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Abuja, Ayo Balogun, Featured, Latest Headlines, News
Tuesday, October 29th, 2013
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Chairman, House Committee on Diaspora Affairs, Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa has assured the family of the late Gabriel Soriwei, a 20-year-old student of Electrical/Electronic Engineering, who died in Cyprus, that the circumstances surrounding his death would be investigated and made known to Nigerians. Chairman, House Committee on Diaspora, Hon Abike Dabiri Gabriel, […]
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Featured, Femi Kehinde, Latest Headlines, News
Tuesday, October 29th, 2013
Femi Kehinde President Goodluck Jonathan has notified the leadership of National Assembly of his intention to address and present the 2014 budget estimates to a joint session of the two houses on November 12, 2013. Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan In a letter conveyed to the two houses and dated October 23, 2013, was delivered to […]
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Tuesday, October 29th, 2013
The African Examiner The Alhaji Kawu Baraje led group has denied the reported resignation of the Niger State governor Babangida Aliyu from their faction. Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu Reacting to the purported resignation, the spokesman of the group Chief Eze C. Eze in a statement obtained by African Examiner described the story as “a […]
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Agabus Pwanagba, Latest Headlines, News
Tuesday, October 29th, 2013
Agabus Pwanagba The Plateau State Government has said the recent Cholera outbreak in Namu District of Qua’an Pan Local Government Area of the State has so far claimed only 11 lives and 136 persons admitted in various health centres in the council, contrary to media reports that 30 people died as a result of the outbreak. Plateau State Governor […]
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Tuesday, October 29th, 2013
The African Examiner Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has expressed his shock and sadness over the death of former Chief of General Staff, retired Vice Admiral Mike Akhigbe. In a statement issued in Abuja by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Malam Imam Imam, Tambuwal described Akhigbe as […]
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Crime Watch, Featured, Latest Headlines, News
Tuesday, October 29th, 2013
By Ruth Bamidele A middle aged man, Yinka Fagbure, also known as Jide Babalola was on Tuesday jailed in Lagos for 12 Months for stealing 350,000.00 naira. The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) had arraigned the defendant before a Lagos High Court Ikeja, presided by Justice Atinuke Ipaye on a three-count charge of stealing, […]
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Enugu, Ignatius Okpara, Latest Headlines, News, Uncategorized
Tuesday, October 29th, 2013
…As OHANAEZE, Igbo leaders Want Outcome Of Confab Subjected to Referendum Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The apex Igbo Social-Cultural Organisation, OHANAEZE Ndigbo, has recommended that the outcome of the proposed National dialogue be subjected to a national referendum/plebiscite, just as southeast governors shun the confab committee in Enugu. South East Governors Leadership of the umbrella […]
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Tuesday, October 29th, 2013
Femi Kehinnde Niger State governor, Babangida Aliyu has debunked a report in the media that he has abandoned the new PDP and the G-7 governors due to irreconcilable differences, insisting that the story was planted by political adversaries. Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu The governor, while receiving the national executive council of the Public Service […]
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Tuesday, October 29th, 2013
The African Examiner, The Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria (CRCN) has faulted the President Goodluck Jonathan’s National Conference, saying it is another diversionary circus aimed at setting the north against the south in a war of words that will only overheat the polity. Chairman Advisory Committee, Dr Femi Okunrounmu President of CRCN, Shehu Sani said […]
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Featured, Ignatius Okpara, Latest Headlines, News
Tuesday, October 29th, 2013
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Erstwhile governor of Imo state, Chief Achike Udenwa, has advised the seven Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) breakaway governors, to reconsider their actions and embrace peace in the ruling party if they are still interested in it, or come over to All Progressive Change APC. Ex-Imo governor Chief Achike Udenwa Udenwa, who also […]
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Enugu, Ignatius Okpara, Latest Headlines, News
Tuesday, October 29th, 2013
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Worried by the alarming number of deaths recorded on Nigerian roads, the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has opened a window of synergy between it and the Federal Roads Safety Corps, FRSC, as it organized training for staff of the corps on vehicle extrication and handling of victims of mass casualty during […]
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Monday, October 28th, 2013
The Taxpayers Association of Nigeria (TAPAN), has cautioned politicians against making comments that could derail the proposed national dialogue, insisting that it is not a political party affair. TAPAN, at a news conference addressed by the President, Phillip Ilukholo, flanked by the BOT chairman, Comrade Val Nzekwe and Director Finance/Administration, Obinna Okafor, also asked the […]
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Monday, October 28th, 2013
Chief of Staff to the Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Olusegun Olushesi has died of prostate cancer in the United States. Lawmakers in the assembly were left to mourn the deceased, who was the Chief of Staff to the Speaker, Hon. Adeyemi Ikuforiji. He was said to have passed on in North Carolina, […]
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Ayo Balogun, Featured, Lagos, Latest Headlines, News
Monday, October 28th, 2013
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN on Monday denounced the Sovereign Wealth initiative of the Federal Government, describing it as unconstitutional. Fashola said he would receive the Shareholders Certificate of the Fund presented to him by the management of the fund only as an acknowledgement that the State’s fund was […]
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Monday, October 28th, 2013
Lagos Shuts Down 80 Substandard Private Hospitals The Lagos State Health Facilities Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMAA) has shut down 80 substandard hospitals over non-registration, dirty environment, lack of medical equipment and engagement of quack doctors. This is in its bid to sanitize and regulates the operation of health facilities within Lagos, Nigeria. Special Adviser […]
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Crime Watch, Featured, Latest Headlines, News
Monday, October 28th, 2013
Ruth Bamidele, Lagos An Ikeja High Court on Monday sentenced Chiamaka Nnajiofor, a 27-year-old woman, to 10 years imprisonment for her culpability in the death of her domestic-help. Chiamaka and her husband, Elochukwu,41, were charged to court by the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) over the death of Miss Oliver Arakwe. The couple […]
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Agabus Pwanagba, Latest Headlines, News
Monday, October 28th, 2013
Agabus Pwanagba A group under the aegis of Women and Youth Development Initiative a non governmental organisation based in Bauchi State has given free medical treatment for minor illnesses to 4, 500 pregnant women and 5,000 under 5 children in the State. President of the Organisation, Hajiya Maryam Garba stated this on Monday in Bauchi, […]
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Monday, October 28th, 2013
By Eric Ojo The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) has urged African governments to strive towards putting mechanism in place that will ensure the protection and safety of journalists in the continent. The Federation said governments in Africa should as a matter of necessity ensure the safety of journalists in the interest of democracy, good […]
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Agabus Pwanagba, Featured, Latest Headlines, News
Monday, October 28th, 2013
Agabus Pwanagba The Student Union Government (SUG) University of Jos chapter has blamed the death of two of its members on the ongoing ASUU strike, saying the students died out of frustration. President of the Chapter, Magaji Ajik who stated this on Monday in a chat with journalists in Jos said the deceased students were […]
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Monday, October 28th, 2013
The President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, Mr. Femi Adesina, has challenged online publishers in the country to bring professionalism to bear on their jobs. Adesina, who addressed the publishers, under the aegis of the Nigerian Online Publishers Association, said the time has come to make online publishing credible in order to ensure that […]
