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Tuesday, October 1st, 2013
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has announced an Advisory Committee mandated to establish modalities for a national conference aimed at resolving issues that currently cause friction in the polity. Announcing this on Tuesday at a nationwide broadcast to mark Nigeria’s 53rd independence, President Jonathan said that the committee, which will have Dr. Femi Okurounmu as its […]
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Featured, Ignatius Okpara, Imo
Tuesday, October 1st, 2013
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state has expressed optimism that Nigeria as a nation would not disintegrate by the year 2015 as predicted from some quarters including United states of America USA, saying though, the country must work hard to ensure that such negative wish did not come to friction. Okorocha, who […]
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Monday, September 30th, 2013
By Eric Ojo The Police Service Commission (PSC) has directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar to carry out a thorough investigation on the alleged humiliation of a female police officer who was stripped naked by a businessman while performing her duty in Onitsha, Anambra State. The Commission warned that it would […]
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Monday, September 30th, 2013
Kano State has the highest number of hard drug traffickers in Nigeria, says the Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Alhaji Ahmadu Giade. Giade disclosed this on Monday while on a visit to Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos at the State House, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. The NDLEA boss told newsmen that Kano State has […]
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Abuja, Featured, Femi Kehinde, Latest Headlines, National News, News
Monday, September 30th, 2013
By Femi Kehinde, Professor Wale Oladipo has been sworn-in as substantive National Secretary of the Bamanga Tukur-led Peoples Democratic Party in connection with last Friday’s judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Prof. Oladipo replaces Chief Remi Akitoye who has been in acting capacity as national secretary since June 20. He was nominated as national […]
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Monday, September 30th, 2013
Femi Kehinde The Conference of National Political Parties (CNPP) today blast Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, calling on her to resign forthwith for mismanaging the economy. In a statement signed by National Publicity Secretary Osita Okechukwu, CNPP said, “Otherwise, if not for corruption, what is the economic sense […]
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Monday, September 30th, 2013
As the world marks the International Right to Know Day, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has vowed to mobilize the civil society against the Federal Government if the government of President Goodluck Jonathan did not drop threat of attack social media. It said “any such threat can only continue to strangle freedom of […]
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Monday, September 30th, 2013
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has described the killing of dozens of students at the College of Agriculture, Gujba, in Yobe State as ignoble, wicked and horrendous. He said the latest act, coming barely two months after a similar incidence at the Government Secondary School, Mamudo, also in Yobe State, […]
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Monday, September 30th, 2013
By Femi Kehinde The deputy governor of Kogi State Yomi Awoniyi escaped unhurt on Sunday in an accident which involved his convoy on the Abuja-Lokoja highway. This came barely a year after his boss; Capt. Idris Wada was involved in a ghastly motor accident on Lokoja-Ajaokuta road. The deputy governor attended a wedding ceremony of the son of his predecessor in […]
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Monday, September 30th, 2013
Outcry and condemnation have continued to trail Sunday’s Boko Haram’s Attack on Yobe state College of Education leaving about 40 students dead. The European Union describes the incident as horrific even as it promised to help Nigeria in her fight against terrorism. Vice President of the European Commission, Catherine Ashton, said in a statement “the […]
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Enugu, Ignatius Okpara, News
Monday, September 30th, 2013
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The people of Ugwuaji Awkananaw, in Enugu south local government area of Enugu state have threatened to drag the Nigeria Army to court over the alleged role of some of its officers from 82 Division Enugu in a land dispute. The community in a petition raised and signed by its counsel, Barrister […]
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Sunday, September 29th, 2013
…Unveils Port Harcourt as UNESCO 2014 World Book Capital City Rivers State Governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum Rotimi Amaechi over the weekend in New Jersey bagged African Writers Quintessence award for exemplary leadership. The writers’ foundation also conferred similar award on the speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly, Ms. Sheila Oliver. While […]
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Sunday, September 29th, 2013
African Examiner The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it has uncovered a grand plot by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the Presidency to rig the 2015 general elections, especially the presidential poll, and also to destabilize Nigeria. The party, in a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji […]
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Sunday, September 29th, 2013
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has commissioned the tallest hotel in West Africa, Intercontinental Lagos erected at a cost of N30 billion. The hotel, located at Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeris is a 23-storey building housing 358 rooms and 37 suites and a Presidential suite. The Intercontinental Lagos, a subsidiary of the Intercontinental […]
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Sunday, September 29th, 2013
For the second time, governors of Imo, Rochas Okorocha, Edo Adams Oshiomhole, and Rivers, Rotimi Ameachi, Sunday were absent at meeting of south-south/south east governors forum held in Enugu, even as the forum failed to endorse Jonathan for a second term in office. The meeting, held at the Enugu state government house was attended by […]
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Sunday, September 29th, 2013
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Governors of the five states of south- east geo political zone of Nigeria and other political leaders in the region on Sunday shunned the 2013 Igbo day celebration held in Enugu. The annual event, which is the brainchild of the apex Igbo socio cultural organisation, Ohaneze Ndigbo, was initiated by the […]
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Sunday, September 29th, 2013
Suspected Islamist militants stormed a college in northeastern Nigeria and shot dead around 40 male students, some of them while they slept early on Sunday, witnesses said. The gunmen, thought to be members of rebel sect Boko Haram, attacked one hostel, took some students outside before killing them and shot others trying to flee, people […]
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Sunday, September 29th, 2013
By Eric Ojo Participants at the just concluded workshop on patriotism, civic and ethical responsibility (PCE) have reiterated the overriding need for every Nigerian citizen to ensure prompt payment of income tax as a foundation for any demand for accountability in efforts geared towards national development. The workshop also urged governments at all levels […]
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Sunday, September 29th, 2013
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Enugu state Governor, Barrister Sullivan Chime has described the current revenue sharing formula in Nigeria as lopsided, saying there is need for its review so as to ensure equity and fair play. Chime stated this Friday in Enugu through his Deputy, Mr. Sunday Onyebuchi, during a one South East zonal public hearing on […]
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Saturday, September 28th, 2013
The ground floor of the 4-storey Art building, Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH), Yaba area of Lagos, Nigeria has been gutted by fire. The fire started around 10:00 am on Saturday and before officials of the Lagos State Fire Service could put out the fire, the first floor of the building has been burnt as […]
