Army Verifying Authenticity Of New Boko Haram Video Showing Boko Haram Leader Shekau Alive

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 02:12 AM PDT


The Nigerian army said Thursday it was trying to verify the authenticity of a video that appeared to show Boko Haram's leader mocking reports that he may have been killed. A security task force...




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Video: Another police extortion caught on tape

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 02:05 AM PDT


This one happened in Onitsha Area Command, in Anambra State. Officers: Stephen Iduh, Anselem Ukachukwu, J. O Daudu of the Servicom Unit. as at Friday 20th Sept. 2013. The police tried to extort...




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Fashola Apologises To Igbos Over Poor Handling of Deportation

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 12:22 AM PDT


Many thought there is even no need for an apology since those destitute were abandoned by the government of their state, Anambra, but Governor Babatunde Fashola is a man of peace. Two months...




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Borno State Governor Donates Blood To Helpless Pregnant Woman

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 12:20 AM PDT


A pregnant woman in need of blood was saved by the Borno State governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima when he paid an unsheduled visit to General Muhammadu Shuwa Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri, the Borno...


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My Deputy Betrayed Me - Governor Suntai

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 12:18 AM PDT


Ailing Taraba State Governor Danbaba Suntai has accused his deputy, Alhaji Garba Umar, of betrayal. Suntai said he least expected the deputy governor to lust for his (Suntai's) office given the...


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