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Democracy wins again!

Embattled leader of the self-styled 'Progressives' in the House of Representatives, Honourable Dino Melaye has resumed in the National Assembly,

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The wife of the Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomole is dead!


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* Claims Jonathan bid breaches purported zoning pact

LAGOS, Dec 7 - Former Nigerian military ruler Ibrahim Babangida threatened on Tuesday to quit the ruling party before elections next April, underlining deep divisions over the candidacy of incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan, Click Link Below for Full Story


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LAGOS – Nigeria's anti-corruption agency filed charges against former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and the head of oil services firm Halliburton Co on Tuesday over an alleged scheme to bribe Nigerian officials, Full Story Below


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* Militants say ruptured NNPC pipeline

* No independent confirmation of attack

* Action follows military offensive last week


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In the light of these facts, spotlightnigeria.com, a fast emerging Internet news portal, has put together an event tagged “Naija Facebook Awards 2010”. This first of its kind awards event is aimed at celebrating Nigeria’s best and finest,


The winners will be unveiled in a, first of it's kind, web-conference/show for Nigerians both at home and in Diaspora. This is also in sync with the ONE-MAN ONE-VOTE democratic ideal currently buzzing in Nigeria, Read Full Story Below


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EACH senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria earns N15.18m in salaries and allowances monthly, just as each member of the House of Representatives takes home N10.59m a month, investigation has revealed, Click Link Below for Full Story


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The Raid

A report by the Washington Post that the home of Vice President Atiku Abubakar of Nigeria had been raided by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has suddenly resurfaced in the wake of his, CLICK LINK BELOW FOR FILL STORY


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The consensus approach by the north for the 2011 Presidential election may have cracked after all, as indications are now rife that General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida is set to re-new his ambition to run, CLICK LINK FOR FULL STORY

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Breaking News!

ABUJA Dec 3 - Nigeria on Thursday launched a $500 million loan facility for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) aimed at supporting economic growth and creating jobs in Africa's most populous nation, FULL STORY BELOW!

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Check it out!

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May God bless their souls

It has finally happened! Cobhams Asuquo Gets Married! Check out the story at

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Incredible invention we can learn from straight from Japan! Check it out!

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The Nigerian telecoms revolution in on the way,

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This man is a hero! Gbam!

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This is a hilarious conversation from the great Warri axis to cheer your day - Believe me, you Have To Read This! Area!


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Read this compelling story from the link below,

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Check this out from the link below,

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LAGOS, Oct 30  - Crates of weapons including rocket launchers and mortars seized in Nigeria this week were loaded in Iran by a local trader, the company which shipped the containers said on Saturday.

French-based shipping group CMA CGM said it had been the victim of a false cargo declaration and that the weapons and ammunitions were in sealed containers which had been declared as "packages of glass wool and pallets of stone".

Nigeria's secret service intercepted the 13 containers in the country's main port of Lagos -- one of Africa's busiest -- this week and said it found rocket launchers, grenades and other explosives and ammunition. [ID:nLDE69P29N]

"The shipment in question was booked as a 'shipper's owned container' and supplied loaded and sealed by the shipper, an Iranian trader who does not appear on any 'forbidden persons' listing," CMA CGM said in a statement.

"The containers were loaded in Bandar Abbas and discharged in Lagos in July," it said, adding it was cooperating fully with local and international agencies investigating the shipment.

Israeli media reports, citing Israeli defence officials, have suggested the weapons may have been destined for Hamas Islamists in Gaza and that a new smuggling route was being tested. Israel's foreign ministry has declined to comment.

Israel says its arch-foe Iran bankrolls attempts to ship weapons to the Gaza Strip by sea or land routes. Iran says its support for Hamas is diplomatic only.

The Iranian embassy in Nigeria said it may issue a statement on the arms seizure in the coming days.



HEAVY MORTARS

The weapons shown to journalists in Lagos this week included 107mm rockets, designed to attack static targets and used by armies to support infantry units. Security experts say they have also been used by groups including the Taliban in Afghanistan and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Nigeria's secret service has said it is too soon to speculate on where the weapons were going and that investigations are continuing. The customs service said the only documentation it had seen was the manifest and could not immediately confirm the containers had come from Iran.

CMA CGM said the containers had been held by customs since arriving in Lagos in July. It is not unusual for shipments to take several months to pass through customs clearance in the port, one of the busiest on the continent.

The French shipping firm said the shipper had requested that the containers be re-loaded and shipped to Gambia, further round the West African coast, and that it had obtained customs documents and clearance for the voyage.

But the Nigerian authorities blocked the goods before they could be re-exported, it said.

The seizure has heightened concerns about national security in Africa's most populous nation months ahead of elections.

It came weeks after car bombs killed at least 10 people near an independence day parade in the capital Abuja on Oct. 1.

Militant groups in the oil-producing Niger Delta have been illegally supplied weapons for years and Boko Haram, a radical Islamist group in the north, is also believed to have received illegal arms, raising questions about border surveillance.

The authorities have said they have stepped up security in the wake of both the Abuja bombings and the Lagos seizure.

I read a lot of blogs on foreign sites and enjoy the discussions. But i find that when i come over to Naija sites, i see a lot of unintelligent posts. The parents are right. I do agree that they can act whatever they like but these home videos are shown on public TV stations, not only on DSTV. They are sold in the open market for an affordable N150, something that many kids can afford, they can be borrowed from Video rentals, how can parents monitor all these. Abroad, these children will not be able to purchase them or rent them and it will never be shown on public TV stations. So the parents are right. AIT, MITV, etc all show these videos and they even show them during the day on slots that children can easily watch while their parents are busy. What do you expect the parents to do? ban their children from watching TV altogether? lets be reasonable. Modern television is probably one of the most influential tool in society. even more influential than our schools. Lets be reasonable