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15 years after creation, Ekiti gets own law

Posted by admin Ekiti, State News Sunday, March 11th, 2012

GOVERNOR Kayode Fayemi at the weekend signed into a law a bill on the first edition of the laws of Ekiti State, finally freeing the state from its 15-year-long appendage to Ondo State. Signing the bill into law at the first “Ekiti State Justice Week” held at the High Court premises in Ado-Ekiti, the […]

ACN asks Jonathan to reject naming of Maitama Extension after him

Posted by admin Action Congress of Nigeria, Party Politics Sunday, March 11th, 2012

PLANS to name Maitama District Extension after President Goodluck Jonathan has been faulted by the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), which asked him to reject it. The party said the move was a “poisoned chalice”, which the President should not drink from. In a statement issued in Lagos yesterday by ACN National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji […]

Reps’ panel begins hearing on capital market

Posted by admin House, Legislature Sunday, March 11th, 2012

SEC okays amendment to listing rules THE House of Representatives will tomorrow begin public hearing on the state of the Nigerian capital market. Meanwhile, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) also announced at the weekend that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved its proposed amendments to listing rules. Chairman of the House of Representatives […]

Tempers flare as suicide bombers hit Jos again

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Plateau, State News Sunday, March 11th, 2012

Tempers flare as suicide bombers hit Jos again Monday, 12 March 2012 00:00 From Madu Onuorah and Joke Akanmu (Abuja) Isa Abdulsalami (Jos) News – National Soldiers tackle youths at scene of mayhem Jonathan condemns attack, vows victory over terror ST. Finbarr’s Catholic Church, Rayfield, Jos, Plateau State, has been a place of worship […]

Nigeria Beat Zambia 2-1

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, March 11th, 2012

NIGERIA’S U-17 Women national team, the Flamingoes, yesterday defeated their hosts, She-Polopolo of Zambia 2-1 in a 2012 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup final qualifying round, first leg match in Lusaka. Patience Okaeme, who scored a brace against Kenya in the previous round in Nairobi, and dazzling playmaker, Halimat Ayinde scored for Nigeria early in […]

EFCC appoints key officers

Posted by admin EFCC Politics Sunday, March 11th, 2012

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, has announced the appointment of key officers of the commission. In a press statement released on Saturday, Lamorde said the new appointments were part of the move to reposition the commission. The statement signed by the commission’s Acting Head, Media […]

Cabinet reshuffle: Ministers jittery over impending sacking

Posted by admin National Politics, Top Stories Sunday, March 11th, 2012

Fears have gripped ministers over President Goodluck Jonathan’s plan to reshuffle his cabinet and drop three members of the Federal Executive Council. SUNDAY PUNCH’s investigations in Abuja showed that the ministers and some chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party have been pressurising the president since they got the information about the planned cabinet reshuffle. It […]

Jonathan’s second-term ambition heats up PDP

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency Sunday, March 11th, 2012

A storm is gathering in the Peoples Democratic Party as some governors elected on the platform of the party are poised to rally against a plan by President Goodluck Jonathan to run for an alleged second term in 2015. Just last week, the former President of the Ijaw Youth Council, and Leader of the Niger […]

FG should expect more violence —Ex-militant leader

Posted by admin Niger Delta Sunday, March 11th, 2012

The Chairman of the Amnesty Phase three agitators in Delta State, ‘Gen.’ Para Ekiyes, has warned the Federal Government of more violence following their exclusion from the programme. The wanted ex-militant was reacting to comments made by the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Kingsley Kuku. Kuku had said that […]

Ojukwu and the Nigerian hypocrisy

Posted by admin Biafra, Headlines Sunday, March 11th, 2012

Sunday, March 11, 2012 By Emma Okah •Dim Emeka Ojukwu In Nigeria and, indeed, many societies all over the world, it is not normal for bad things to be said about the dead. The simple reason which many lawyers also echo is that the dead is lifeless and can no longer be in a position […]