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‘Dana yet to compensate family of Prof. Onwuliri’
OVER one year after she lost her husband, Prof. Celestine Onwuliri, in the June 2012 Dana Air disaster in Lagos, his widow and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Prof. Viola Adaku Onwuliri, said no compensation has been given to her family by...
Read more... Why Nigeria is having problems, by Maitama Sule
• Youth, elders do not complement each other
• Self comes before nation, me before others
ELDER statesman and Nigeria’s former permanent representative at the United Nations, Alhaji Maitama Sule, says the nation has found itself in an...
Read more... • Self comes before nation, me before others
ELDER statesman and Nigeria’s former permanent representative at the United Nations, Alhaji Maitama Sule, says the nation has found itself in an...
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Edo Assembly demands apology from NAMA over Oshiomhole’s ordeal
FOLLOWING the detention of Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s flight by the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) last weekend, the Deputy Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Festus Ebea, said the Edo people demand apology from the agency for...
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More controversies trail police killing in Edo
FAMILY of the slain 22-year-old student of the University of Benin, Ibrahim Momodu, Sunday raised fresh dust with the allegation that police report that the victim was shot in the legs was false, stating that autopsy reports from his exhumed body...
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Polio can be eradicated by end of 2014, says IMB
• Nigeria records no new case, immunisation for mid-June
• ‘Obese children have increased risk of diabetes, hypertension, cancer’
THE Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) for polio eradication, which was set up by the Global Polio...
Read more... • ‘Obese children have increased risk of diabetes, hypertension, cancer’
THE Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) for polio eradication, which was set up by the Global Polio...
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Court declares attempted arrest of five Lagos chiefs rights abuse
JUSTICE Adeniyi Onigbanjo of Ikeja High Court has declared the invitation of five Lagos high chiefs by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Commissioner of Police, Monitoring/Special Investigation Unit, Force Headquarters, Abuja, Mr. Ali...
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FCT indigenes salute Senate constitution review panel
AN indigenous group in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Original Inhabitants’ Development Association of Abuja (OIDA), has commended the Senate Committee on Review of the 1999 Constitution for including a mayoralty system of governance for...
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Anglicans demand handover of school
ANAMBRA State’s continual hesitation to hand over Bishop Crowther Memorial Primary School to the Anglican Communion is raising friction between the church and its Catholic counterpart in the region.
However, the delay in handing over the school...
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Okorocha faults U.S. security report on Imo
• Firm holds forum in Owerri Monday
GOVERNOR Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has faulted the United States’ (U.S.) recent report that listed Imo as one of the states riddled by security problems in the country.
In a statement in Owerri, the...
Read more... GOVERNOR Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has faulted the United States’ (U.S.) recent report that listed Imo as one of the states riddled by security problems in the country.
In a statement in Owerri, the...
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Taraba Group Demands Release Of Gov. Suntai’s Medical History
POLITICAL pressure group, Taraba Justice Forum, has challenged the Acting Governor of Taraba State, Alhaji Garba Umar, to release the official medical report on Governor Danbaba Suntai to enable citizens know his true state of health... Add new comment Hits: 322
Foreign Exchange Differential Claims Stall 2013 Oil subsidy Payment
• PPRA Slashes Marketers List From 142 To 38EXECUTIVE Secretary, Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), Mr. Reginald Stanley, has attributed non-payment of oil subsidy to marketers since the beginning of the 2013 fiscal year to...
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Abdulsalami Commends Jang’s Achievements
FORMER Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, has commended the pace of development in Plateau State since the inception of the administration of Jonah Jang. He gave the commendation while addressing participants at the Redemption II...
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N24b Glass Industry To Employ 900 In Rivers Community
THE N24-billion float glass industry in Egi community, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area (Onelga) of Rivers State, will employ 900 persons, President of Egi Peoples Assembly, Oris Onyiri, has disclosed.
Foreign investors, including the Mara...
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Imo Assembly Passes 36 Bills, 87 Motions In Two Years, Ends Legislative Year
THE Imo State House of Assembly at the weekend appraised self, scoring it high for performance in two years of present Fifth House, Third Assembly.
In his address during special session to end year 2012 /2013 Legislative year, the Speaker, Chief...
Read more... In his address during special session to end year 2012 /2013 Legislative year, the Speaker, Chief...
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Landowners Demand Compensation Over Acquired Land For Power Projects
PROTESTING landowners, Saturday, confronted Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, who was on working visit to Kaduna State to commission power projects.Alleging that government is yet to pay for the land where the power projects are sited...
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