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RTEAN Holds Rally in Support of Subsidy Removal
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
Politics

RTEAN Holds Rally in Support of Subsidy Removal

The Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) says it has scheduled Saturday for a peaceful rally nationwide in solidarity with the Federal Government over removal of petroleum subsidy. Alhaji Danlami Navom, the Secretary General of the Association, who disclosed this in an interview on Friday in Abuja, said the association had disassociated itself from other segments of the labour movement. (more…)
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NDLEA Lagos Command Lists Successes in 2011
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
Politics

NDLEA Lagos Command Lists Successes in 2011

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Lagos State Command, seized 10.6 tonnes of assorted hard drugs in 2011, its commander, Mr Aliyu Sule, said on Friday. Sule said in an interview in Lagos that the seizures were an increase on the 6.1 tonnes it made in 2010. (more…)
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Lagos-Ilorin Passenger Train Overcrowded
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
Politics

Lagos-Ilorin Passenger Train Overcrowded

The passenger train that left Lagos for Ilorin on Friday was so overcrowded that many simply sat on the floor, while some others remained standing. The train was already overcrowded at its takeoff point, Ido on Lagos Mainland, leaving many of those waiting to board along the numerous stations on its path disappointed. (more…)
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Jonathan Begs Nigerians in Nationwide Broadcast
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
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Jonathan Begs Nigerians in Nationwide Broadcast

- Promises Adequate Security and Smaller Government EVEN as labor and affiliated organizations across the country have said that there is no going back on the total industrial strike action planned for Monday, President Goodluck Jonathan said in a nationwide broadcast Saturday night that his administration would cut (more…)
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Woman Sues Guardian for Failure to Reveal her Biological Father
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
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Woman Sues Guardian for Failure to Reveal her Biological Father

A 36 year-old woman, Mrs Aishat Abubakar of Barnawa Area in Kaduna State, on Friday sued her guardian, Alhaji Shuaibu Tanko, for refusing to take her to her parent. Aisha told a Kaduna Sharia Court that Tanko and his wife, Fatima, were not her biological parents and efforts to convince them to take her to her real parents failed. (more…)
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Jonathan’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ Speech
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
Fashion Personality

Jonathan’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ Speech

By Folabi Ogunleye IN a live prime-time speech from Abuja on Saturday night, President Jonathan sought to woo Nigerians to his side in the petroleum subsidy debate. It is doubtful that he succeeded at wooing anyone. Too little, too late. That was what I thought (more…)
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Open and Modern with Few Pops of Color
15Mar By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments
Special Publication

Open and Modern with Few Pops of Color

The European languages are members of the same family. Their separate existence is a myth. For science, music, sport, etc, Europe uses the same vocabulary. The languages only differ in their grammar, their pronunciation and their most common words. The European languages are members of the same family. Their separate existence is a myth (more…)
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No Shooting Incident in Abuja – Police
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
Politics

No Shooting Incident in Abuja – Police

The Police Command in FCT says no shooting incident occurred ``at a place of worship in Garki, Area 10, Abuja, on Sunday. This was contained in a statement issued by Mr Jimoh Moshood, the command’s spokesman. (more…)
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Congrats, President Jonathan!
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
Looking Ahead with Bayo Oluwasanmi

Congrats, President Jonathan!

By Pius Adesanmi Dear President Jonathan: I was writing this short note to congratulate you on the significant threshold you crossed recently in the life of your presidency and in your mode of self-inscription into the memory of our nation when other good news fell into your plate today. I am thus faced with the proverbial situation of trees falling on trees. (more…)
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Subsidy Protest not Religious, Tribal – CLO
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
Politics

Subsidy Protest not Religious, Tribal – CLO

As labour mobilises for Monday’s protest against fuel subsidy withdrawal, the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) on Sunday cautioned against mistaking the planned protest for religious or tribal riots. (more…)
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Three New Refineries Coming – Works Minister
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
Politics

Three New Refineries Coming – Works Minister

The Minister of Works, Mr. Mike Onolememen, says part of the benefits that will accrue to Nigerians from the withdrawal of fuel subsidy will be the building of three new refineries. The minister who spoke at the (more…)
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