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Good Governance tour, a fraud – CDHR

Posted by admin Latest Politics Monday, February 25th, 2013

By LAJA THOMAS LAGOS—COMMITTEE for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, has said the ongoing “good governance tour” by the Federal Government is a fraud. Lagos State coordinator of the committee, Buna Isiak, in a statement said that what the Federal Government was doing by the tour was an aberration that should be condemned by […]

Lagos govt shuts down Ladipo market over sanitation offence

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Monday, February 25th, 2013

By OLASUNKANMI AKONI, BOSE ADELAJA, MONSUR OLOWOOPEJO & DONALD ARJI …Arrests 10 armed bandits, recovers dangerous weapons LAGOS—LAGOS State Government Monday made good its threat to shut down the popular auto spare parts market, Ladipo in Mushin area of the state for allegedly contravening the State Sanitation law, paralysing business activities of traders among other […]

Sudanese, Somali, Yemeni terror cells operating in Nigeria — Investigation

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, National Politics, Top Stories Sunday, February 24th, 2013

Few days after an Iranian terror cell was discovered in Lagos State, SUNDAY PUNCH can authoritatively report that security agents are on the trail of three different foreign-sponsored terror cells in the country. A senior security official who spoke to our correspondents on Friday said the sponsors of the terrorist cells were in Sudan, Somalia […]

Atiku urges Muslims to embrace polio vaccinations

Posted by admin General Politics, Headlines Sunday, February 24th, 2013

Former Vice-President Abubakar Atiku has called on northern Muslims to embrace immunisation in order to eradicate polio. Atiku, who was the guest speaker at Rotary International District 9110’s dinner and dance ball on Friday in Lagos, said the religious bias that had been associated with immunisation was unjustified. “Even when I was the vice-president, I […]

We are not scared of Boko Haram -Lagos State

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, Lagos, State News Sunday, February 24th, 2013

The Lagos State Government on Saturday urged residents of the state to ignore reported threats by some groups to attack the state. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Lateef Ibirogba, and the Commissioner for the Environment, Mr. Tunji Bello, said the government had put measures in place to ensure the protection of lives and […]

Internal crisis: APC to settle for neutral logo

Posted by admin Party Politics Sunday, February 24th, 2013

Via PunchThe newly formed All Progressive Congress party has opted to have a neutral logo as the solution to the crisis within the party. The Action Congress of Nigeria, All Nigeria Peoples Party, Congress for Progressive Congress and a faction of the All Progressive Grand Alliance are merging to form the yet-to-be registered political party […]

Most Nigerian billionaires are corrupt – Akinyemi

Posted by admin General Politics, Headlines Sunday, February 24th, 2013

A former Minister of External Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, on Saturday said it was not possible for any Nigerian to be a billionaire without being corrupt. Akinyemi stated this in Akure, the Ondo State capital while delivering the second term inauguration lecture of Governor Olusegun Mimiko. The professor of International Relations and Diplomacy spoke on […]

Supreme Court orders fresh trial of ex Senate president, Wabara, others

Posted by admin Judiciary, Legislature, Senate Sunday, February 24th, 2013

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the retrial of a former Senate President, Adolphus Wabara, and others over an alleged N55m bribe-for-budget deal. The case was brought against Wabara and the other accused persons by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission in 2005. The other accused persons are a former Minister of […]

Niger Delta youth hail Odi court decision

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, Niger Delta, State News Sunday, February 24th, 2013

YOUTHS in the Niger Delta region have lauded the court ruling that ordered that compensation be paid to the people of Odi community in Bayelsa State for the invasion of the area. Soldiers had in November 1999 invaded Odi and killed many innocent indigenes of the community. The youths, who spoke under the auspices of […]

Inmates reject food at Kirikiri prison

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, February 24th, 2013

Condition of inmates at the Kirikiri Maximum Prison in Lagos may have deteriorated to the level that starving prisoners now allegedly reject the food they are given due to its terrible quality, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. A source in the prison told our correspondent that the condition of the cells and medical services in the […]