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Senate opposes liquidation of NITEL

Posted by admin Legislature, Senate Sunday, May 26th, 2013

The Senate on Thursday opposed the Federal Government’s planned liquidation of the Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and opted for concession. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Privatisation, Sen. Gbenga Obadara (ACN-Ogun), stated this at an interactive session with newsmen in Abuja. Obadara said the information to liquidate NITEL was conveyed to the senate at the committee’s […]

Intrigues, politics in Achebe’s burial

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, May 26th, 2013

By McPhilips Nwachukwu & Uduma Kalu It would have been difficult if the burial of Chinua Achebe had passed without any controversy. Apart from the fact that the dust his autobiography, There was a Country raised was yet to settle, the announcement of his death started another round of controversy. The first controversy that came […]

British soldier attacker never been to Nigeria,hold a British passport, born and raised in the UK – “He is one of your own” – envoy

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Sunday, May 26th, 2013

New York – Nigerians all over the world have been urged to speak out and condemn the brutal murder of a British soldier on a London street on Wednesday. Amb.Habib Habu, Consul General of Nigeria in New York stated this in a message on Thursday. According to him, the beheading of the 25-year-old soldier was […]

Nigerian army ‘destroys’ Boko Haram camps in north-east

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Headlines Friday, May 24th, 2013

The Nigerian army says it has destroyed a number of well-equipped camps used by the militant Islamist group, Boko Haram, in the north-east of Nigeria. Senior officer Chris Olukolade revealed the extensive nature of the camps, which he said were used to co-ordinate attacks on nearby local communities. The BBC has not been able to […]

NGF ELECTION: PDP GOVS, OBI, MIMIKO ENDORSE YUGUDA •Shema to withdraw •Why Northern govs dumped Amaechi

Posted by admin Governors, Katsina, Rivers, State News Friday, May 24th, 2013

NO fewer than 23 governors, it was gathered on Thursday, have endorsed the decision to pick Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State as consensus chairmanship candidate for the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF). Sources said though Governor Ibrahim Shema of Katsina State had also indicated interest in the job, he would be asked to withdraw in […]

FG uncovers 1,497 illegal border routes •Seeks US assistance •To deploy electronic surveillance equipment to borders

Posted by admin American Politics, Latest Politics Friday, May 24th, 2013

THE Federal Government has identified a total number of 84 legitimate and legal routes through which people could come or go out of Nigeria, while about 1,497 illegal routes that entered the country had also been uncovered. Determinied to put an end to the unending insurgency in the country, the Federal Government has, therefore, approached […]

Tinubu, Fashola, Al-Makura, others for APC rally in Kaduna

Posted by admin Kaduna, Party Politics, State News Friday, May 24th, 2013

AHEAD of Friday’s rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Southern Kaduna, chieftains of the proposed APC would join General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) in Kagoro town of Southern Kaduna to welcome hundreds of former members of the PDP into the party. They include former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, of the Action […]

Senate to clip NFF president’s wings (Clip yours afterwards)

Posted by admin Legislature, Senate Friday, May 24th, 2013

Stakeholders in the nation’s football business have been told not to expect a dispensation where the president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will be an all-powerful individual as drafted in a proposed bill. According to Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, a member of the Senate Committee on Sports, the current proposition where the president has the […]

Warri-based bishop arrested over kidnapping

Posted by admin Delta, Headlines, State News Friday, May 24th, 2013

POLICE in Warri, Delta State, have arrested a Warri-based bishop of a pentecostal church and another “prophet,” simply identified as Joseph, following an attempted kidnap on the proprietress of a popular private school in Sedco area of Warri. Police sources confirmed that the partners-in-crime were in detention, after the victim cried out for justice through […]

Kano: Slain 40 police officers’ families cry out

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, Nigerian Police, State News Friday, May 24th, 2013

Families of 40 police officers who lost their lives to a coordinated attack by the Boko Haram sect in Kano are yet to receive any form of compensation from the Federal Government through the police authorities. The plight of the families were expressed on Thursday, in Kano, when the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful […]