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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, December 14th, 2013
-Punch The sign language interpreter ridiculed for his incoherent translation of the Mandela memorial service has faced a multitude of criminal charges in the past, including murder, attempted murder and kidnapping, South African news network eNCA reported on Friday. The network said it received documents from a senior police source that show Thamsanqa Jantjie was […]
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Articles, Columnists, Education, NNP Columnists, Odimegwu Onwumere
Saturday, December 14th, 2013
By Odimegwu Onwumere | Port-Harcourt, Nigeria | Dec. 14, 2014 – Reading culture is dying in Nigeria. A tiny number out of about 160 million people have healthy reading habits institutionalised. Majority just enlist into various schools. Many have graduated. They are all for the obtainment of certificates. This habit is causing our country harm. […]
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Judiciary, Latest Politics, National Politics
Friday, December 13th, 2013
•Voids sections 104, 203 of criminal code From GODWIN TSA, Abuja Former Chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority [NPA], Chief Ola-bode George and others were yesterday discharged and acquitted by the Supreme Court which quashed their conviction after holding that it was a complete mistrial by the lower courts.Others cleared with the chieftain of the Peoples […]
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Latest Politics
Friday, December 13th, 2013
» •Ask N’Assembly to conduct public hearing By ADE ALADE and NOAH EBIJE, Kaduna A cross section of Northern leaders have called for a thorough probe of the weighty allegations leveled against President Goodluck Jonathan by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. They said the allegations border on national security and capable of tearing the country apart.Obasanjo […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News
Friday, December 13th, 2013
» From GODWIN TSA, Abuja An Abuja high court yesterday freed former Minister for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, of charges of abuse of power while in office Justice Sadiq Abubakar Umar who delivered the judgment said the prosecu-tion has failed to establish a Prima facie case against the former minister. […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Latest Politics, Oil Politics
Friday, December 13th, 2013
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Lamido Sanusi The Northern Elders Forum and the Trade Union Congress have cautioned the Federal Government against ignoring calls by the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Lamido Sanusi, for a probe into the oil $49.8bn fund unaccounted for by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. Spokesman […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Friday, December 13th, 2013
Boko Haram members Fear has gripped the residents of Maiduguri, the Borno State Capital, as the dreaded Boko Haram Islamic Sect has again threatened to attack selected areas of the city. It was gathered that the Boko Haram Sect singled out the University of Maiduguri as the next target of its planned attacks on […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police, Rivers
Friday, December 13th, 2013
Speaker, Rivers State House of Assembly, Honourable Otelemaba Amachree | credits: www.nigeriainfo.fm The Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Mr. Otelemaba Amachree, and the House have sent a letter to the Inspector General of the Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, asking him to take judicial notice of an appeal challenging the ruling of an […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, December 13th, 2013
Two Chinese firms, Sinoma and CITIC Heavy Industries, have agreed deals totalling $733m to produce cement in Nigeria and Myanmar, respectively, as they expand in emerging markets overseas. Reuters reported that Sinoma International Engineering Company Limited, a unit of China National Materials Company Limited, signed a $536m contract with Nigeria’s Dangote Cement Plc, Sinoma […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Friday, December 13th, 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan | credits: File copy In spite of the breakfast meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan and former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Nairobi, Kenya on Thursday, the President is likely to issue a written response to the former president’s allegations next week, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. Presidential aides saddled with the responsibility of […]
