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Budget, House, Legislature, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Senate
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
*The budget must challenge us— Mark *It’s budget of transformation— PDP By Henry Umoru, Clara Nwachukwu& Emman Ovuakporie ABUJA- SENATE President David Mark yesterday warned that as a nation, we must all be challenged by the 2012 budget proposals if the desired results must be achieved, just as he described the implementation of past budgets […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police, Ogun, State News
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
By GBENGA ARIYIBI ABEOKUTA – Ogun State police command yesterday paraded 17 suspected armed robbers including six members of the armed robbery gang that allegedly struck banks along Akarigbo road Sabo, Sagamu in the state last month. The state police Commissioner,Nicholas Nkedeme, told newsmen in Abeokuta that, his men have apprehended six members of the […]
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Headlines, Judiciary
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA – Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Dahiru Musdapher, yesterday, said he would establish a special court with the sole jurisdiction of trying cases bothering on official corruption and economic crimes. The CJN further maintained that the idea of divesting the regular courts of such criminal cases and allowing the special […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
BY CALEB AYANSINA ABUJA—FEDERAL Government has given a victim recently gang-raped by ten men in Bayelsa State a grant of N500, 000 to set her up in her welding business. This followed a request from the victim to enable her to get back to normal life. She also requested that she be treated for any […]
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Headlines, Imo, State News
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
OWERRI—Scores of angry indigenes of Ohii community, Owerri West local council area of Imo State yesterday marched through the major roads in Owerri municipality to protest the gruesome murder of their son, Dr. Moses Amako. The aggrieved villagers carried placards with varying inscriptions, some of which read: “We demand justice now”, “Who killed Dr. Moses […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
By Jimoh Babatunde & Daniel Eteghe LAGOS – The Justice G. A. Oguntade-led panel set up by Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, to look into the legality and fairness of the $235 million fine slammed on British Airways and Virgin Atlantic Airways over price-fixing commenced sitting yesterday in Lagos. The panel, however, adjourned further hearing […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
BY CHIDI NKWOPARA OWERRI— Federal Government’s hammer has now descended on Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, following the planned scrapping and full privatization of the establishment. The Commissioner in-charge of Government/Consumer Affairs of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, Mr. Abba A. Ibrahim, disclosed this at a power consumer assembly in Owerri. Noting that […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, Oil Politics
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
By Emma Ujah & Victoria Ojeme ABUJA—European Union Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. David MacRae, has urged the Federal Government to engage in wider consultations and enlightenment of the public on fuel subsidy removal for proper understanding. He said the negative reaction from the general public on the proposed removal of subsidy from petroleum products was […]
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Headlines, Sports, Track & Field
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
Men and officers of the Special Fraud Unit, SFU, Milverton Ikoyi, Lagos, were, Tuesday, thrown into mourning following the death of Mr. Sunday Bada, a Superintendent of Police and an Olympic silver medalist. The late Bada, until his death, the Technical Director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, died on Monday. There were, however, different […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
A judge from the North faces sack and possible trial for being sympathetic to Islamist sect, Boko Haram. Sources said yesterday that the judge had an alleged link with the sect’s spokesman, Ali Umar Konduga (aka Al-Zawahiri), who was sentenced to three years jail last week by an Abuja Chief Magistrate Court on a one-count […]
