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The Africa Cup of Nations, FIFA and the Rules of the Game – By Raymond Belleh

By Raymond Belleh, NNP, Feb. 21, 2012 – What a conclusion to the Africa Cup of Nations!  What a final! Against all odds some might think, the Chipolopos of Zambia are the new football champions of Africa. A first Africa Cup of Nations trophy for them, a memorable final for the rest of us. This […]

Cost of oil business in Nigeria high — Shell

Shell Petroleum has said that the reason for its divestment in some rig assets in Nigeria is partly due to the high cost of doing business and the degree of political risks in the country. Speaking at the Nigeria Oil and Gas (NOG) conference in Abuja on Tuesday, the Executive Vice President, Sub-Sahara Africa, Shell […]

INEC gives Wammako certificate of return

According to him, “I must admit that what happened in Sokoto last Saturday was a step in the right direction. The conduct of the election was very peaceful as testified by many people. I want to repeat again that the duty of conducting an election is not that of INEC alone but for us all”.

Court stops scrapping of TASUED

A Federal High Court in Abeokuta has restrained the Ogun State governor, Senator  Ibikunle Amosun and the state House of Assembly from scrapping  the Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ogun State. The students union government of the institution had approached the court seeking for an order restraining the state government from scrapping the […]

FG seeks approval for N180bn Subsidy Removal Investment Fund •Slashes 2012 budget by N100bn

THE Federal Government has reduced the 2012 budget estimates from the initial N4.749 trillion to N4.648 trillion in its revised budget estimates submitted to the National Assembly on Tuesday. President Goodluck Jonathan, in a letter sent to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives said that the new budget […]

CBN donates N25m to Madalla bomb blast victims (While he gave $100m to Muslims victims in Kano)

THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mallam Lamido Sanusi Lamido, on Monday, donated N25 million to victims of bomb blast at St Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State. Sanusi said he was making the donation on the strength of the bank’s corporate framework, enshrined in its Act, adding that when the incident happened in […]

Madalla bomb blast: 7 parishioners go blind

Barely eight weeks after the last Christmas Day bombing by the  Boko Haram  sect at St Theresa Catholic Church, Madalla in Suleja Local Government Area of Niger State, the Parish Priest, Most Reverend Father Isaac Achi, disclosed that seven out  of the  83 injured parishioners have gone completely blind. He made the disclosure on Monday […]

We can conduct 2015 elections without armed men —Jonathan

SATISFIED with the peaceful conduct of political campaign rallies in Cross River State, ahead of the governorship election in the state due on Saturday, President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed his wish to have elections conducted in the country without the presence of armed security men. Speaking in Calabar, where he was joined by Vice-President Namadi […]

Presidency approves 6 DIGs

INDICATIONS emerged in Abuja, on Tuesday, that the presidency may have approved the names of some senior police officers made up of Assistant Inspectors General of Police and Commissioners of Police for promotion as new Deputy Inspectors General of Police, that will constitute the new management team. Police sources disclosed to the Nigerian Tribune  that […]

How Kabiru Sokoto escaped from police custody – Senate report •Says 58 policemen arrested him at night

CHAIRMAN, Senate Committee on Poice Affairs, Senator Paulinus Nwagu, on Tuesday, presented the report of the investigative committee to the Senate, giving a blow by blow account of how Boko Haram kingpin, Kabiru Sokoto, disappeared from police custody. Sokoto, initially arrested on January 14, had dramatically escaped from police custody within 24 hours of arrest, […]

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