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Crossfire: Aregbesola Shuns Presidential Function in Oshogbo

15Mar

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Politics

Crossfire: Aregbesola Shuns Presidential Function in Oshogbo

* Sambo Counsels Options of Court Redress Over Arrest of ACN Members Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State began a trip down a familiar road into national crisis and frictional relationship between the government at the center and the artificial federating states on Thursday, as he took (more…)

15Mar

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Business

Dictators Get the Deaths They Deserve

“ALL political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure,” wrote Enoch Powell, the controversial but often perspicacious British politician, “because that is the nature of (more…)

15Mar

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Photo News

Dictators Get the Deaths They Deserve

“ALL political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure,” wrote Enoch Powell, the controversial but often perspicacious British politician, “because that is the nature of (more…)

Jonathan Endorses African Infrastructural Fund

15Mar

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Politics

Jonathan Endorses African Infrastructural Fund

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Thursday in Perth, Western Australia gave Nigeria’s support to calls for the urgent establishment of an Africa Infrastructure Fund. Speaking at a roundtable with (more…)

Jonathan, Gillard Announce Establishment of Nigeria-Australia Trade and Investment Council

15Mar

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Politics

Jonathan, Gillard Announce Establishment of Nigeria-Australia Trade and Investment Council

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and the Australian Prime Minister, Ms. Julia Gillard Thursday in Perth, formally announced the establishment of a new Nigeria-Australia Trade and Investment Council to identify and (more…)

Abuja Court Dismisses Umar Ado Case Against PDP Exco

15Mar

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Politics

Abuja Court Dismisses Umar Ado Case Against PDP Exco

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday struck out a suit filed by Dr Umar Ardo against the Adamawa PDP Executive Committee. The committee conducted the party’s primary in which (more…)

Supreme Court Rules on Buhari Vs. Jonathan on Monday

15Mar

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Politics

Supreme Court Rules on Buhari Vs. Jonathan on Monday

The Nigeria Supreme Court has said that it would give its verdict on Monday over an appeal filed by the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, challenging the refusal of former Appear Court President, (more…)

Daredevil Gang Stages Rambo-Style Rescue of Accused Associate in Kogi Court

15Mar

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Politics

Daredevil Gang Stages Rambo-Style Rescue of Accused Associate in Kogi Court

* Kill Prison Guard Like a scripted act in a Nollywood movie, a dare-devil gang on Wednesday stormed a Kogi State High Court in Ihima, Okehi Local Government Area, and rescued one of their associates who had been ordered to (more…)

Black Voters’ Support for Obama Is Steady and Strong

15Mar

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Photo News

Black Voters’ Support for Obama Is Steady and Strong

Abdul Malik seems the prototype of a disenchanted Barack Obama voter. Mr. Malik, 48, lost his job as a grading and landscape worker a year and a half ago, another victim of the housing bust. Since then, he has been searching for (more…)

Bayelsa Police Command Tries 3 for October 16 Extra-Judicial Killing

15Mar

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Politics

Bayelsa Police Command Tries 3 for October 16 Extra-Judicial Killing

The Bayelsa Police Commissioner, Mr Hilary Opara has confirmed that three police officers (names withheld) are facing orderly room trial over the alleged killing of a youth in the state. Opara, who gave the confirmation in (more…)

Nigeria Fights Airfare War with British Carriers

15Mar

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Politics

Nigeria Fights Airfare War with British Carriers

Ms Stella Oduah, the Minister of Aviation, on Friday decried the hike in the fare charged by some airlines on Lagos-Abuja-London route. A statement signed by Mr Jeo Obi, the minister’s Special Adviser on Media, quoted her (more…)

15Mar

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Politics

Two Nigerian Airmen Survive Plane Crash

The two occupants of a Nigerian Airforce training aircraft, an L-39 jet which crasjed near Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State, are said to be under close observation at the intensive care unit of an undisclosed hospital. (more…)

Achebe, Dangote, Alele-Williams, Tambuwal, Aki and Pawpaw, Others Win National Honors

15Mar

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Achebe, Dangote, Alele-Williams, Tambuwal, Aki and Pawpaw, Others Win National Honors

World-renowned anthropological and African renaissance author, Professor Chinua Achebe, has emerged a winner of Nigeria’s second highest national honor, Commander of the Federal Republic, CFR. It is the second (more…)

The Billionaire Who’s Squandering His Wealth On African Leaders – Mfonobong Nsehe

15Mar

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Looking Ahead with Bayo Oluwasanmi

The Billionaire Who’s Squandering His Wealth On African Leaders – Mfonobong Nsehe

Earlier today, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation announced the award of its $5 million African Leadership Prize to Cape Verde’s former president, Pedro Verona Pires. According to the foundation, Pires was (more…)

15Mar

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Politics

Nigerian Elected Chair of ACHPR

Catherine Dupe Atoki of Nigeria has been elected chairperson of African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR), replacing the outgoing Madam Reine Alapini-Gansou of Togo. (more…)

Former Ondo Commissioner, Ronke Okunsanya, Arrested as Accomplice in NTA General Manager’s Child Abuse Saga

15Mar

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Politics

Former Ondo Commissioner, Ronke Okunsanya, Arrested as Accomplice in NTA General Manager’s Child Abuse Saga

A former Commissioner in Ondo State, Mrs. Ronke Okunsanya, has been arrested by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other Related Offenses (NAPTIP) in Nigeria, in connection with the child (more…)

I listed 500 Nigerians who Stole Government Funds and Nothing Happened – Nzeribe

15Mar

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The Insider

I listed 500 Nigerians who Stole Government Funds and Nothing Happened – Nzeribe

From IKENNA EMEWU, Abuja Age and time might have slowed down the pace of the maverick Senator Arthur Nzeribe, but the vehemence of his conviction remains ablaze as usual. From the way he fumes, not minding the (more…)

Ecological Fund Releases N21bn for Remediation of Dams in Sokoto and Taraba

15Mar

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Politics

Ecological Fund Releases N21bn for Remediation of Dams in Sokoto and Taraba

The Ecological Fund Office (EFO) has released N2.5 billion to the Federal Ministry of Water Resources for remediation works on Goronyo Dam in Sokoto State. Mr Jude Mekwunye, the Director, (more…)

15Mar

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Life with Oladimeji Abitogun

Why NFF Sacked Siasia

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Friday said it sacked members of the Super Eagles’ coaching crew over their failure to fulfil the terms of their contract with the association. Speaking at the (more…)

15Mar

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I listed 500 Nigerians who Stole Government Funds and Nothing Happened – Nzeribe

From IKENNA EMEWU, Abuja Age and time might have slowed down the pace of the maverick Senator Arthur Nzeribe, but the vehemence of his conviction remains ablaze as usual. From the way he fumes, not minding the (more…)