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Dangote plans N200bn sugar factories in Sokoto, Kebbi States
The Chairman of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, says he will establish four sugar factories in Sokoto and Kebbi States at the cost of between N180 billion and N200 billion. Comment?
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The village head Professor (Part 2)Wumi Akintide, New York, Ny, Usa...
The Japanese Empire has a ceremonial Emperor just like the whole of Ethiopia used to have one Emperor. Comment?
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State of Emergency: Northern senators in marathon meeting
AHEAD of debates on the declaration of State of Emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states by President Goodluck Jonathan today, senators from the north under the aegis, Northern Senators Forum were yesterday locked in a marathon meeting. Comment?
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Hostage Killed By Captors As Rescue Raid Began
Mr McManus was being held by insurgents in Nigeria but was shot dead just minutes after a joint UK and Nigerian rescue operation stormed the compound, an inquest heard. Comment?
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A British hostage was executed by Islamist kidnappers moments after UK Special Forces launched a rescue mission in Nigeria, an inquest heard. Comment?
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Hostage died 'minutes into rescue'
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A British construction worker was murdered by his Islamist kidnappers just minutes after a joint UK and Nigerian rescue operation stormed into the compound where he and an Italian man were being held, an inquest heard. Comment?
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Christopher McManus inquest: British hostage killed 'within minutes' of daring rescue bid
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... death occurred. "He was found dead along with his fellow hostage and co-worker at a residential compound in Sokoto, Nigeria, at the conclusion of a hostage rescue operation that had been carried out that day. "It was clear to those that found Chris ... Comment?
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Man 'unlawfully killed' in Nigeria
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An engineer from Greater Manchester was unlawfully killed by his kidnappers in Nigeria minutes after a UK-led rescue operation stormed in, an inquest found. Comment?
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Chris McManus killed by kidnappers minutes after rescue mission began
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Inquest hears that British construction worker died from a single gunshot wound to the head on 8 March 2012, months after being kidnapped in Nigeria Chris McManus, a quantity surveyor from Oldham, had been kidnapped in May 2011 and held with his Italian colleague Franco Lamolinara. Comment?
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Kidnapped Brit killed in Nigeria: inquest
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A British construction worker taken hostage in Nigeria was shot dead by his Islamist kidnappers minutes after the start of a joint UK and Nigerian rescue operation at the compound where they were held, his inquest heard on Friday. Comment?
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Nigeria: Christmas Day Bombing - SSS Presents More Witnesses Against Kabiru Sokoto
The trial of terrorism suspect, Kabiru Sokoto, continued on Monday before Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, Abuja, with more witnesses giving evidence. Comment?
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FG's amnesty committee lied against me - Kabiru Sokoto
While refuting the report, the accused person who spoke through his lawyer, Mr. Sheriff Okoh, after Justice Ademola Adeniyi adjourned his trial to Thursday, accused the committee of "brandishing lies." According to him, "I think the press is supposed to pick information, investigate such information before making it available to the public. Comment?
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Nigeria: Catholic Church Bombing - I Know the Perpetrators - Kabiru Sokoto
The Nigerian Police Force, yesterday, told the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court that the apprehended kingpin of the Boko Haram Sect, Kabiru Umar, a.k.a Kabiru Sokoto, had volunteered names of the sect members that bombed St. Comment?
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Nigeria: Baga, Nasarawa Killings - Nigeria Sliding Into Lawlessness - Sultan
President-general of the Jama'atu Nasril Islam and the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, has lamented that the nation is gradually sliding into a state of lawlessness with the continuous killing of innocent people. Comment?
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ACN, others caution against emergency rule in the North
ECHOING wrongheadedness, the Action Congress of Nigeria has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to shelve the plan, if he has any, to impose a state of emergency on some of the northern states worst hit by the Boko Haram crisis. Comment?
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Prologue: 2015: Delusional Omnipotence
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First, just imagine:Abubakar Shekau, Kabiru Sokoto and Abu Qaqa stepping out of Aso Rock Presidential Villa after conferring with the President and Commander-in-Chief of Nigeria. Comment?
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Catholic Church Bombing: I know the perpetrators - Kabiru Sokoto
The Nigerian Police Force, yesterday, told the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court that the apprehended kingpin of the Boko Haram Sect, Kabiru Umar, a.k.a Kabiru Sokoto, had volunteered names of the sect members that bombed St. Comment?
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Nigeria: Did the Federal Government of Nigeria Engage in Igbo Genocide?
Chinua Achebe's recent book has revived fierce discussions about the Biafra genocide, the darkest chapter in Nigerian history. Comment?
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Nigeria: Kabir Sokoto Trial - Sharing of Funds Split Boko Haram
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Disagreements over how to share the funds received by Islamic extremist groups led to the splitting of the terrorist sect, Boko Haram, a prosecution witness revealed thursday. Comment?
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Nigeria: Army Parades Pipeline Vandals, Confiscate Four Fuel Tankers
Officers and men of the Internal Security Force of 1 Division, Nigerian Army, yesterday paraded two suspected petroleum pipeline vandals in Kaduna. Comment?
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