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Education, Latest Politics
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
Federal Government through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund has earmarked N95bn for intervention in universities, polytechnics and colleges of education. Out of this figure, N70bn is the TETFund’s annual allocation to institutions, while the remaining N25bn is for the Special High Impact project in tertiary institutions across Nigeria. Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, said […]
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Headlines, Imo, Letters, State News
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
One thing nobody can take away from Imo State is the fact that she boast of quality democrats in the South-East Geo-political zone. When one talks of Professionals, Intellectuals of repute, Lawyers, accomplished Politicians etc, Imo State rank high in supply of men and women in these cadres. Happenings in the State today appear to […]
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Articles, Columnists, Femi Fani-Kayode, NNP Columnists
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
By Femi Fani-Kayode | NNP | August 7, 2012 – When I challenged Chief E.K. Clark’s assertion that there was ”nothing wrong with placing soldiers on the streets of Lagos” last January during the oil subsidy crisis at a conference of the Political Summit Group in Lagos I knew that I was heading for trouble. I was given the floor to speak just […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | August 7, 2012 – A one time United States of American Secretary of State, Warren Christopher, once referred to Nigeria as the poorest oil rich nation in the world. What an oxymoron? How can a country be oil rich and yet, extremely poor? This is because her wealth […]
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Headlines, NNP News
Monday, August 6th, 2012
Written by New Nigerian Politics The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has ordained 7,000 deacons and deaconesses at the on-going 60th convention at the church’s headquarters located at the Redemption Camp, kilometre 46. With a working theme of “Coming Up Higher,” the General Overseer of the church, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, urged members to […]
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Aviation, Legislature, Senate
Monday, August 6th, 2012
FURTHER insights into the decision of the senators not to participate in the aviation road show has revealed that only one senator mistakenly took the basic travel allowance (BTA) meant for the trip. Investigations in the National Assembly confirmed that Senate Committee on Aviation, headed by Senator Hope Uzordin-ma, had decided not to participate in […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Monday, August 6th, 2012
WORRIED by the growing insecurity in the country and the inability of the police to curtail the ugly development, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Muhammed Abubakar, has ordered the immediate transfer of all general duty police personnel of all ranks in all formations and commands, including Police Training institutions, who had spent more than […]
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Headlines, Kogi, State News
Monday, August 6th, 2012
AT least, 33 out of the 36 states of the federation have men of the Nigerian Army complementing the police, in order to protect the citizens. The statistics was given on Monday by the General Officer Commanding the Second Mechanised Division, Ibadan, Major-General Muhammad Abubakar, in Osun State. Abubakar made the declaration during the launch […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics, State News
Monday, August 6th, 2012
AT least, 33 out of the 36 states of the federation have men of the Nigerian Army complementing the police, in order to protect the citizens. The statistics was given on Monday by the General Officer Commanding the Second Mechanised Division, Ibadan, Major-General Muhammad Abubakar, in Osun State. Abubakar made the declaration during the launch […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Niger Delta, Top Stories
Monday, August 6th, 2012
CONDEMNATION, on Monday, trailed the request by the Boko Haram sect that President Goodluck Jonathan should become a Muslim or resign from office. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the sect had in an internet broadcast, on Saturday, asked for Jonathan’s conversion or resignation as the condition for it to stop violence. However, […]
