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Fulani Forum to NEF: You Do Not Represent The Good People of North Nigeri

Fulani Forum to NEF: You Do Not Represent The Good People of North Nigeri

| May 19, 2013 | 0 Comments

Fulani Forum to NEF: You Do Not Represent The Good People of North Nigeria In lieu of your statement: NEF to Jonathan: You‘ve declared war on Northern Nigeria We progressive youth of North Nigeria hereby assert that the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) does not represent the good people of North Nigeria. We are disappointed in [...]

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Japan, a subtle but effective partner for Africa

| May 16, 2013 | 0 Comments

Japan, a subtle but effective partner for Africa Interview with JICA President, Akihiko Tanaka By Jocelyne Sambira Africa’s continued growth has sparked the interest of investors from industrialized nations, resulting in fierce competition for its resources and markets. The aggressive economic expansion efforts by China and India, among others, come to mind. Japan, however, has [...]

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Malian children face education crisis

Malian children face education crisis

| May 16, 2013 | 0 Comments

Malian children face education crisis Conflict disrupts schools By Kingsley Ighobor While the world remains focused on ending Mali’s conflict following rebel incursions into the northern part of the country early last year, there are about 400,000 Malian children facing severe disruptions in their education, warns the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF. The fund and other [...]

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Livestock tracking in Africa goes high tech

| May 16, 2013 | 0 Comments

Livestock tracking in Africa goes high tech By Pavithra Rao In an era of lightning speed, ever-present wireless connectivity, high tech is now also being used to benefit livestock farmers in rural areas of Africa. Widely known for being used to track wild animals, GPS, or “Global Positioning System” tracking devices are being adapted by [...]

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Boko Haram Are Cannibals and Drug Addicts; It Is Time To Eradicate This Scourge

Boko Haram Are Cannibals and Drug Addicts; It Is Time To Eradicate This Scourge

| May 16, 2013 | 0 Comments

Boko Haram Are Cannibals and Drug Addicts; It Is Time To Eradicate This Scourge To the President and Nigeria’s people AssalamualikumWe the MuslimsAgainstTerror.com here by offer our prayers and support for the mission to bring an end to Abubakar Shekau’s Boko Haram. We are pleased to hear of the declared states of emergency. Even though [...]

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Clergy Bethrand Osinachi Ujunwa calls for unity among Christians

Clergy Bethrand Osinachi Ujunwa calls for unity among Christians

| May 16, 2013 | 0 Comments

Clergy Bethrand Osinachi Ujunwa calls for unity among Christians By Nwaorgu Faustinus The former parish priest of St. Paul’s Catholic Parish Umuodagu Ntu in Ngor/Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State, Rev. Father Bethrand has called on Christians to be united as a body. Rev. Bethrand made the call at a send-off and reception church [...]

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Nigeria At War

Nigeria At War

| May 9, 2013 | 0 Comments

May 8, 2013 Boko Haram has waged a war against Nigeria In total violation of the fundamental principles of society, the Nigerian government is yet to respond to the war it’s people and military have been subjected to. The May 7th occurrence in Bama, Maiduguri is the latest in a series of full scale rebel [...]

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We cannot afford to wait …there will be nothing left to eat for the poor but the rich

| May 1, 2013 | 0 Comments

Assistant General Manager Planning/Technical Audit – Nigeria Nigeria – The General Manager of Planning/Technical Audit is responsible for planning, estimation, scheduling, resource analysis, and time cycle analysis, productivity detailing monitoring the costing budg Culled from :Here We enjoin our readers to send their stories/articles/reports, including pictures to story@edostatenews.com

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Gays and Lesbians, We Will Not Keep Quiet!

Gays and Lesbians, We Will Not Keep Quiet!

| April 28, 2013 | 0 Comments

Gays and Lesbians, We Will Not Keep Quiet! By Philip Amiola Same sex marriage has been a subject of public debate for a long time. A cursory review of ancient literature traces this contention to the antediluvian age. Since then, proponents of this world view have coined several terminologies to describe themselves and their ideology [...]

