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Governors
Monday, April 23rd, 2012
BY HENRY UMORU ABUJA- THE 36 state governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, will today meet in Abuja to deliberate on the lingering problem of heavy deductions by the Federal Government from the Federation Account in the name of fuel subsidy. Director-General of Forum, Asishana Okauru, told Vanguard, yesterday, that issues […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), House, Latest Politics, Legislature
Monday, April 23rd, 2012
By Emmanuel Aziken, Clara Nwachukwu, CLIFFORD NDUJIHE, aDEMOLA aKINYEMI, Yemi Adeoye & Mike Eboh LAGOS—Ahead of tomorrow’s commencement of debate on the report of the House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on the utilization of petroleum subsidies, industry and political stakeholders were weekend separately upbeat and muted over alleged errors in the recommendations. The Nigerian National […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Monday, April 23rd, 2012
By Emma Arubi WARRI—THE legal team of the former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori is to appeal the 13 years sentence handed him by a London court last week. A reliable member of the team and a Warri- based legal practitioner, who does not want his name in print, told Vanguard exclusively, that […]
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Headlines
Monday, April 23rd, 2012
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has exposed before a Federal High Court in Abuja, how five civil servants in the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, OHCSF, used seven different bureau de-change operators, to steal over N38 billion from pension funds. The anti-graft agency […]
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Osun, State News
Monday, April 23rd, 2012
BY GBENGA OLARINOYE OSOGBO — Former Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation, Senator Iyiola Omisore, yesterday, dissociated the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from alleged security report claiming that Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State was planning to islamise the state and secede from Nigeria. He argued that evidence on the ground was enough to substantiate the […]
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Legislature, Senate
Monday, April 23rd, 2012
BY Henry Umoru ABUJA — CHAIRMAN, Senate Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Senator Andy Uba, PDP, Anambra South, has said if the commission must carry out the prosecution of one million suspects for electoral offences, there was the need for holistic electoral reforms to be carried out. He also said Nigeria was not […]
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Headlines
Monday, April 23rd, 2012
By Nnamdi Ojiego Pandemonium this morning erupted at the Nigeria’s premier university – the University of Ibadan, as students took to the streets within the university to register their grievances and dissatisfaction over the epileptic power supply both from the PHCN and the university maintenance section. …the protesting students The protest led by the newly […]
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Latest Politics
Monday, April 23rd, 2012
Washington DC – Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Coordinating Minister for the Economy, has solicited the World Bank’s support to create a good data base to help improve the social safety nets in Nigeria. She spoke on Sunday at the on-going Spring Meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Washington DC. Okonjo-Iweala said […]
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Headlines
Monday, April 23rd, 2012
The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Kaduna Province II, on Monday condemned the act of marital abuses among Christian spouses. Mrs Aanuoluwani Olaniyan, wife of the Pastor in charge of province , said that marital abuse was sad and an evil that was now manifesting in Christian homes and in the Church of God. Olaniyan was speaking at the fourth […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Monday, April 23rd, 2012
The Vicar-General of the Catholic Diocese of Kano, Rev. Fr. Peter Ebidero, says the Catholic Church will focus on preaching peace and the virtue of living in peace. Ebidero made this known on Monday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano. According to him, in spite of the current wave […]