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Bauchi, Headlines, State News
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
THE police have arraigned six account officials of Katagum Local Council Area of Bauchi State before the Chief Magistrate’s Court Eight over criminal conspiracy, house break and negligence that led to the stealing of N9,027,336,69 made up of March’s salaries and allowances of the council workers. Arraigning the suspects yesterday, Police Prosecutor, Inspector Baba Sarki Hussaini, […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, Benue, Party Politics, State News
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
THE Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Benue State has denied entering into a negotiation with Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to settle their dispute over the April 26, 2011, governorship election out-of-court. The governorship candidate of ACN, Prof. Steve Ugbah, who made this clarification in Makurdi while […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency)
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
JUSTICE Mohammed Liman of a Federal High Court, Lagos yesterday remanded three Bolivians in prison custody over an allegation of producing 4.8 kilogrammes of Methamphetamine. The drug is said to be similar to cocaine, heroin and Lysergic acid Diethylamide (LSD). The Bolivians, Reuben Ticono Jorge, Yhugo Chaveaz Moreno and Yerko Artunduago Dorado, were earlier arraigned by the […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, South-South
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
THE six states of the South South region in Nigeria are to tap the experiences of Rwanda in resolving their conflict, security challenges and economic problems in an emerging partnership between both parties. Already, a delegation of the states including the chairman of the South South Governors Forum, Liyel Imoke of Cross River State and […]
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Headlines, House, Legislature
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
House report reveals rot in subsidy, oil sector Says 35 firms collected allocation without registration Panel asks NNPC, PPPRA, marketers to refund N1.1tr Queries national oil corporation’s solvency Indicts Offices of Budget, Accountant-General Blacklists three audit firms Wants PPPRA’s ex-scribe prosecuted Seeks two ministers of petroleum resources Proposes N557b subsidy for 2012 IT was a […]
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Africa & World Politics, Delta, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
April 18, 2012 by Ademola Babalola and Tayo Famutimi with agency report AFTER years of running, the long hands of justice caught up with the former governor of Delta State, James Onanefe Ibori, on Tuesday. The Southwark Crown Court in London United Kingdom sentenced Ibori to 13 years’ imprisonment for fraud and corruption offences. Our […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
April 18, 2012 by Emmanuel Addeh,Warri The Delta State Government on Tuesday maintained that it had no official reaction to the jail term handed down to former Delta State Governor, James Ibori, by a London Court. The government insisted that Ibori remained a private citizen till he was sentenced by the court, noting that it […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
By Soni Daniel – Leadership It was interesting to read the other day that the people of the South-South had endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan for a second term barely a year into his tenure. They did not say whether he had done well to deserve a second term, as is the case on other forward-looking […]
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Delta, Edo, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
CRITICAL stakeholders in Edo State yesterday hailed the conviction of former Governor James Ibori of Delta State, saying it was a lesson to corrupt politicians. But curiously, no politician in Edo called yesterday agreed to speak as they based their position on the neighbourliness of their state to Delta State. But the Executive Director, Environmental […]
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Akwa Ibom, State News
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has confirmed 18 commissioners and four special advisers sent to the house by Gov. Godswill Akpabio. Confirming the nominees on Tuesday in Uyo, the Speaker of the house, Mr Samuel Ikon, said that the nominees had earlier been screened by the House Committee on Judiciary, Justice, Human Rights […]
