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Minister defends N2bn budget for Sambo’s house

Posted by admin Latest Politics Tuesday, December 4th, 2012

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Bala Mohammed, has defended the huge allocations in the 2013 Budget for the construction of houses for Vice President Namadi Sambo and other senior government officials. Mohammed defended the allocations when he appeared before the Senate Committee on the FCT on Tuesday. He said that the territory’s N50bn […]

What About US? – By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists Tuesday, December 4th, 2012

By Leonard Karshima Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | Dec. 4, 2012 – I am not going to bore you with statistics about how the Nigerian public officers and civil servants take more than 70 per cent of Nigeria’s revenues every year; probably, you know about that already. My intention is not to make you the […]

70% of sect’s bomb threats aborted – Jonathan

Posted by admin Boko Haram Tuesday, December 4th, 2012

Wanted Boko Haram Commander killed By Ndahi Marama MAIDUGURI—The Joint Task Force, Department of State Security and the Nigeria Police Force Dog section, in a combined special operation yesterday, in Maiduguri, killed a top commander of the Boko Haram, Abdulkareem Ibrahim and two of his sub commanders. Abdulkareem Ibrahim was top on the wanted list […]

Police dismisses rumour of another bomb explosion in Abuja

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Tuesday, December 4th, 2012

Abuja- The Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday dismissed rumour of a bomb explosion at a shopping complex in Lokogoma, a settlement in the Federal Capital Territory. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Frank Mba, who dismissed the rumour during an interaction with newsmen in Abuja, described the unfortunate incident as false alarm. Mba said that […]

Women protest in Ibadan; decry violence against women, children

Posted by admin Headlines, Oyo, State News Tuesday, December 4th, 2012

By OLA AJAYI, IBADAN – Scores of women marched round major streets of Ibadan calling on legislators to make laws on violence against women. The women under the aegis of Zonta Club International, Zonta Club, Ibadan and Oyo State Officers Wives Association who were observing sixteen days of activism as declared by the United Nations […]

Ibori loot: London police to testify against Babalakin

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics Monday, December 3rd, 2012

DECEMBER 3, 2012 BY ADE ADESOMOJU 55 COMMENTS Dr. Wale Babalakin, owner of Bi-Courtney Nig Ltd | credits: OPERATIVES from the London Metropolitan Police are to give evidence when the trial of the Chairman, Bi-Courtney Highway Services, Dr. Wale Babalakin, finally begins at a Lagos High Court, Ikeja. A senior lawyer privy to the goings-on […]

Shell will not return to Ogoniland

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta Monday, December 3rd, 2012

DECEMBER 3, 2012 BY CHUKWUDI AKASIKE 2 COMMENTS THE Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People has said Shell Petroleum Development Company will not return to Ogoniland for oil exploration. The Chairman of MOSOP Provisional Council, Prof. Ben Naanen, said this on Sunday while debunking claims that the oil giant was planning to begin oil […]

Nigeria beat Mali to qualify for African tourney in Morocco

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, December 3rd, 2012

DECEMBER 3, 2012 BY KAZEEM BUSARI 9 COMMENTS Golden Eaglets Coach Manu Garba | credits: mtnfootball.com Nigeria have qualified for the Africa U-17 football championship holding next year in Morocco after the Golden Eaglets beat the Young Eagles of Mali 2-0 at Stade Kanoute in Bamako on Sunday. The Eaglets had beaten the Malians 2-0 […]

4 female NYSC members kidnapped in Rivers, rescued by police

Posted by admin Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), Rivers, State News Monday, December 3rd, 2012

From CHRIS ANUCHA, Port Harcourt Four female members of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) were at the weekend, kidnapped in Rivers State. They were, however, rescued by a team of security agents. They were abducted at the NYSC Transit Camp, Iriebe, near Oyigbo, by a gang of seven armed men that gained entry into […]

Fresh fears over Gov. Suntai

Posted by admin Headlines, State News, Taraba Monday, December 3rd, 2012

Governor Danbaba Suntai of Taraba State, who was seriously injured when his plane crashed on October 25 in Yola, capital of Adamawa State, may have suffered extensive brain damage. As a result, he allegedly failed to recognize members of a presidential delegation that visited him at a hospital in Hanover, Germany, an authoritative source has […]