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Give them a sharia country, not amnesty

| April 13, 2013 | 0 Comments

The attention of Biafra Liberation Council, BLC, moves by the federal government of Nigeria headed by Goodluck Jonathan to perfect plans to grant general amnesty to the terror group known as boko haram, thereby shielding its members from being prosecuted inspite of the numerous crimes they have committed against humanity. We are not surprised that [...]

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Ngozi Okonjo-iweala and The Controversial Appointments

Ngozi Okonjo-iweala and The Controversial Appointments

| March 28, 2013 | 0 Comments

RE: Ngozi Okonjo-iweala and The Controversial Appointments By Olusola Daniel Having spotted, on several sites, an article by one Yushau A. Shuaib in which the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is accused of facilitating controversial appointments in favour of her Igbo fellows, I was alarmed by this tale [...]

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God is Not a Muslim! He’s Not a Christian Either!

| March 14, 2013 | 0 Comments

God Is Not A Muslim! He’s Not A Christian Either! By Philip Amiola I have observed with strong feelings of embarrassment, the degree to which people can be so enslaved by religion that they would go to great lengths to defend their religious views. People have been known to mutilate their bodies and engage in [...]

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: Keeping Ego in her Handbag

| March 13, 2013 | 0 Comments

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: Keeping Ego in her Handbag By :Oluwadamidara Aweloye. social commentator and an academic In the wake of economic reforms that are being implemented in the Nigerian polity, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has become a victim of slander and the target of verbal attack in [...]

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50 Reasons Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Is Not an Agent of the West

50 Reasons Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Is Not an Agent of the West

| February 14, 2013 | 0 Comments

50 Reasons Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Is Not an Agent of the West Omoade Adelani For too long, we have been fed with lies, innuendos and sarcasm garnished with semblance of truth by desperate hustlers at the Nigerian political scene. We have been made to believe that Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the chief driver of the Nigerian economy, [...]

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Bullying the Amazon

| February 8, 2013 | 0 Comments

Bullying the Amazon By Ayodeji   Sunday   For many years, African women have been relegated to mere observers in the socio-political and economic scheme of things. They are considered only ‘good to be seen, nor heard.’ And their voices, when they deign to talk, are drowned out by the clamour of male chauvinists that abound on [...]

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: A Beacon of Hope

| February 5, 2013 | 0 Comments

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: A Beacon of Hope   By Olusola Daniel A critical look at the composition of the present cabinet of President Goodluck Jonathan may make one question the criteria used in selecting the persons for the different portfolios. Whilst majority of the officials have been dubbed as old guards whose reign in the federal [...]

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The Paradox of Twenty-first Century Savagery

| January 26, 2013 | 0 Comments

  The Paradox of Twenty-first Century Savagery By Philip Amiola   On December 31, 2012, while the world was enraptured with the prospect of ushering in the New Year, someone in Kogi state, Nigeria was busy scooping the brains out of his four-month-old son whom he had just murdered. Earlier in October of the same [...]

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My son has Immortalized Me – King Prof. TJT Princewill

| January 20, 2013 | 0 Comments

My son has Immortalized Me – King Prof. TJT Princewill By Nwaorgu Faustinus Following the commissioning and donation of a modern Pavilion Complex built by Prince Tonye Princewill to his father recently, King Prof TJT Princwill CFR, Amachree XI and Amanyanabo of Kalabari has described it as an act of immortalization bestowed on him by [...]

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Good Humour at the President’s Expense

| January 20, 2013 | 0 Comments

Senior Lecturer, Lecturer I, Lecturer II (Department of Microbiology), (Department of Physics), FACULTY OF SCIENCE at Federal University OYE Ekiti Vacancies: Senior Lecturer, Lecturer I, Lecturer II (Department of Microbiology), (Department of Physics)     Federal University OYE Ekiti http://www.fuoye.edu.ng   Internal and External Advertisement Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates to fill the position [...]

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Failed Government or Failing Citizens

| January 20, 2013 | 0 Comments

Failed Government or Failing Citizens By Philip Amiola One of the easiest ways to gain popularity as a public analyst, social commentator or political observer in Nigeria today is to consistently harp on the ineptitude of the government and the resultant helplessness of the citizens. We blame the government for all our problems – insecurity, [...]

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