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The conviction of Bode George and five others
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A LANDMARK judgement has been given in a case involving a notable former military governor, top politician of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), close ally of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Director-General of the Yar'Adua Presidential Campaign Organisation 2007. On Monday, October 26, 2009, Chief Olabode George, Chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) under the Obasanjo administration, along with five other members of his board were sentenced to 28 years jail term without an option of fine by an Ikeja High court. Illegal African immigrants in the UK -031109 By Oladapo Awosokanre AFRICANS are often lured by the perceived glamour and prestige nay economic prospect of emigrating abroad. Abroad meaning Europe, North America and more recently Asia and Australia. |
Bail out the poor, not the fat cats
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By Chinedu Bosah THERE has been so much noise on the cleaning-up of the banking sector with the replacement of some bank chiefs. One area which most people have ignored is the huge sums (tax payers' money) put in the ailing banks and the impact on society. The fall of the mighty -031109 By Victor Oshisada THAT rot exists in our banking industry is not new. It began about three decades ago. In 1983, during the electioneering campaign, the legendary leader of a welfarist political party made this revelation. |
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