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Ivory Coast grants presidential pardon to 3,000

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Saturday, September 21st, 2013

Abidjan – The Ivorian Government has granted presidential pardon to 3,000 people, imprisoned for various criminal offences in the country. This is contained in statement issued by the government’s spokesman, Mr Bruno Kone, on Saturday after an extra-ordinary cabinet meeting in Abidjan. The statement said the pardon did not include political detainees and prisoners. It […]

Amaechi, Okonjo-Iweala differ on the state of the economy

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Rivers, State News Saturday, September 21st, 2013

RIVERS State Governor and the Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, declared on Thursday that the Nigerian economy had gone comatose. Amaechi explained that contrary to the rosy picture painted on Wednesday by the Minister of Finance and the Coordinating minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, about the nation’s economy, Nigeria was […]

Taraba governor, Suntai, holds talks with sacked commissioners

Posted by admin Headlines, State News, Taraba Saturday, September 21st, 2013

Taraba State Governor, Mr. Danbaba Suntai, on Friday, held talks with sacked commissioners and special advisers as they paid a solidarity visit to him at Government House, Jalingo Suntai had on Tuesday, August 27, 2013 dissolved the State Executive Council, leaving only his assistants, few days after he returned from a 10-month stay in German […]

Police bars youth from inspecting Amaechi’s projects

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Saturday, September 21st, 2013

Scores of youths attending an event organised by the Rotary Club with the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, were on Friday barred by policemen from inspecting some state projects in Port Harcourt. The youths, who were about 600 in number, were said to be waiting for Government House buses to convey them from the […]

Two men caught with human head

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, September 21st, 2013

Two men were on Friday in Ibadan paraded by the police for possessing a decomposing human head. One of the men, Seyi Akinola, was arrested in an ambush operation by the police while Ajitoni Ogundeji was named by Akinola as his accomplice in the crime. Ogundeji, who is a farmer and a hunter, was alleged […]

PDP factors warns Jonathan against impeachment plot

Posted by admin Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Saturday, September 21st, 2013

The Abubakar Baraje faction of the Peoples Democratic Party has advised President Goodluck Jonathan to rein back his men to avoid plunging the country into avoidable chaos. The faction stated this in a statement in Abuja on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Chukwuemeka Eze. The group said that advice became necessary following the […]

Jonathan sacks two advisers

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency Saturday, September 21st, 2013

President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday relieved two of his Special Advisers of their appointments with immediate effect. They are, his Special Adviser on National Assembly Matters, Mrs. Joy Emordi; and that of New Partnership for Africa’s Development, Dr. Tunji Olagunju. A statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, said […]

Bloody confusion in Abuja

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News Saturday, September 21st, 2013

There was confusion in Abuja on Friday as operatives of the State Security Service raided a building in Apo Quarters, killing eight people. Though the SSS claimed that those killed were members of the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, eyewitnesses and survivors denied the security agents’ claim. Survivors alleged that the attack was masterminded by […]

Jonathan leaves for UN General Assembly, to hold talks with Obama

Posted by admin General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories Friday, September 20th, 2013

President Goodluck Jonathan will fly to New York on Saturday to participate in the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, which is expected to focus on identifying parameters for the post-2015 global development agenda. President Jonathan, who is also scheduled to meet with President Barack Obama of the United States in New York, will […]

Ibori gave me $15m bribe in bag –Ribadu

Posted by admin EFCC Politics, Latest Politics Thursday, September 19th, 2013

Nuhu Ribadu | credits: thewillnigeria.com Desperate to halt a probe into his finances, former Delta State Governor James Ibori tried to bribe anti-corruption boss Nuhu Ribadu in 2007 with $15m in cash in a bag so heavy one man alone could not lift it, Ribadu told a London court on Thursday. Reuters quoted Ribadu […]