en-ng-hotdailynews: 2015-07-17 Nigeria Nigeria

INEC Registers New Political Party Named DPC
CHANNELS TELEVISION
inec There is a new political party in Nigeria and the name is Democratic Peoples Congress. The party has just been registered by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The electoral body says the new party with the acronym DPC was ...

Jega, for the love of country   BusinessDay
Nigerian parties now 29 as INEC registers DPC   Premium Times
INEC Registers New Political Party   AllAfrica.com
Leadership Newspapers
WorldStage
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TIME

Twin Blasts In Northern Nigeria Have Killed At Least 49 People
TIME
Twin blasts struck a marketplace in the northeast Nigerian city of Gombe Thursday, killing at least 49 people and injuring dozens more. The market was crowded with people doing last minute shopping on the eve of the Eid festival that marks the end of ...
50 feared dead in Gombe twin blast   The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
Bombs kill around 50 at market in northeast Nigeria - officials   Reuters Africa
Nigeria: Deadly Blasts Strike a Northeastern Market   New York Times
Voice of America
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I Am Leaving To You A Stronger Army - Minimah To New COAS
NAIJ.COM
Former Chief of Army, Staff. Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah has said that the service under his regime was forced to make unusual measures to rescue the Army from collapse. Minimah was talking about arrangement of various general military court martials to ...
Twin Blasts Kill 50 in Gombe as Buratai Takes Over   THISDAY Live
New Chief Of Army Staff Resumes, To Celebrate Sallah With Troops   CHANNELS TELEVISION
Multinational military task force will be functional soon - army chief   StarAfrica.com
TheCable
Nigerian Bulletin
Pulse Nigeria
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Nigeria's Buhari dissolves governing bodies of some federal agencies
Reuters Africa
ABUJA, July 16 (Reuters) - President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the dissolution of the governing boards of a number of federal agencies and institutions with immediate effect, his spokesman said on Thursday. It was not immediately clear which ...

Why Buhari sacked boards   The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
Buhari Dissolves Boards Of Federal Parastatals, Agencies And Institutions   CHANNELS TELEVISION
Buhari Dissolves Boards of Federal Parastatals, Agencies   Daily Times Nigeria

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Buhari Appoints Journalist Tolu Ogunlesi As Special Assistant On New Media
360Nobs.com
Buhari has reportedly named popular social media commentator and journalist Tolu Ogunlesi as his Special Assistant on New Media. READ: Photos From Tolu Ogunlesi & Kemi Agboola's White Wedding. Ogunlesi, who is also a writer, was a vocal supporter ...

“Sauces” Say Tolu Ogunlesi Is To Be Appointed Special Assistant on New Media ...   TechCabal
Buhari to name journalist, Tolu Ogunlesi, SA New Media   Premium Times
President Buhari Set to Name Tolu Ogunlesi, Special Assistant on New Media   Nigerian Bulletin
SaharaReporters.com
Information Nigeria
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Obasanjo reveals why he chose Yar'Adua above Odili, others
News24 Nigeria
Abeokuta - Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed why he chose the late former President Umaru Yar' Adua as his successor, reports Punch. Obasanjo said he decided to settle for Yar'Adua because all the other candidates vying to succeed him ...

I Didn't Want a Corrupt Successor As President - Obasanjo   AllAfrica.com
Continuity and Change (2)   THISDAY Live
I chose Yar' Adua as my successor because other PDP members were corrupt ...   DailyPost Nigeria
National Accord
Information Nigeria
NigerianReviews
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Finally, Father of Abandoned Wife, Triple Twins Returns Home
THISDAY Live
After weeks of turmoil and uncertainty, the joy of the Uches has finally come as their father, Mr. Emeka Uche, has returned home. Uche, a factory worker with a meager salary, had in April, abandoned his children after his wife, Ruth, gave birth to ...
Husband returns home after abandoning wife pregnant with third set of twins   DailyPost Nigeria
Metro [PHOTO] Runaway Father of Three Set of Twins Returns Home   Nigerian Bulletin
Nigerian government steps in to help after man abandons wife with 3 sets of twins   Nehanda Radio
Information Nigeria
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DSS busts child trafficking gang in Bayelsa
BusinessDay
The Department of State Security (DSS) in Bayelsa State has bust a child trafficking ring rescuing 36 children aged between five and 14 years made up of 12 males and 24 females. The department paraded four suspects, three males and one female in ...

Child Trafficking Syndicate Run by Pastors Busted in Bayelsa; 36 Children Saved   Nigerian Bulletin
Four Child Traffickers Led By A Pastor Caught With 36 Children In Bayelsa ...   Information Nigeria

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Reports: Ex-NSA Sambo Dasuki arrested
The News
Colonel Sambo Dasuki, the recently sacked National Security Adviser, may have been arrested by operatives of the Department of State Security, DSS. There was no official confirmation of the arrest yet. But a report by Premium Times indicated that DSS ...

SSS operatives storm ex-NSA Dasuki's home   The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
Dasuki's Houses Under Siege   NAIJ.COM
Nigeria: SSS Operatives Lay Siege on Ex-NSA Sambo Dasuki's Houses   Nigerian Bulletin
SaharaReporters.com
THISDAY Live
Osun Defender
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Fallible Jonathan and his intercessor Anyaoku – By Pius Adesanmi
Osun Defender
I just heard with one ear that former President Goodluck Jonathan has enlisted the good offices of Elder Statesman, Emeka Anyaoku, to beg President Buhari not to probe his administration. If – and this is a very big if – my employers at Sahara ...
I did not discuss Jonathan with Buhari, says Anyaoku   The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
Buhari confers with Anyaoku ahead of US visit   DailyPost Nigeria
Former Commonwealth Secretary, Anyaoku, At Jonathan's Behest, Begs ...   SaharaReporters.com

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