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Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
*Says Buhari will resist impunity in Rivers Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has promised Rivers people and the South-South that he will join hands with the President-Elect, Muhammadu Buhari to improve their living standard and promote development. Amaechi also assured the people that the Buhari led administration will resist impunity and abuse […]
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen – The speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, has relinquished his position and handed over to his Deputy, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, in view of the approaching transition to a new administration, at both State and Federal levels. Hon. Tambuwal, who is the Governor-elect of his home State Sokoto, […]
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos – A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Tuesday ordered the officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to immediately vacate Lekki Lagos residence of the Ogun State Senator-elect, Prince Buruji Kashamu. Justice Ibrahim Buba, in his ruling held that the agency’s conduct was sub-judice, asking it to order […]
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has stated that the peace enjoyed in the state was as a result of prayers and the power of God. Speaking at a special thanksgiving service of the Government House Family to celebrate God’s Goodness on his administration for the past eight years at the Government House Chapel Monday […]
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu – The ongoing fuel scarcity being experienced in parts of Nigeria, has worsened in Enugu state, as a litre of the essential commodity is now between 350 to 400, just as motorists in the area have continued to rain curses on outgoing president Goodluck Jonathan, for failing to address the sad […]
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
By Niyi Adeyi – The stifling lingering fuel scarcity nationwide, took another serious dimension Monday night when some men of the Nigerian Army caused confusion in the outlet of an independent oil marketer (Capital Oil) in Berger area of Lagos, as well as engage in fuel rackets. The Military men who arrived the outlet already […]
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
In furtherance of its expansion plan in African countries, Leading Cement manufacturers, Dangote Cement Plc will next week Thursday commission its 2.5million mtpa cement plant in Ethiopia as the company inches towards the mark of 40million mtpa total production capacity globally before the end of 2015 Located in Mugher District, the Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic […]
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen – Less than a week after its immediate past National Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu was frustrated out of office, the ruling PDP, has announced a former Defence Minister, Haliru Mohammed, as the new acting Chairman of the Board of Trustees. The ex-Minister appointment was endorsed late Monday night by the country’s outgoing […]
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos – Lagos lawyer, Festus Keyamo has withdrawn from prosecuting the case against former Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Sylva. Keyamo refused to disclose why he decided to withdraw from the case, saying it is personal. In a letter he wrote to the Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Keyamo recalled that […]
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
From Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki – Chairman of the troubled All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Ebonyi state chapter, Mr. Jerry Obasi, has raised the alarm over threat to his life by some hoodlums, who recently besieged his residence either kill or abduct him in Abakaliki. He told newsmen that “the incident, took place at about 4:30a.m. […]
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Monday, May 25th, 2015
By Balogun, Lagos – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) views with disappointment the apparent snub by the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari of the handover programme lined up by the Federal Government to transmit power to him by Friday, May 29, 2015. The PDP said such behaviour was a measure of lack of democratic discipline. PDP […]
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Monday, May 25th, 2015
By Ayo Balogun – Osun State public servants will begin indefinite strike on Tuesday over the state government’s inability to pay them six months salaries. The workers had issued 14-day ultimatum to the government to pay them the six months salaries being owed them. Jacob Adekomi, Nigeria Labour Congress, Osun State ordered civil servants to […]
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Monday, May 25th, 2015
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki (APC Kwara Central) has declared that fuel subsidy management in Nigeria is the biggest platform for fraud in the country. He said that the subsidy is in form of huge rackets being used by oil marketers and government officials to rip off the national treasury on yearly […]
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Monday, May 25th, 2015
As fuel scarcity bites harder, Nigerian banks have cut service hours to their customers as there is no diesel to power their generators. With unstable power supply. In Nigeria, banks rely on diesel to operate at a very high cost, but diesel is now a scarce commodity with banks unable to cope. Gurantee Trust Bank, […]
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Monday, May 25th, 2015
*Urges Newly Elected Chairmen To Be Good Ambassadors Of The Party The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has thanked the electorate in the State for overwhelmingly voting for the party in Saturday’s local government elections, describing their action as an endorsement of the eight years administration of out-going Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi. The […]
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Monday, May 25th, 2015
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The Nigeria Oil Marketers have suspended their strike action and embarked on immediate lifting of fuel across the country. The marketers also pledge to make fuel available across the country within six hours. The decision followed the intervention of the Senate committee on petroleum downstream led by Senator Magnus Abe. Abe […]
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Monday, May 25th, 2015
*Urges Vigilance As Nigerians Await Change , Buhari/Osinbajo Presidency International journalist and top official of the the group of Nigerian Christians in the US, Laolu Akande says Nigerians must take full ownership of the change process which is expected to kic k-off later this week with the swearing-in of a new president and vice president. […]
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Monday, May 25th, 2015
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos – Former President Olusegun has urged Nigerians to be patience with the president-elect Gen. Mohammadu Buhari noting it will take time to fix Jonathan’s administration rot. Speaking when a group of Southwest women Leaders paid him a courtesy call at his Abeokuta residence, the former president also expressed confidence that Buhari […]
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Monday, May 25th, 2015
By Emmanuel Onwubiko – In what may signal an appreciable state of trust in the capacity of Mr. Solomon Arase to steer the decadent and near-moribund Nigeria Police Force out of dysfuntionality and operational paralysis, the Nigerian Head of State and Government made a historic confirmation of the appointment to the substantive post of the […]
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Sunday, May 24th, 2015
To err is human, to forgive divine From “An Essay on Criticism”, by Alexander Pope Debt, debt everywhere; should we forgive or bargain? From the writer The truth is that it is only God the Almighty who does not make a mistake and His angels. Every man and woman makes mistakes and commits sins at […]
