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Easter: Security alert at NNPC HQ • FG deploys soldiers •Defence building barricaded

Posted by admin Latest Politics Monday, April 2nd, 2012

April 2, 2012 by Olusola Fabiyi, Fidelis Soriwei, Olalekan Adetayo and Adelani Adepegba NNPC Towers, Abuja | credits: File copy The nation’s capital, Abuja, is on the alert over the possibility of an attack by the Boko Haram sect on sensitive installations in the city at Easter. A week to the Easter celebration, the Federal […]

Bill Gates gives $12m grant to boost yam production

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Monday, April 2nd, 2012

LAGOS (AFP) – The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation gave a $12-million (nine-million-euro) grant Monday to a project aimed at boosting yam production and doubling the income of west African farmers of the crop. It is the foundation’s largest grant for yam production anywhere in the world, said a spokesman of the International Institute of […]

Court dismisses charges against ex Intercontinental bank manager, Eratus Akingbola

Posted by admin National Politics, Top Stories Monday, April 2nd, 2012

Lagos – (NAN) A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday dismissed the criminal charges filed against the former Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank ( now Access Bank), Dr Erastus Akingbola, for lack of diligent prosecution. The EFCC had on Dec. 31, 2010 arraigned Akingbola on a 22-count amended charge of misuse of depositors’ fund, […]

N37m spent to light Abuja Stadium -NSC

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, April 2nd, 2012

Despite that the National Stadium, Abuja is still in total darkness, the National Sports Commission (NSC) says it has spent a whopping N37.238 million to restore electricity at the main bowl of the stadium. It would be recalled that the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Abuja Electricity District Company, Engineer […]

How Federalism was destroyed in Nigeria

Posted by admin Latest Politics Sunday, April 1st, 2012

Monday, April 02, 2012 • Amadu Bello Photo: Sun News Publishing It was Uthman Dan Fodio, a Fulani and great Islamic scholar who described “Conscience” as “an open wound” that could only be healed by “the truth.” Whatever served as the inspiration for this concept could not be anything other than awesome. The fact that […]

FG berates inadequate training of ex-militants by oil, gas coys

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Niger Delta Sunday, April 1st, 2012

The Federal Government has expressed its displeasure with the oil and gas industry’s inability to train 3,000 ex-militants it pledged to facilitate their training in related industry areas. Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Matters, Kingsley Kuku who expressed government’s disappointment at the weekend, at an investiture ceremony, where he was honoured as […]

One killed in Kaduna bomb explosion

Posted by admin Headlines, Kaduna, State News Sunday, April 1st, 2012

There was confusion at the Ungwam Muazu, an outskirt of Kaduna State on Sunday as a bomb explosion rocked the area, killing the suspected bomber and leaving two others seriously injured. The injured persons were taken to an undisclosed hospital for medical attention. An eyewitness said, “I heard a deafening sound on my way from […]

Robbers attack bank, break ATM machine

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, April 1st, 2012

No fewer than six bandits in the wee hours of Sunday raided Skye Bank, Ejigbo branch, Lagos, carting away an unspecified amount of money. The robbers, said to be armed with AK 47 riffles, scaled the fence of the bank at Orioke, Ejigbo at about 1am and tied up the security guards. It was learnt […]

Money laundering: Senators, Reps slam FG

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Senate Sunday, April 1st, 2012

The National Assembly has accused the Federal Government of lacking the political will to deal with offenders under the Anti-Money Laundering Act. The Senate and the House of Representatives said it was the government’s lack of the will to go after money launderers that was responsible for the non-enforcement of the Act. Nigeria’s name is […]

10,500 Nigerians sought asylum in 2011 –UN

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Sunday, April 1st, 2012

Some 10,500 Nigerians sought asylum in 2011 in industrialised countries compared to 9,500 in 2010, according to a report released by the United Nations Refugee Agency. The report, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, ranked Nigeria 10th on the list of asylum claimants to the world’s richest countries in 2011. Afghans […]