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Kidnappers Seize N3 Million And Our Personal Possessions |
The Lagos Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Wahab Oba, has said that N3m was seized from them by the gunmen who kidnapped him and three other journalists in Abia State on July 11. Narrating their ordeal in the hands of their captors at the Abia State Police headquarters, Umuahia, Oba said they were dropped off by the gunmen at a bush path in Ukpakiri, Obingwa Local Government Area, at about 1.30am on Sunday... more |
| How We Sojourn In The Kidnappers Den For One Week |
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At this point, all we want to say is to appreciate God for His guidance, for His protection and to also to appreciate the entire Nigerians. The Police have been very wonderful. The pressure from the Police has actually made this people to release us. There was no breathing space for them. We went for NEC meeting in Uyo and we thought that we should enjoy Nigerian communities, so we had to go by road... more |
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2010 World Cup: 'Nigeria Planned To Fail', Blatter |
FIFA president, Sepp Blatter said at the weekend that Nigeria’s failure to make an impact at the 2010 World Cup did not surprise him. Blatter added that Nigeria and indeed Cote’d Iovire planned for failure when they chose to make changes to the managements of their teams two month to the World Cup. “It would have been a miracle if Nigeria and Cote’d Ivoire had gone through... more |
| 2010 World Cup: Mandela Adds Glamour To Tournament |
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As if to seal the massively successful first World Cup Finals to be held on the African Continent, Africa’s biggest statesman, the Madiba himself, 91 year-old Nelson Mandela (who will be 92 next week), in company of his wife, Graca Machel, rode on the very turf where the brand new champions of the world were crowned... more |
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President Jonathan Extends Pay Rise To Military, Police |
President Goodluck Jonathan has extended the new salary package to the military, para-military, police and intelligence community, who were not always covered by similar salary reviews in the past.
The extension of the jumbo increase to other public servants as opposed to the core civil servants has shot the entire wage bill to N267. 4 billion... more |
| Missing Iranian Scientist Appears At Embassy In USA |
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A missing Iranian nuclear scientist, who Tehran says was kidnapped a year ago by the CIA, has taken refuge in the Iran section of Pakistan's US embassy. A spokesman from Pakistan's Foreign Office, Abdul Basit, told the BBC that Shahram Amiri was seeking immediate repatriation to Iran. In June videos purportedly of Mr Amiri but containing contradictory information on his whereabouts emerged... more |
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