Damaturu — Residents of Nasarawa ward of Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, yesterday, woke up to the shocking news of the slaughter of twin teenagers by yet to be identified persons.
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When NASA's newest rover, Curiosity, reaches Mars in about three weeks, it will not be the first to set its wheels on the Red Planet, but it will be the largest and most advanced robotic explorer that has ever been sent to our planetary neighbor.
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The Federal Government says it is currently engaging the government of Ghana on the issue of a $300,000 fee demanded as capital base for people wishing to do business in Ghana. The discrimination of Nigerian businessmen and women in Ghana has been reported increasingly in the past weeks with the Ghanaian side largely unapologetic for decisions made though claiming to be in tandem with free trade laws of the West African sub-region.
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The Federal Government’s Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a U.S.-Nigerian joint venture to build six modular refineries with a combined capacity of 180,000 barrels a day is raising doubts among analysts who question the nature of the deal.
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A federal High Court sitting in Enugu Friday struck out the suit challenging the emergence of the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Enugu West senatorial zone in the April 2011 general elections.
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Governor Ibikunle Amosun was Thursday, running against time in a desperate bid to avert the long predicted political showdown with his predecessor, former Governor Segun Osoba. At issue is the selection of candidates for tomorrow’s local government election which has led to a dramatic face-off between the incumbent governor and associates of Osoba.
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New York -The Department of Defence, in a first-of-its-kind move, will allow active duty members of all branches of the U.S. military to don their service uniforms while marching in an upcoming San Diego gay pride parade, event organisers said.
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ABUJA-SPEAKER of the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has said the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which began across the globe on Friday, should be used to pray for peace, unity and progress of Nigeria.
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WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama said he was “shocked and saddened” by the mass shooting at a Denver-area cinema early Friday in which at least 14 people were killed and 50 wounded.
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A Federal High Court in Abuja will on July 24 decide whether to release the international passport of Senator Mohammed Aliyu Ndume who is standing trial for alleged terrorism financing to him to enable travel abroad.
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