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Six die in Port Harcourt tanker fire

Posted by admin Rivers, State News Saturday, March 17th, 2012

• The smouldering tanker at the scene of the fire disaster at Igwuruta junction, Port Harcourt , yesterday • 25 houses, four vehicles also burnt • Six fire fighters attacked, hospitalised A family of four -father, mother, and two children- was burnt to death at their Port Harcourt residence yesterday in an early morning petrol […]

GREED: House okays N38.8bn jumbo allowance for members

Posted by admin House, Legislature Saturday, March 17th, 2012

Each Rep now on N27m per quarter The quarterly allowance of members of the House of Representatives has hit the N27million mark. It used to be N15million per Representative This translates to an 80% increase and an additional N9.720billion strain on public purse every quarter or N38.88billion per year. The House leadership had been under […]

S’Africa: Beyond The Yellow Fever Certificates – By Arnold Alalibo

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists Friday, March 16th, 2012

By Arnold Alalibo | NNP| March 16, 2012 – The recent diplomatic row between Nigeria and South Africa, which, in a way, drew the attention of most African countries, indeed serves as an eye-opener to Nigeria. South Africa has always been in the bad press for some time. The last issue that put them at […]

Nigeria’s Seven Secrets and the Inevitability of a Sovereign National Conference (part 3) – By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists Friday, March 16th, 2012

By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | March 16, 2012 – I wish to begin this sequel of my essay with a quote of what Flora Shaw, a former Colonial Editor of the London Times wrote in the newspaper on January 8, 1897: “The name Nigeria, applying to no other part of Africa, […]

The North, Revenue Allocation and the Games they Play – Dr. Jideofor Adibe

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists, North-Central, North-East, North-West Friday, March 16th, 2012

By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | March 16, 2012 – The call by Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State for a review of the current system of revenue allocation, which he argued ‘disadvantages the North’, has, expectedly generated angry reactions from the South, especially from South-south politicians. Governor Aliyu, who is also the […]

Church-owned vasities not for the poor, as members cry out

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, March 16th, 2012

Emmanuel Edukugho and Ishola Balogun Fees of Church-owned universities in Nigeria per semester: Bowen University – N650,000, Covenant University – N640,000, Benson Idahosa – N500, 000, Babcock University – N450, 000, Redeemers University – N375, 000, Ajayi Crowther University – N350, 000, Fountain University, Oshogbo – N320,000. Samuel Alayande had worked more than half of […]

Oteh’s bribery allegation: Reps battle to save face

Posted by admin Headlines, House, Legislature Friday, March 16th, 2012

By Emma Ujah, abuja Bureau Chief, Gabriel Enocholase & Michael Eboh The N44m bribery allegations leveled against the Chairman of the House Committee on Capital Markets, Hon. Herman Hembe and members of his committee by the Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Ms. Arunma Oteh may have unsettled the legislators. Meanwhile, Oteh has […]

Police arrest 35 suspected cultists in Cross River

Posted by admin Cross River, Headlines, State News Friday, March 16th, 2012

By JOHNBOSCO AGBAKWURU, Calabar ABOUT 35 persons suspected to be members of secret cults that have been terrorizing residents of Calabar, the Cross River state capital for five days have been arrested by the state Police Command. Besides, over 10 suspected cultists and innocent residents of the area have been feared dead in the renewed […]

N15m share scam: Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke, dragged to court by Police for N15m fraud

Posted by admin Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Nollywood (Film Industry), Top Stories Friday, March 16th, 2012

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Abuja Popular Nollywood actor, James Ikechukwu Esomugha, a.k.a Jim Iyke, who is facing trial over his alleged involvement in a N15 million share scam, has begged a Chief Magistrate Court in Abuja to allow him to settle the case out of court. The controversial actor, who often plays bad boy role in […]

Picture:Nigerian athlete finally gets Jamaican citizenship

Posted by admin Headlines, Sports, Track & Field Thursday, March 15th, 2012

March 16, 2012 by Agency Reporter 1 Comment Nigerian born Munro College shot put and discus thrower Emmanuel Onyia is on his way to realising his dreams of representing Jamaica in international competition, after his 10-year-old application for Jamaican citizenship was approved. Onyia’s father, Emmanuel Snr gave Observer West the good news on Wednesday noting […]