Tag Archives: Nigerian Television Authority

Nigeria: Kidnapped NTA reporter regains freedom

March 24, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Olubunmi Oke, a female journalist working with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Akure, has been released by her abductors. Mrs. Oke , a nursing mother, was kidnapped on Thursday by four gunmen after closing from work at Oba Ile area … read more »

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Nigeria arrests Christmas bombing suspect

June 22, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Lagos – Nigerian troops have arrested a suspect in the Christmas Day bombings that killed at least 44 people, state television reported, as Washington put three Boko Haram leaders on its global terror list. In the northern State of Kaduna … read more »

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Nigeria opens secret prison for sect

April 19, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Abuja – Nigeria is opening a secret detention centre to hold and interrogate suspected high-level members of a radical Islamist sect responsible for hundreds of killings this year alone, a security official has told The Associated Press. While the facility … read more »

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Nigeria House of Representatives oppose President over fuel prices

January 8, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Nigerian lawmakers on Sunday turned against the president’s decision to end government fuel subsidies that kept gasoline prices low, just ahead of a planned labor strike that could paralyze Africa’s most populous nation. Meeting in an emergency session, Nigeria’s House … read more »

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Recent killing of Igbo’s in Northern Nigeria and the silence of Igbo politicians

January 8, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Odenigbo Chidi Anyaeche Killing of Igbo’s in Nigeria by their fellow Nigerians of Northern Nigerian Muslim extraction seems to be a yearly ritual. But the recent killings by a radical Islamic sect called Boko Haram (Western education is meaningless) … read more »

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Nigeria’s Federal Republic of Insecurity By Dr. Chido Nwangwu

December 19, 2011 by IndepthAfrica

Summary: if any of the President’s 100 advisers has the polite courage for the extraordinary task of reminding His Excellency of his foremost, sworn, constitutional obligation to the national interest about security and safety of Nigerians and all who sojourn … read more »

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Nigerian sect says killed journo for spying

October 25, 2011 by benim

Maiduguri – A Nigerian Islamist sect said it killed a state television cameraman because it had evidence that he was an informant for the security services, and the group warned it would kill anyone else who “steps on our toes”. … read more »

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Sesame street in Africa

May 21, 2011 by benim

A yam-loving muppet and another who’s HIV positive romp about a set filled with an old drum of oil, a raffia basket and a heap of ubiquitous hot red peppers. Welcome to Sesame Street, Nigerian style. The local adaptation of … read more »

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Nigeria Bombing: Police declares 4 wanted-FG to overhaul security agencies

October 25, 2010 by benim

THE State Security Service (SSS) has placed four people on the wanted list over the October 1 bomb blasts which rocked Abuja and led to the death of at least 14 people. Sources in Abuja told the Nigerian Tribune that … read more »

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