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Africa & World Politics, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Philip Ikomi, Women Politics
Saturday, March 24th, 2012
By Philip Ikomi | NNP | March 24, 2012 – A sizable number of Nigerians, especially in the Nigerian press announce with gusto and optimism the nomination of Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala for the next World Bank President. Yes, she is highly qualified for the post. She served in the Bank and has served and is serving […]
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Headlines
Saturday, March 24th, 2012
FOR Woodlands resident David Olowokere, one of Nigeria’s sons, having a master’s degree in engineering just wasn’t enough for his people back home. So he got a doctorate. His wife, Shalewa, a civil engineer, didn’t stop at a bachelor’s, either. She went for her master’s. The same obsession with education runs in the Udeh household […]
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Headlines, Letters
Saturday, March 24th, 2012
SIR: Many who have not gone through the ordeal of abduction do not really know what it feels like. I was travelling from Benin to Lagos on January 9, this year to visit my uncle Mr. Richard Odigwe whom I have not seen for over 10 years. So as to beat the impending subsidy removal […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Saturday, March 24th, 2012
SIX people have been arrested in Bauchi State in connection with the murder of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Tafawa Balewa Council, Mr. Adeleke, who was killed in his hotel room in Tafawa Balewa town following an attack by gunmen in January. An army lance corporal and eight civilians were also killed in the […]
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Latest Politics
Saturday, March 24th, 2012
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has approved the posting of 16 federal permanent secretaries. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Isa Bello Sali, who made the announcement in Abuja, gave the names of the approved posted permanent secretaries as Alhaji Sheidu Ozigis, who is with the Ministry of Interior, now posted to the […]
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Headlines
Saturday, March 24th, 2012
March 24, 2012 by Comfort Oseghale Godspower (third left); Onyedikachi (second right); and other members of the gang | credits: File copy When his regular auto mechanic requested to take his car, a Mercedes GL 450 Sports Utility Vehicle, to a carwash in his neighbourhood, Francis Ikechukwu had no reason to suspect that something was […]
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Lagos, State News
Saturday, March 24th, 2012
March 24, 2012 by Ademola Olonilua 7 Comments There appears to be a rise in the number of attacks being perpetrated by armed robbers operating on motorcycles in different parts of Lagos. CRIME DIGEST investigations show that these criminals prefer to operate with motorcycles instead of cars as was the case in the past because […]
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Africa & World Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Saturday, March 24th, 2012
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will today leave Abuja for Seoul South Korea, as the head of Nigeria’s delegation to the World Nuclear Security Summit, which opens on Monday, March 26, 2012. A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, said President Jonathan and 52 other heads of […]
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Soccer, Sports
Saturday, March 24th, 2012
Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Nigeria’s Under-17 Women team, popularly known as Flamingoes, looks as the most favoured side to book a ticket to the FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup holding in Azerbaijan later in the year at the expense of the She-polopolo of Zambia after today’s decisive return leg of […]
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Legislature, Rivers, Senate, State News
Saturday, March 24th, 2012
Wife of Senator George Seiko, representing Rivers Senatorial District, Princess Seiko, has been kidnapped in the outskirts of Port Harcourt. Mrs. Seiko was abducted by gunmen on new Airport Road by Oberg Ikwerre Complex on the East-West Road axis. The incident occurred just as the lifeless body of a man identified simply as George was […]
