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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Osun, State News
Friday, August 17th, 2012
AS a radical activist concerned with the dialectical struggle for the creation of a new society, Governor Rauf Aregbesola was convinced that physical well-being was central to social reformation and the building of an egalitarian society. Therefore, when Governor Bola Ige introduced the Young Pioneers programme in the Second Republic (1979-1983) which involved the training […]
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Anambra, State News
Friday, August 17th, 2012
ANAMBRA State governor, Peter Obi, has charged the people of the state to take full ownership of the process of governance. He was speaking at a stakeholders’ consultative meeting on state’s “Application for 2012 MDGS Conditional Grant Scheme,” at J. JUMAC Hotels, Awka, on Thursday.. The governor noted that the system failed in the past […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Friday, August 17th, 2012
The President, the Christ Apostolic Mission Church Worldwide, Pastor Adesoji Ajayi, has said that the Boko Haram sect’s plan was to Islamise the Northern part of Nigeria, naming it “The Islamic Republic of Nigeria.” He said this at a news conference held to address the security crisis the country is experiencing, adding that, God revealed […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Friday, August 17th, 2012
Four months after the death of former Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) in charge of Operations, Haruna John, in a helicopter crash in Jos, Plateau State, a new DIG has been appointed to take the vacant position. This is in continuation of the present efforts aimed at restructuring and repositioning of the Nigeria Police […]
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Headlines
Friday, August 17th, 2012
THE Corps Marshal and Chief Executive of Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr. Osita Chidoka has expressed worry over the reckless attitude of commercial drivers to road traffic regulations, explaining why the corps had to withhold issuance of the new Commercial Driver’s licence to them. Specifically, Chidoka said commercial drivers were responsible for about 40 per cent […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Friday, August 17th, 2012
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan will, on the 22nd of this month, sign a Performance Agreement Contract with all ministers serving in his cabinet with a view to measuring their performance and enhancing the quality of service delivery to Nigerians. The move could be one of the ways to put the ministers on their toes and ensure […]
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Budget, Latest Politics
Friday, August 17th, 2012
THE Federal Government, on Thursday, announced the release of additional N300 billion for 2012 third quarter capital, bringing the total money released in the 2012 budget for capital projects to N704 billion. Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, while briefing the media in Abuja, also put 2012 budget implementation […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Friday, August 17th, 2012
Share IN a bid to forestall untoward incident during this weekend’s Eid-el-fitri celebrations marking the end of the Ramadan fast by Muslim faithful, the Federal Government has put all security agencies on red alert to contain any threat to the nation’s security before, during and after the festive period. The move came on the heels […]
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Boko Haram, General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, August 15th, 2012
By Hugo Odiogor & Luka Binniyat LAGOS— Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States, Prof. Ade Adefuye, yesterday, proffered reasons why Nigeria is against plans by Americans to classify Boko Haram as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO). Ambassador Adefuye who was guest speaker of the Third Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, (NIIA), symposium on the visit […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, August 15th, 2012
LAGOS — What most Nigerians culturally do by using corporal punishment to correct their children when they do wrong and go scot free has become the albatross for two Nigerian couples resident in the United Kingdom. For beating their six children with brooms, hoovers and wires and even giving their baby a morphine overdose after […]
