All posts tagged "Abuja"
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2.2KLEAD STORIESThe Pride of a Nation
What do we make of a nation that has the potential to supply all of the world’s rice needs and yet imports...
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1.3KIN THE NEWS...Abuja School Saved from Boko Haram Bomb
It was on the morning of Tuesday, October 20, in a suburb of Nigeria’s federal capital Abuja. Two suspected Boko Haram terrorists...
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1.3KLEAD STORIESContradictions of Otuoke and Abuja
Residents of Otuoke in Bayelsa State have been singing like the ancient mariner in Samuel Coleridge’s poem: “Water, water everywhere/Nor any drop...
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1.0KDEVELOPINGNo Soldiers on Voting Day? Court May Be Ignored
A federal high court sitting in Lagos on Monday restrained the federal government from deploying soldiers for the general elections beginning on...
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1.2KPOLITICSTips for Safety During Nigeria Polls
Tension really came down across the length and breadth of Nigeria with the postponement of the Nigeria polls by six weeks in...
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3.1KBUSINESS & ECONOMYSuleiman Yahyah Is AshakaCem’s New Chairman
AshakaCem Plc, the cement manufacturers that are now a full subsidiary of Lafarge SA, on Thursday night elected Malam Suleiman Yahyah its...
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1.5KDEVELOPINGNigerian Farmers Demand Jonathan’s Assent to Biosafety Bill
A coalition of Nigerian farmers has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to immediately sign into law the Nigeria National Biosafety Bill passed recently...
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1.3KLEAD STORIESAwful-tasting ‘Salt’ from Ebonyi
By ANIEBO NWAMU — In the early hours of last Tuesday, a fire outbreak reportedly consumed valuable items including sensitive documents in...
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1.2KOPINIONIncompetence
Now I know why the rich and the not-so-rich of Nigeria reach for the airport at the first sign of illness. In...
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1.2KOPINIONYear of the Locusts
Somewhere in the streets of Abuja and Lagos, each of several people is paying N202.50kobo for one American dollar. I have for...