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Boko Haram snipers kill 3 policemen

Members of the outlawed Boko Haram sect appeared to have resorted to guerrilla warfare as they waylaid and shot dead three policemen in Damaturu and Maiduguri, centres of the deadly violence sparked by the group in July last year. In … read more

Trouble over toll on Lekki Road

WHAT a few months ago, many regarded as a welcome road infrastructural development on the 49.4 kilometre Lekki-Epe Expressway, on the outskirts of Lagos has now become a subject or raging controversy Neither the residents and motorists who were witnesses … read more

President to announce candidacy Sept?

Speculations on whether or not President Goodluck Jonath an will run for office during the 2011 general elections may have ended, with one of his aides assuring he will announce his candidacy after the Muslim Ramadan fasting in September. ‘The … read more

Cholera death toll rises to 283

The death toll from cholera and a related disease in northern Nigerian has risen to 283 from 231 within a week, according to various official figures. The figure of those infected by cholera in the past two weeks has also … read more