Tag Archives: Kogi State
by Ayo Olukotun The country is still reeling from the shock of the exposure of the horrible and dehumanizing condition of the Ikeja Police College. So frighteningly degraded is the shape of the college that the President following his unscheduled … read more »
by Olusegun Adeniyi Scores of pipelines vandals lost their lives at the weekend at Arepo Village in Ogun State, following an explosion which occurred as they struggled to siphon fuel. According to media reports, it all started with an argument … read more »
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Tagged Atlas Cove, IndepthAfrica, Kogi State, Lagos, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Nigerian news, NNPC, Ogun State, Port Harcourt
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SAM NDA-ISAIAH, Leadership President hadn’t been quoted verbatim by the international news agencies, I would probably have argued he was quoted out of context. I am still aghast that he could say what he said. In faraway Malawi, a few … read more »
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Tagged Anambra State, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica African news, Jonathan, Kogi State, Malawi, Nigeria, President of Nigeria, United States
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opinion There is need to introduce what night life in Abuja could be. Basically, the federal capital Territory is known to be a seat of power and naturally, a city full of civil servants and politicians. It is a city … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, bokoharam, Federal Capital Territory, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Kogi State, Nigeria, Port Harcourt
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The United States wants to help Nigeria fight Islamists it sees as a growing regional menace, but the country cannot rely on military might alone, an official travelling with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. Clinton visited Africa’s most … read more »
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An army official says a mosque attack that killed two soldiers followed a deadly church attack in central Nigeria. Lt. Col. Gabriel Olorunyomi had said Tuesday that three gunmen on motorcycles shot dead soldiers on patrol in Okene. He added … read more »
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Tagged bokoharam, bundesliga, Christian, FIFA, FIFA Womens World Cup, football, games, Indepth Nigeria, IndepthAfrica, IndepthSoccer, Islamism, Italia Serie A, Kogi State, La Liga, Muslim, Nigeria, Okene, premiership, Soccer, West Africa
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Gunmen have opened fire on worshippers during a church service in central Nigeria, killing at least 15 people. Nigerian officials say an unknown number of gunmen stormed the church late Monday near Okene in Kogi state. Kogi state is in … read more »
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Tagged Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, bokoharam, Christian Church, IndepthAfrica, Islamic terrorism, Islamism, Kogi State, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Okene
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KANO, Nigeria — Nigerian authorities have recovered a cache of arms, including explosives and rocket launchers, in two separate raids in the restive northern city of Gombe and arrested six suspects, a senior official said. “Following weeks of surveillance we … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Boko Haram, bomb, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Kano, Kogi, Kogi State, Nigeria, Okene
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Lagos – Nigerian troops have clashed with suspected members of Islamist group Boko Haram in a raid on an alleged hideout, leaving 11 dead, including a soldier and policeman, an official and local media said on Sunday. The clash occurred … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Boko Haram, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Kogi State, Muslim, Nigeria, Okene
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Nigeria’s military said it killed eight Islamist insurgents who attacked a market in the northeastern city of Maiduguri Monday, but a local nurse said his hospital had received at least 20 bodies from the fighting. Residents said they heard gunfire … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Boko Haram, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Kogi State, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Reuters
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Abuja – Nigeria’s Supreme Court ruled on Friday to remove five powerful state governors from office because their tenures should have expired last year, replacing them with the speakers of the house of assembly from the respective states. The governors … read more »
November 1, 2010 by benim
CONFLICTING interests within the hierarchy of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have deepened the rift between members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party, Investigations revealed that interests loyal to President Goodluck Jonathan, those of the former military … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Africa news, Atiku Abubakar, Bukola Saraki, Goodluck Jonathan, Ibrahim Babangida, Indepth Africa, Kogi State, Kwara State, Nigeria, Nigeria Elections, Nigeria politics, Okwesilieze Nwodo, Peoples Democratic Party, political-news
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October 31, 2010 by benim
Amid the feelers that the Mallam Adamu Ciroma-led Committee of the Northern Political Leaders Forum, NPLF, is set to come out with a decision on the presidential candidate from the north, Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State says the inability … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Adamu Ciroma, Africa news, Ahmadu Bello University, Aliyu Mohammed Gusau, Atiku Abubakar, Babangida Aliyu, geography, Goodluck Jonathan, Ibb, Ibrahim Babangida, Indepth Africa, International relations, Kogi State, Kwara State, Niger State, Nigeria, Nigeria election, Northern Nigeria, Political geography, political-news
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