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Jonathan Dissolves Federal Boards and Parastatals

15Mar

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Jonathan Dissolves Federal Boards and Parastatals

President Goodluck Jonathan has dissolved the membership of all boards and parastatals of the Federal Government of Nigeria with a cautionary not that the development is more of a routine exercise and must not (more…)

Toyota of Crisis: Organized Private Sector Attacks Nigerian Lawmakers’ Proposed N2.5bn Shopping-Spree on Posh Cars

15Mar

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Toyota of Crisis: Organized Private Sector Attacks Nigerian Lawmakers’ Proposed N2.5bn Shopping-Spree on Posh Cars

The decision of the Nigerian National Assembly, NASS to spend a whooping sum of N2.5billion naira in the 2012 budget to purchase Toyota Camry cars for its members has drawn the anger of Nigerian organized (more…)

NDA Dismisses Staff, Rilwanu Sanusi, for Collecting N1Million in Alleged Admission Scam

15Mar

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NDA Dismisses Staff, Rilwanu Sanusi, for Collecting N1Million in Alleged Admission Scam

The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna says it has dismissed a member of staff, Rilwanu Sanusi over an admission scam. The Registrar, Col. Henry Ayamasaowei, told (more…)

Nigeria, U.S. Sign $1.5bn Loan Agreement on Power Generation

15Mar

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Nigeria, U.S. Sign $1.5bn Loan Agreement on Power Generation

The Ministry of Power and the U.S. Export-Import Bank have signed a $1.5 billion loan agreement aimed at boosting power generation in Nigeria. At the signing ceremony of the (more…)

Sunday Nwachukwu, Another Victim of UN House Bomb Blast, Dies

15Mar

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Sunday Nwachukwu, Another Victim of UN House Bomb Blast, Dies

The United Nations Office in Nigeria on Wednesday announced the death of another victim of the Aug. 26 bomb attack on the UN House in Abuja. A statement by the UN Office in Abuja gave (more…)

15Mar

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African Union Lifts Sanctions on Libya

The 14-member states of the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) on Thursday lifted its sanctions on Libya. Mr Ramtane Lamamra, AU Commissioner for Peace and Security, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in (more…)

Group Expresses Concern Over Deputy-Governor Funmi Olayinka’s Health and Overseas Trips

15Mar

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Group Expresses Concern Over Deputy-Governor Funmi Olayinka’s Health and Overseas Trips

• The Real Reason Why Governor Fayemi Visited Canada Coalition of Non Governmental Organisations in Ekiti State, the Ekiti Movement for Peace and Good Governance (MOPEGO) has raised concern over the state of health of the Deputy (more…)

Presidential Election Tribunal: Jonathan, CPC know fate soon

15Mar

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Presidential Election Tribunal: Jonathan, CPC know fate soon

The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal on Thursday in Abuja reserved judgment on CPC’s petition challenging the victory of President Goodluck Jonathan at the April general election. (more…)

We Shall Align With Niger on Transformative Agenda – Jonathan

15Mar

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We Shall Align With Niger on Transformative Agenda – Jonathan

Address by President Goodluck E. Jonathan, GCFR, on the occasion of the commissioning of Nigeria State Geographical Information System Complex, Minna, on 20th October, 2011. 1. I am delighted to be in Niger State once again, (more…)

Gadhafi Shown No Mercy When Pulled from Drainage

15Mar

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Gadhafi Shown No Mercy When Pulled from Drainage

Dragged from hiding in a drainage pipe, a wounded Moammar Gadhafi raised his hands and begged revolutionary fighters: "Don't kill me, my sons." Within an hour, he was dead, but not before jubilant (more…)

Suswam Commends NAFDAC for its Youth Programmes

15Mar

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Suswam Commends NAFDAC for its Youth Programmes

Gov. Gabriel Suswam of Benue on Thursday commended NAFDAC for involving youths in the fight against substandard and fake drugs. Suswam made the commendation (more…)

NTA Journalist, Zakari Isa, Killed by Boko Haram in Borno

15Mar

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NTA Journalist, Zakari Isa, Killed by Boko Haram in Borno

Journalists in Borno State were thrown into shock and mourning yesterday following the killing at the weekend of their colleague, Zakari Isa of the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Maiduguri network centre by gunmen suspected (more…)

The Strange Human Ritual Audu Abubakar Must Perform to Win in Kogi State.

15Mar

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The Strange Human Ritual Audu Abubakar Must Perform to Win in Kogi State.

The bubble has popped on an alleged ritualistic covenant that has claimed the lives of two wives of Action Congress of Nigeria governorship candidate in Kogi State, Mr. Abubakar Audu. Close associates of Abubakar Audu claimed that his two (more…)

Jonathan May Announce Christian Oboh as NDDC’s New Chief Executive Officer

15Mar

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Jonathan May Announce Christian Oboh as NDDC’s New Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Christian Oboh, a staff of Agip Oil, may be announced this week as the Chief Executive of Niger-Delta Development Commission, a government parastatal that has about one thousand three hundred personnel and an (more…)

7.2 quake in Turkey kills 138, Wrecks Buildings

15Mar

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7.2 quake in Turkey kills 138, Wrecks Buildings

Cries of panic and horror filled the air as a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey, killing at least 138 people as buildings pancaked and crumpled into rubble. The death toll was expected to rise as rescuers sifted through the (more…)

NBC May Revoke Tinubu’s License to Operate Adaba FM

15Mar

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NBC May Revoke Tinubu’s License to Operate Adaba FM

There is a developing story out of Ondo State that the radio station owned and operated by former Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Adaba F.M. may soon have its license revoked for trying to incite a wave of violence and (more…)

Afghanistan to Back Pakistan if Wars with U.S. – Karzai

15Mar

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Afghanistan to Back Pakistan if Wars with U.S. – Karzai

Afghanistan would support Pakistan in case of military conflict between Pakistan and the United States, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in an interview to a private Pakistani TV channel broadcast on Saturday. (more…)

Afghan leader’s office says Pakistan remarks misinterpreted

15Mar

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Afghan leader’s office says Pakistan remarks misinterpreted

President Hamid Karzai's office says his comments to Pakistani TV that Afghanistan would side with Pakistan in a hypothetical war against the U.S. was not intended as a slight to Western governments. Parsing statements by President Hamid Karzai has become something of a parlor game in the Afghan capital. The Afghan leader's office (more…)

Boko Haram Discloses Reasons for Executing NTA Cameraman Zakariyya Isa

15Mar

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Boko Haram Discloses Reasons for Executing NTA Cameraman Zakariyya Isa

Nigeria’s Islamic extreme terrorists, Boko Haram, has owned up to ordering the execution of television news reporter, Zakariyya Isa, alleging that he was creamed because he took advantage of his close contacts with the (more…)

Ekiti monarch banishes widow over witchcraft allegation

15Mar

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Ekiti monarch banishes widow over witchcraft allegation

A serious face-off now looms between the monarch of Emure, a community in Ekiti State, the Elemure, Oba Emmanuel Adebayo, and the law of Nigeria, over the (more…)