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Tuesday, May 20th, 2014
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Owerri Disturbed by the alarming spate of corruption and insensitivity of political leaders towards the plight of Nigerians, a civil society organization, ” Say No Campaign South East”, has declared war against impunity and corrupt leaders in the five states of the South East zone. The organization, warned that henceforth any leader […]
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Crime Watch, Featured, Ignatius Okpara, Latest Headlines
Tuesday, May 20th, 2014
Ignatius Okpara, Owerri The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone“C”, Owerri, Imo state, says it has recorded 39 seizures of illegally imported goods with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N285, 806, 280. 00 According to the para- military organisation, the items which were impounded last month by its men, includes 17 vehicles […]
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2014
A human rights activist, Femi Falana, has described the tuition increase in the Lagos State University by the Lagos State Government as immoral and illegal. He likened it to the menace of the Boko Haram insurgents in the northern part of the country. Falana was the guest speaker at the 18th National Delegates’ Conference […]
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Crime Watch, Featured, Latest Headlines, News
Tuesday, May 20th, 2014
Kayode Adelowokan Every day may be for the thief but one day is surely for the owner; officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have apprehended a suspect described as a specialist in drug concealment. The suspect, Onyejiaju Chukwuemeka Augustine, who has been on the Agency’s wanted list was caught at the Murtala Muhammed […]
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Agabus Pwanagba, Featured, Latest Headlines
Tuesday, May 20th, 2014
By Agabus Pwanagba and Kayode Adelowokan Report reaching us says Twin bomb explosions have occurred in the heart of the commercial center of Jos, Northeast Nigeria. The explosions, believed to have been caused by an improvised Explosive Device (IED), occurred around the busy Jos Main Market, between railway terminus and the temporary site of the […]
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Articles/Opinion, education
Monday, May 19th, 2014
By Uche Nwosu It was John Quincy Adams who posited “to furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind. According to him, education prolongs life and enlarges the sphere of existence”. This, without a doubt, is the framework on which the present Abia government under the leadership […]
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Monday, May 19th, 2014
Kayode Adelowokan The Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Lamorde, has called on Nigerian youths to be disciplined and shun all acts of corruption. Lamorde disclosed this during the inauguration of EFCC Integrity Club at Police Secondary School, Ita-Ogbolu, Akure, Ondo State. The EFCC Boss who was represented by the Deputy Director, Public […]
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Latest Headlines, News From The State, Sports News
Monday, May 19th, 2014
Kayode Adelowokan The Guaranty Trust Bank plc has announced the semi final fixtures of the prestigious GTBank – Lagos State Principals Cup competition. The event is scheduled to hold on Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at Agege Stadium, Lagos. The Africa’s foremost financial institutions’ tournament which is in its 5th edition is an annual football competition […]
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Crime Watch, Latest Headlines, News
Monday, May 19th, 2014
Kayode Adelowokan The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has flayed the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), Mr. Ekpo Nta, over his comment that stealing is not corruption. The ICPC boss recently in Abuja, while hosting a delegation from the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria, Nta […]
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Agabus Pwanagba, Latest Headlines, News From The State
Monday, May 19th, 2014
…As New DG Promises to Train 2 Million Skilled Youths Agabus Pwanagba The outgoing Director General of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Prof. Longmas Wapmuk said he is leaving the organisation with over N10 billion in its account. Wapmuk disclosed this during his handing over address to the newly appointed Director General of the Fund, […]
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Monday, May 19th, 2014
Sixteen out of the 20 Committees set up by the on-going National Conference to consider certain critical national issues, on Monday submitted their reports at the resumed plenary session of the Conference for consideration and adoption. While 14 of the Committees submitted their reports during the sitting as demanded by the Conference Chairman and […]
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Monday, May 19th, 2014
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has taken responsibility for Sunday’s attack on pipelines of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) refinery in Okrika, Rivers State. MEND, in a statement on Monday dismissed speculations that the attack was carried out by vandals, claiming that the facility was infiltrated by the group. […]
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Ayo Balogun, Latest Headlines, Politics
Monday, May 19th, 2014
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm over the arrest and persistent harassment of its members in Bayelsa State by the PDP-led federal government, using the police as its arrowhead, in an attempt to clear the state of all the vestige of opposition ahead of the 2015 general elections. In a statement issued […]
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Monday, May 19th, 2014
Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola on Monday carpets Christian bodies agitating for a Christian governor in Lagos next year. The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has demanded for a Christian governor to pilot the affairs of the state next year. Fashola, while speaking at an inter-faith conference on “Peace, Religious Harmony and Good […]
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Monday, May 19th, 2014
The Yoruba race have threatened to break away from Nigeria if the ongoing National Conference does not grant them regional autonomy, accusing the northern delegates of trying to frustrate the Yoruba by kicking against their demands. At a news conference on Monday in Lagos, Nigeria, the Yoruba, under the aegis of The Yoruba People of […]
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Sunday, May 18th, 2014
The All Progressives Congress has won all the 44 chairmanship and 484 councillorship seats in Saturday’s council polls in Kano state. This is contained in a statement signed by Chairman of Kano State Independent Electoral Commission, Dr. Sani Malumfashi, on Sunday in Kano. “The election has been largely successful and peaceful and APC won all […]
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Sunday, May 18th, 2014
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The Enugu state chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, on Sunday declared that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the state has no moral justification to drag the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC to court over the disappearance of over 40 percent names of electorate from the voters’ register in the […]
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Sunday, May 18th, 2014
Oyewale Oyelola The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has denied rumour of romance with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. This was contained in a statement released on Sunday by his Chief Press Secretary, Alhaji Abdulwahab Oba. Oba said such rumour or insinuation that he was romancing the PDP was baseless and untrue. He added […]
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Sunday, May 18th, 2014
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said President Goodluck Jonathan’s aborted trip to Chibok is symptomatic of his Administration’s policy flip-flop in the fight against the terror group Boko Haram, hence it did not come as a surprise to close watchers of the Administration. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its Interim […]
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Ayo Balogun, Featured, Latest Headlines
Sunday, May 18th, 2014
Ayo Balogun, Lagos One person has been confirmed dead and eight others rescued as another boat capsized at Bonny Camp area of Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria on Saturday night. The incident occurred around Bonny Camp when the boat said to be coming from Ilashe took a nose dive before emptying the passengers in the high […]
