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Opinion: Avoidable tragedy at NIS recruitment

Jide Ojo | credits: File copy “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter” – Martin Luther King It is the season of anomie in Nigeria. The country is now in the Hobbesian State of Nature where life is short, brutish and nasty. In the last one week, […]

Picture: NYSC offers ex-member N100,000 for loss of limb

Emmanuel Unogu A former corps member, Emmanuel Unogu, has been offered N100,000 by the National Youth Service Corps for the loss of his right leg during the service year. Unogu, who served with the Urueffong/Oruka Local Government, Akwa Ibom State in 2008, was involved in an auto accident, which later led to the loss […]

109.5 million barrels of oil stolen in 2013 – NNPC

Posted by admin Headlines, Oil Politics, Raw Politics Wednesday, March 19th, 2014

GMD, NNPC, Mr. Andrew Yakubu The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has put the amount of crude oil stolen in the country in 2013 at 109.5 million barrels. The Group Managing Director, NNPC, Mr. Andrew Yakubu, in a special keynote address at the ongoing Nigerian Oil and Gas Conference in Abuja on Tuesday, said the country […]

Israel attacks Syrian army sites

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Wednesday, March 19th, 2014

Israel says it has attacked several Syrian military sites in retaliation for a bombing that wounded four of its troops in the occupied Golan Heights. Among the targets were a headquarters, a training facility and artillery batteries, the Israeli military said. The Syrian army had “aided and abetted” the attack on a patrol near the […]

Damning US corruption report on Nigeria

Posted by admin American Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories Wednesday, March 19th, 2014

President Goodluck Jonathan | credits: File copy THE United States government’s recent report on the role of the government in the proliferation of corruption in Nigeria offers a fresh and undeniable insight into why graft is so deeply entrenched in the Nigerian system. If the government that should stamp out corruption is now actively protecting […]

National Conference adjourns to formulate rules

Posted by admin Latest Politics Wednesday, March 19th, 2014

Former Chief Justice of Nigeria and chairman of the conference, retired Justice Idris Kutigi BARELY 24 hours after inauguration, the National Conference on Tuesday adjourned sitting by one week in order for its secretariat to formulate the ground rules that would guide debates. The chairman of the conference, retired Justice Idris Kutigi, adjourned sitting […]

Lawmakers’ll sustain democracy – Mark

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Senate Wednesday, March 19th, 2014

Senate President, David Mark Senate President, David Mark, on Tuesday addressed the 130th General Assembly of the Inter Parliamentary Union holding in Geneva, Switzerland, assuring that Nigerian parliamentarians would do everything within their powers to sustain the nation’s democracy. Mark, who also presided over a session of Tuesday’s General Assembly of the global body, […]

National Confab: FG rejects delegates’ request for aides’ allowance (Greedy so-called delegates)

Posted by admin Latest Politics Wednesday, March 19th, 2014

Former Chief Justice of Nigeria and chairman of the conference, retired Justice Idris Kutigi The Federal Government has rebuffed request by some of the delegates to the ongoing national conference that their personal aides be paid by the government. Each of the delegates are to receive N12m for the three months exercise. The allowance […]

Pastor arraigned for allegedly defrauding church member

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, March 19th, 2014

Pastor Ikechukwu Ezeiru The Pastor of Christ Citizen Glorious Assembly, Okota, Lagos, Pastor Ikechukwu Ezeiru, has been charged with fraud at an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court. He was arraigned on Tuesday for allegedly defrauding a church member, Ifeanyi Ohazurume, of N7m. The police said Ezeiru collected the money to help the defendant purchase auction […]

Immigration jobs tragedy: House of Reps summons Interior minister, NIS boss

Posted by admin Headlines, House, Legislature Wednesday, March 19th, 2014

Minister of Interior, Abba Moro The House of Representatives on Tuesday summoned the Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro; and the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Mr. Shikfu Parradang, to explain the death of 21 Nigerians on Saturday in their bid to be enlisted into the NIS. The victims, among them three pregnant […]