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Thursday, October 30th, 2014
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Lagos State Government has declared that the collapsed guest house, of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) lacks government approval. State Commissioner for Physical Development and Urban Planning, Toyin Ayinde Adedamola, made the declaration while testifying before the Coroners Court sitting in Ikeja the state capital. Presided over by […]
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Thursday, October 30th, 2014
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan has pledged to work more with Nigerians to take the country to a higher pedestal. Jonathan made the pledge Thursday afternoon at the ruling PDP National Headquarters in Abuja after payment and obtaining his Presidential Expression and Nomination Forms ahead of 2015 general elections. President Jonathan observed “If we […]
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Thursday, October 30th, 2014
The Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has bought and submitted his Expression of Interest and Nomination forms for the Delta South Senatorial District election in 2015. The forms were submitted at the Peoples Democratic Party State Headquarters in Asaba on Thursday. Governor Uduaghan, whose forms were bought on October 17 by some of his […]
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Thursday, October 30th, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan is expected to visit the National Headquarters of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at 1400 Hours today to make the stipulated payment and collect his Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms for the 2015 Presidential elections. In a statement issued Thursday, by his Special Adviser on Media and […]
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Thursday, October 30th, 2014
A week after his controversial judgement, Justice Ambrose Alagoa of a Jos Federal High Court, the Plateau state capital, has upturn his last Thursday judgement which sacked the newly elected Nigeria Football Federation President (NFF) Amaju Pinnick reinstated him and sacked the factional head, Chris Giwa. Justice Alagoa Thursday struck out the suit filed […]
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Thursday, October 30th, 2014
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja Less than 48 hours after his defection from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) and his formal public presentation, the security details attached to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal have been withdrawn. The Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba who […]
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Thursday, October 30th, 2014
Orhuhworun Area of Udu local government, Delta state became a beehive of activities on Tuesday as a large supporters of Comrade Daniel Ovwigho Idonor stormed the area to formally open his campaign office in resilient pursuance to his Ughelli/Udu Federal Constituency bid. Unveiling the office located at no 38 Orhuhworun Road, Udu, Daniel Idonor posited […]
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2014
From Ganiyu Nasirudeen The Nigerian leading opposition All Progressives Congress (APC)’s Extraordinary National Convention has held with many and heavy accusations against the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), but with promises by it to return Nigeria to the path of growth and development, if elected into power. In his welcome address at the convention which […]
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2014
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu A member of the All Progressive Congress APC, Board of Trustee (BOT) and retired Army General, Josef Okoloagu, has picked the party’s nomination form for the Enugu North Senatorial district race in 2015. The vocal General, who was accompanied by scores of his supporters to the Enugu state secretariat of the […]
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2014
Another US school has banned a Nigerian student from attending classes because of an apparent ignorance on the country’s status on the Ebola virus in violation of the United Nations advisory, Empowered Newswire reports. Local media reports in Milford, Connecticut State stated that a Nigerian-American girl who just returned from a visit to Nigeria earlier […]
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2014
Mr Kehinde Oluyole, member, National Union of Road Transporter Worker (NURTW) Oyo State chapter has petitioned the Federal and State governments over alleged extortion of N80 million to fight Ebola Virus. Oluyole, a transporter, made the allegation in a two-page petition made available to the Newsmen in Ibadan on Tuesday. In the petition, he claimed […]
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2014
By Niyi Adeyi The World Football Governing body, FIFA has given the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) till Friday, October 31, 2014 to settle its interna crisesl, failure of which it will slam it with sanctions. FIFA had last week after Justice Ambrose Allagoa of a Jos High court, sacked the recently elected Amaju Pinnick as […]
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2014
By Chuks Ehirim The cozy relationship between President Goodluck Jonathan and the Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willy Obiano of All Progressives Grand Alliance [APGA], may soon hit the rocks over suspected romance between him and Governor Chibike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State. A source in Abuja revealed that there is an uneasiness within the […]
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2014
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu’s 2015 support base has received a knock, as kinsmen of Enugu state Governor, Sullivan Chime in Udi council Area, dismissed as false their purported endorsement of the senate number two man. They described as “utterly ridiculous” media reports claiming that the people of the Area, had declared […]
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2014
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos In its efforts to achieve peace in crisis-ridden communities in Plateau State, a non-governmental organisation, Search for Common Ground (SFCG) has trained over 2, 500 persons on how to mediate in conflict management. The Communication and Learning Officer, Search for Common Ground, Chima Onwe disclosed this during the “Plateau Will Arise” media […]
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2014
The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers, the umbrella body of owners of online news websites in Nigeria, has resolved to forge a partnership with the Nigerian Copyright Commission for the protection of intellectual property. Rising from its meeting in Abuja, GOCOP, in a statement on Tuesday, vowed to work with the NCC “to properly articulate […]
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2014
*Urges FG To Seek Foreign Assistance In Caring For Victims The Nigerian Senate has resolved to raise N20 million among themselves to support internally displaced persons in the country, especially those displaced by Boko Haram operations in the North East. It also urged the federal government to redouble its efforts in providing relief materials to […]
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2014
Muslims in Lagos State are divided over support for the governorship ambition of the former Accountant General of Lagos, Akinwunmi Ambode as another Muslim groups have denounced purported claims by some Muslim clerics that all Muslims in the state have endorsed Ambode’s ambition. Last week, over 4,000 Muslims openly endorsed the governorship ambition of Ambode […]
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2014
At least, property worth millions of naira were Tuesday evening destroyed as fire razes the Federal Ministry of Works building at Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos, Nigeria. It was learnt that the fire began in the 2-storey building around 6:30pm after workers had left the office at the close of work. The inferno gutted three offices […]
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2014
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will begin the distribution of 4.8 million Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVC) in Lagos, Nigeria from November 7, 2014. This was disclosed by INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Adekunle Ogunmola in Lagos, saying that the distribution of the PVC under the third phase would begin in Lagos and other […]
