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House, Legislature, Senate, Top Stories
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
Controversies have continued to trail the structuring of salaries of political, public and judicial officeholders by the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC). LEADERSHIP investigations reveal that Nigeria’s lawmakers may be earning far more than the public knows. Details of the remuneration package of political, public and judicial officeholders published by RMAFC on July […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
PLAYERS and officials of Al Hilal Football Club of Sudan yesterday erupted in wild celebration after their team’s hard-fought 2-2 with 2003 and 2004 African champion, Enyimba of Aba, inside the Enyimba stadium. They had many reasons to be happy because it is not often that teams come to Aba and get a good result, […]
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Headlines, Jigawa, State News
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
GOVERNOR Sule Lamido of Jigawa State has directed Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Lawal Abdu Babura, to rise to the challenge of his administration’s resolve of making the state a model for others in Nigeria. He gave the charge at the weekend when he administered the oath of office on Babura at the […]
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Governors, Headlines, South-East
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
THE South-East Governors Forum has called on stakeholders in northern parts of the country to tackle the high rate of insecurity in their region. Rising from their meeting in Enugu yesterday, the chairman of the forum and Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi, urged the stakeholders to put in place a necessary machinery so as to ensure security […]
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National Politics
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
IT reflects how wide apart the old guards and saplings of the sprawling region have grown, lately, and on this one issue, unfortunately, the falcon cannot hear the falconer. As it is now, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and the Arewa Youth Forum (AYF) are at odds over the appropriate measures the Federal Government should […]
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Boko Haram, National Politics
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
With the latest rise in suicide and bomb explosions inNigeria especially in the northern part where religion fanatics like Boko Haram, the General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God RCCG, Pastor E A Adeboye recently sent a message to all pastors in RCCG to be very observant of people coming into the sanctuary. In the message titled “ […]
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Headlines
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
HSBC’s right to open and close customers account does not permit the “discrimination of any person or entity based on its color, origin or activity,” Nigeria’s Ambassador to the US, Prof Ade Adefuye has said expressing displeasure, but the US bank clarified its position with an apology on the closure of the accounts of a […]
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Headlines, Women Politics
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
A recent study released by the Nielsen Company that examines the consumer and media habits of women in emerging and developed countries has found that women in India are the most stressed – and they spend differently. The Women of Tomorrow Study, which examined 6,500 women across 21 different nations from February through April 2011, […]
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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry)
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
Rita Dominic has been earmarked to host the HEADIES awards (formerly the Hip Hop awards), and as part of the preparations for that, a theme song for this year’s edition was premiered on July 13th on a Logos Nigeria radio station (Beats FM). And surprise, surprise, the guest host for the morning show at […]
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Anambra, Boko Haram, Enugu, National Politics, State News
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
PALPABLE fear has gripped traders and residents of the commercial city of Onitsha and communities around Ogbunka in Orumba South Local Government Area, in Anambra State, following unconfirmed rumours that the Islamist fundamentalists , Boko Haram, might have invaded parts of the South Eastern States. The much-feared terrorist group, which recently penetrated the nation’s security […]
