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Cross River, House, Legislature, State News
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru CALABAR—Akamkpa community in Cross River State has decried the deplorable state of the abandoned Akamkpa-Nsan-Oban road, which links Nigeria and Cameroon, and called on the member representing Biase/Akamkpa Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr Daniel Asuquo, to lobby those concerned to ensure that contract on the road was re-arwarded. Apart […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
LAGOS: A car dealer, Henry Usifo, was on Monday charged before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, with the alleged fraud of N1.8 million. Usifo, 33, is standing trial on a two-count charge of stealing and fraud. The prosecutor, SP. Eshiet Eshiet, said that the accused collected the money from one Mr Anthony Okoye […]
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Abia, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
UMUAHIA, Residents of Umuahia and environs have been thrown into darkness since Dec. 1, following a clash between some uniformed men and PHCN workers. Investigations showed that the affected areas were: Ndume, Olokoro, Ibeku, Ossai, Amakama and Ubakala in Umuahia North and South local government areas. The blackout followed the Dec. 1 invasion of PHCN […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – East African leaders on Monday demanded that the UN Security Council clamp down on isolated Eritrea which they accused of unprovoked invasions, terrorism and flouting international law. The prime minister of Ethiopia, presidents of Somalia and Djibouti and ministers from Kenya and Uganda called on the Security Council to pass a […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
By Kenneth Ehigiator LAGOS — The muscle-flexing between Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, and British Airways continued yesterday, as the airline claimed not to have committed any offence, even as the regulatory agency insisted it must protect the interest of Nigerians against price fixing. This came on the heels of the five-man administrative panel set […]
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Education, Headlines
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
BY OUR REPORTERS ACADEMIC activities in the nation’s public universities grounded to a halt as members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, yesterday made good their threat to embark on indefinite strike to force the Federal Government to implement the 2009 FGN/ASUU agreement over two years after. Leaders of ASUU under the aegis […]
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Edo, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
By Simon Ebegbulem BENIN— GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, yesterday, raised an alarm, alleging that Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has perfected plans to rig the July 14, 2012 governorship election in the state. He said: “They are preparing National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, uniform so they can dress some young men as NYSC members. […]
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Headlines, Ogun, State News
Monday, December 5th, 2011
By DAUD OLATUNJI ABEOKUTA— Depositors have continued to groan over the closure of commercial banks in Abeokuta and its environs to protest the incessant robbery attacks in which the institutions have lost huge sums of money. Armed robbers in recent time have unleashed terror on banks in towns like Ifo, Ota, Ijebu-Igbo, Sagamu and Ilaro […]
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Arewa House, Headlines
Monday, December 5th, 2011
By Luka Binniyat KADUNA—NORTHERN leaders, yesterday, met in Kaduna to seek solution to the crises of confidence among the various tribes in the zone, even as some notable traditional rulers in the North Central area and Middle Belt were conspicuously absent. Apart from fromer Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, who is from Plateau State […]
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Headlines
Monday, December 5th, 2011
BY BARTHOLOMEW MADUEKWE LAGOS —The Bureau of Public Procurement, BPP, yesterday, said it had helped the Federal Government to save, at least, N218 billion since January 2010 to March 2011, noting that contracts should be awarded at the right cost and to the best bidder. Delivering a keynote address titled: “Media capacity building training workshop […]
