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FG rejects visa payment in foreign currencies

Posted by admin Latest Politics Thursday, December 19th, 2013

THE Federal Government has rejected visa policies which require Nigerians to pay in foreign currencies. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof. Viola Onwuliri, stated the government’s stand at a meeting with the Diplomatic Corps on Thursday in Abuja. The United Kingdom had on December 4 this year announced a new visa regime whereby applicants for […]

Another look at Obasanjo’s epistle to Jonathan

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency Wednesday, December 18th, 2013

Jide Ojo | credits: File copy Opposition is true friendship. The man who tells you that you have a stinking rear is your friend. He is only drawing attention to your bodily filth and asking you to do something about it. He is better than a sycophant who says you can always come out of […]

Osun: Giant strides continue

Posted by admin Headlines, Osun, State News Wednesday, December 18th, 2013

BY KUNLE OYATOMI Last week, the media reported the British Deputy High Commissioner as saying that the State of Osun is a viable destination for any investor who is looking for a safe place to put his money in Nigeria because, according to him, “the State is peaceful”. The High Commissioner did not stop at […]

Breaking News: 37 PDP House of Rep Members Decamp To APC

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), House, Legislature, National Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Raw Politics, Top Stories Wednesday, December 18th, 2013

Report reaching us says thirty-seven Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members of the House of Representative have decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers said they are joining the APC due to division and factionalisation within the PDP. They claimed that their defection to APC is in obedience to section 68 subsection 1G of […]

Tambuwal slams FG for not funding capital projects

Posted by admin House, Legislature Tuesday, December 17th, 2013

Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, on Tuesday slammed the Federal Government for starving capital projects of funds. “You don’t save money when you are hungry,” Tambuwal, who displayed visible anger, said. He specifically mentioned the Ministry of Finance and the Budget Office as the […]

Senate votes against same-sex marriage

Posted by admin Legislature, Senate Tuesday, December 17th, 2013

President of the Senate, David Mark | credits: File copy The senate on Tuesday unanimously passed a harmonised Conference Committee report banning same-sex marriage in Nigeria. Senate President David Mark has therefore called on President Goodluck Jonathan to quickly sign the Bill into law. Mark said, “We have been under series of attack from different […]

From Obasanjo to Jonathan with ‘love’

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency Tuesday, December 17th, 2013

A literal reading of the 18-page letter from former President Olusegun Obasanjo to President Goodluck Jonathan would lead to the conclusion that it is no more than a summation of complaints by the public, especially the print media, against the Jonathan administration. However, a deeper, semiotic, reading reveals many layers of interpretation in which denotative […]

Picture of fine girl: Poison, cause of housemaid’s death –Autopsy

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, December 17th, 2013

Ukoha | credits: File copy A housemaid, Chika Ukoha, who died in Kubwa, Federal Capital Territory, on November 25,2011, was killed by the poison she ingested, an autopsy report has shown. The autopsy, which was carried out at the National Hospital, Abuja, on December 5, 2013, suggested that Chika died of “intracellular asphyxia” from […]

At last, ASUU suspends five-month-old strike

Posted by admin Education, Headlines Tuesday, December 17th, 2013

National President, ASUU, Nasir Issa-Fagge The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Tuesday announced the suspension of the union strike that has crippled the nation’s public universities for close to six months. Addressing a press conference in the Federal Universities of Technology, Minna, the Niger State capital, the National President of ASUU, Dr. Nasir […]

Iheanacho quits Eagles for Man City

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Tuesday, December 17th, 2013

Golden Eaglets striker, Kelechi Iheanacho | credits: File copy Golden Eaglets forward, Kelechi Iheanacho, is set to join English Premier League side, Manchester City. The player left having been released on Monday from the Super Eagles camp in Abuja by Stephen Keshi. Iheanacho was in camp for the Championship of African Nations billed for […]