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Ex-World Bank managers back Okonjo-Iweala

Posted by admin Headlines, Women Politics Thursday, April 5th, 2012

By Babajide Komolafe & Uduma Kalu LAGOS — As the World Bank gets set to interview the three candidates vying for its presidency from April 9-11 before announcing its decision the following week, a group of former World Bank officials, including one-time chief economist, Francois Bourguignon, said it supported Nigerian Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s […]

US, UK ban citizens from travelling to the North

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines Thursday, April 5th, 2012

By Uduma Kalu & AbdulSalam Muhammad ABUJA—The United States and the United Kingdom yesterday warned their citizens not to travel to certain parts of the north saying there is a high risk of terrorist attack during the Easter holiday. The UK foreign office and the US embassy in Abuja issued the updated travel warnings yesterday, […]

Robbery attack: Ekene Dili Chukwu apologises to students, parents

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, April 5th, 2012

By Theodore Opara EKENE Dili Chukwu Transport Company, yesterday, apologised to the parents and students of Holy Rosary College Enugu, over last Saturday’s robbery attack along Oke-Odo end of Shagamu/Benin Expressway, Ijebu Ode. The firm, however, maintained that the students were neither hurt nor sexually molested. The company’s legal adviser, Mr. Frank Obayagbona, while briefing […]

Is It the Will of God? – By Dr. Kunle Ojeleye

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Kunle Ojeleye, NNP Columnists Thursday, April 5th, 2012

By Dr. Kunle Ojeleye | Calgary, Canada | April 5, 2012 – I recently received with great sadness the news of the passing on of a very dear uncle of mine, Dr Bayo Adisa-Balogun at a relatively young age. How can a medical doctor who in the morning had attended to his clients, collapse in […]

Senate discovers another missing N4.6bn pension fund

Posted by admin Legislature, Nigerian Police, Senate Thursday, April 5th, 2012

Senate discovers another missing N4.6bn pension fundApril 5, 2012 by Nike Popoola The Senate joint committee investigating the management of the public sector pension scheme has discovered that a fresh N4.6bn is missing from funds under the old pension scheme. The Chairman of the committee, Senator Aloysious Etok, who disclosed this to our correspondent in […]

Army uncovers plot to bomb Kano during Easter

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Kano, Latest Politics, State News Thursday, April 5th, 2012

April 5, 2012 by Mustapha Salihu, Kano Nigerian Army on Wednesday issued a warning of a possible terrorist attack in Kano during the Easter. The warning by the General Officer Commanding 1 Mechanized Division, Kaduna, Maj.-Gen. Garba Wahab, came after the Joint Military Taskforce killed three suspected members of Boko Haram in a gunfight in […]

Gunmen kill 9 in Maiduguri •As JTF kills 3 in Kano

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, State News Thursday, April 5th, 2012

NO fewer than nine people were said to have been killed at separate locations when gunmen opened fire at the Maiduguri Monday Market at about 2.00 p.m on Wednesday, leaving several injured, eyewitnesses told the Nigerian Tribune in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Nigerian Tribune also gathered that one Tajudeen, a mechanic on the Lagos […]

UNIABUJA closed indefinitely over students’ protest

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News Thursday, April 5th, 2012

THE management of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA), on Wednesday, closed down the institution indefinitely as a result of protest embarked by students against the suspension of four professional programmes of the university on Tuesday by the Federal Government. Students were given up till 6p.m. on Wednesday by the university’s management to vacate the two […]

Drug trafficking: Osun NDLEA nabs 60-yr-old woman, another

Posted by admin Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency) Thursday, April 5th, 2012

THE Osun State command of the National Drug Law and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 60-year-old grandmother, Aduke Adebusuyi and Hammed Lateef, 18, for allegedly trafficking cannabis sativa, popularly called Indian hemp. The state commander of the agency, Mrs Anthonia Udu, disclosed this on Wednesday in an interview with journalists in Osogbo. According to […]

SNG gives EFCC 7-day ultimatum to arrest Sylva

Posted by admin EFCC Politics, Governors Thursday, April 5th, 2012

AS the allegations of gross financial mismanagement and fraud levelled against the government of former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, continue to generate ripples, the Save Nigeria Group (SNG), on Wednesday, gave the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other security agencies seven-day ultimatum to effect his arrest, as a prelude to face […]