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British PM to persuade Jonathan to give equal rights to gay/lesbians

noreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:12:22 PDT

Britain will engage Nigeria on the bill seeking to stop same-sex marriage, British Prime Minister David Cameron said yesterday. He was speaking against the backdrop of the legislation already ...

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Marriage crashes over husband’s inability to satisfy wife in bed

noreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:03:50 PDT

An Agege Customary Court in Lagos on Tuesday dissolved a seven-year-old marriage of an office assistant who said that her husband was unable to satisfy in bed. The Court President, Mr Emmanuel...

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Nine PDP govs voted for Amaechi – Lamido

noreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:04:35 PDT

Jigawa Sate Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, on Tuesday said nine Peoples Democratic Party governors voted for the incumbent chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, at the June...

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BEHOLD: First Motorcycle Produced In Nigeria

noreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:07:20 PDT

The Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of NASENI, Engr. Dr. Mohammed Sani Haruna, riding on the made-in-Nigeria motorcycle Only recently President Goodluck Jonathan inaugurated the National Space ...

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UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH GOV FASHOLA - 'I was almost a mechanic after i failed WAEC'

noreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:08:14 PDT

It was not like any of the interviews he had granted in the past. For two hours he held a select group of editors spellbound and reeling in laughter as he spoke about his hatred for school, love...

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Boko Haram Declare War on Borno, Yobe Youths

noreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:08:46 PDT

A spokesperson for the Boko Haram, Abu Zinnira, has said his group will launch a manhunt for youth in Borno and Yobe states who partake in vigilante activities to identify and arrest members of...

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FG approves cut-off marks for 2013/2014 UTME

noreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:09:13 PDT

The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja approved cut-off marks for admission into tertiary institutions for the 2013/2014 academic session. The Minister of Education, Ruqayyatu Rufa’i,...

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I Won’t Quit as PDP Chairman - Tukur

noreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:06:28 PDT

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bamanga Tukur, has said contrary to reports that President Goodluck Jonathan had directed him and other members of the National Working...

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Boko Haram Kill 9 Students, 13 Fishermen In Maiduguri

noreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:11:24 PDT

Residents of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, said suspected members of Boko Haram on Monday killed 22 persons in separate attacks. They said the terrorists were on a revenge mission against...

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Late Abibatu Mogaji: Mixed feelings over closure of markets

noreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:47:30 PDT

FOR the past few days, Adigun Street in the Ikeja area of Lagos has become a Mecca of sorts as people throng the place to mourn with the family of the departed President-General, Association of...

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NSCDC arrests 15 oil thieves in Bayelsa

noreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:36:42 PDT

OFFICIALS of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps have arrested 15 suspected oil thieves in Bayelsa State. The command also impounded five trucks, three tankers and seven speedboats.The...

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We will beat Nigeria - Luis Suarez

noreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:37:47 PDT

Uruguay striker, Luis Suarez has boasted that the Super Eagles will suffer for the 2-1 defeat inflicted by Spain on the Uruguay when the champions of Africa and South Americans clash tomorrow in a...

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Oduamadi, Balotelli top FIFA’s performance index

noreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:21:44 PDT

After a colourful and exciting first round of FIFA Confederations Cup matches that featured a flurry of goals, it is perhaps no surprise to see a couple of forwards at the top of the Castrol...

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Oduamadi gets Milan recall

noreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:18:47 PDT

Nnamdi Oduamadi described his hat-trick against Tahiti at the Fifa Confederations Cup as ‘massive’ and says it is the reward of hard work. The goals have also earned him an immediate recall to his...

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NWC members beg Jonathan for appointments

noreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:11:56 PDT

Out-of-favour members of the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday night begged President Goodluck Jonathan to reward them with political appointments. The eight...

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Police arrest nine over murder of NURTW leader

noreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:08:16 PDT

The Oyo State Police Command has arrested nine suspects for alleged involvement in the killing of one of the leaders of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Rafiu Adebayo, in...

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Immigration officer arrested for burning 12 year-old girl with electric iron

noreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:42:31 PDT

An official of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Kwara State Command, Mr Yemi Afolayan has been arrested for allegedly inflicting body injuries, with hot electric iron on a 12 year-old girl, Favour...

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Old Number Plates, Driver's Licence Expire Sept 31, Says FRSC

noreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:40:25 PDT

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) said on Wednesday that the old number plates and the old driver’s licence would expire by Sept. 31 The Sector Commander of the commission in Plateau, Mr...

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Confusion as robbers kill seven in Iseyin, Oyo State

noreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:34:45 PDT

The victims were killed while trying to escape being robbed. Seven residents of Iseyin in Oyo State were reportedly killed on Saturday with the news spreading across the town on Monday and...

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Survivors of Damaturu secondary school attack narrate ordeal

noreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:31:55 PDT

Some students of Government Secondary School, Damaturu, on Tuesday narrated how they were attacked by suspected insurgents on Sunday night. NE had reported how seven students and two teachers...

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Police Shoot At Protesting Students in Lagos

noreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:23:55 PDT

At least four students were allegedly shot by policemen at the Michael Otedola College Of Primary Education, MOCPED, Epe on Monday afternoon when a purported peaceful protest degenerated into a...

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Latest report: Nelson Mandela ‘doing very well’

noreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:20:39 PDT

Nelson Mandela, who has been in hospital for 10 days suffering a lung infection, is “doing very well”, one of his daughters said on Monday. “He is doing very well,” Zenani Mandela-Dlamini, South...

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I Can’t Be Consoled, Mother Of 9 -Year Old Boy Killed By Police

noreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:18:16 PDT

Funke Ebun, the distraught mother of Timilehin Solomon Ebun, the nine-year old boy who was killed by the police in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, last Thursday night, has said she cannot find words or...

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Nigerian drug trafficker allegedly ‘ingests 126 wraps’ of heroine

noreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:10:45 PDT

Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos have apprehended a suspected drug trafficker over alleged ingestion of 126 ...

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Nigerian Father arraigned for beating his 14-yr-old child

noreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:01:48 PDT

A 43-year-old man, Lekan Adeoye, on Tuesday appeared before an Ibadan Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly beating and inflicting injury on his 14-year-old child. The hearing of the...

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We will send the first Nigerian into space by 2015 - Minister of Science and Technology

noreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:59:45 PDT

Minister of Science and Technology, Prof. Ita Okon Ewa, has said that plans have been perfected to send the first Nigerian into space by 2015. This he said was part of a 25-year plan to...

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FG drops charges against Russian sailors for alleged unlawful arms importation

noreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:54:47 PDT

The Federal Government on Tuesday dropped the charges against eight out of the 15 Russian sailors charged with unlawful importation of arms into Nigeria. They are Zhelyazkov Andrey,...

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War on terrorism: Jonathan calls for more international co-operation

noreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:34:17 PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Tuesday called for greater global co-operation and co-ordination in the war against terrorism. Jonathan made the call while receiving the new ambassadors of...

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Father poisons three year old son, arrested

noreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:29:16 PDT

An 21 year old man, John Terver has been arrested by the Police in Makurdi for allegedly poisoning the food of his three year old son, Aondoyima Terver which led to the death of the...

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How I escaped from suspected ritualist – Woman

noreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:19:21 PDT

A 30-year-old woman, Precious Adebayo, yesterday, narrated how she escaped from a suspected ritualist, Taiwo Balogun, who disguised as a commercial bus driver. Precious told Vanguard that at...

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