15.08.14
No. 65
FOR GOD AND COUNTRY
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NIGERIA'S FIRST FRIDAY NEWSPAPER
Ganye chiefdom to confer traditional title on Ty danjuma, wife 10
Chibok Diary
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David umAru faults drafting of soldiers for niger by-election 12
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BBOG Group Wants Churhces, Mosques, Nollywood To Join In Advocacy > Page 2
AS confab ENDS
Delegates Adopt Final Report 9
Sing old National Anthem Resolutions, victory for democracy – Coomassie
Meet The Nigerian Woman Who Leads Africa’s First Ladies To Obama
Lordina Mahama (Ghana)
By AYANDA NGWANE and PAUL CHIAMA, Abuja
Africa has always been endowed with talents and personalities who made great impact in the world. From Nelson Madiba Mandela, Aliko Dangote, Johann Rupert, Nicky Oppenheimer to Mike Adenuga and Abdulsamad Rabiu, the list of Africa’s influential persons now includes a woman who has created a new record through her passion in fashion. She is Dr (Mrs) Merit Gordon Obua. Little may have been known before now about this erudite personality who has given all attention to the promotion of African women. She has painstakingly reserved no energy in pursuing her innate ideas and CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
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Merit Obua
Sizakele Zuma (South Africa)
Ebola: Fg okays nanosilver to treat patients, as another nurse dies
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