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Articles, Columnists, Emeka Chiakwelu, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency, United Nations
Monday, October 10th, 2011
By Emeka Chiakwelu, NNP, October 10, 2011 – President Jonathan optimistic address to the United Nations Assembly can be a powerful message of positive re-branding and assurance to the world community. This is not the first time that President Jonathan has addressed United Nations General Assembly. But his recent outing at the at the 66th […]
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EFCC Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Monday, October 10th, 2011
FORMER Governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel and his two other erstwhile colleagues, Adebayo Alao-Akala (Oyo) and Aliu Akwe Doma (Nassarawa), may be arraigned today at an Abuja High Court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged fraud committed against their states while at the helms of affairs there. […]
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EFCC Politics, Gombe, Latest Politics, State News
Monday, October 10th, 2011
Ex-Governor of Gombe State, Alhaji Danjuma Goje, surrendered on Monday morning to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at its headquarters in Abuja. Goje, who is a now a senator, arrived at the EFCC office at 5.30am in company with some senators and aides. He was immediately taken into custody for interrogation. Goje, who […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson
Monday, October 10th, 2011
By Prince Charles Dickson, Jos, Nigeria – October 10, 2011 – A needle cannot be used to make pounded yams. (Some tools are inadequate for some tasks.) “On this day 51 years ago, the British Union Jack was lowered…The 1st of October remains a special day for us, for Africa, and indeed the world”. While […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Philips Akpoviri.
Monday, October 10th, 2011
By Phillip Akpoviri, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria – October 10, 2011 – This piece is essentially the texts of my address at a gathering of undergraduates and fresh graduates of tertiary institutions across the South-South and South-Eastern parts of Nigeria during a Capacity Building Workshop held over the weekend in Port Harcourt. I thank you for finding […]
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Lagos, Oil Politics, State News
Monday, October 10th, 2011
Socio critic and former Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav (Retd.) has described as unreasonable, plans by the Goodluck Jonathan’s federal government to remove fuel subsidy as from January 2012 and called on all Nigerians to resist it. Tsav who was speaking to Daily Sun in his Makurdi residence at the weekend however […]
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Osun, State News
Monday, October 10th, 2011
The meeting summoned by the Osun State Government with the striking academic staff in the four state-owned institutions to end the two month-old strike ended in a deadlock. The four state-owned tertiary institutions affected by the industrial action of the academic staff include Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Osun State College of Technology, Esa Oke, Osun […]
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Headlines
Monday, October 10th, 2011
A retired Customs Officer James Igoche has accidentally killed his 22-year-old daughter, Joy, while attempting to shoot his son in anger. The incident, which happened last Wednesday at his behind North Bank Market residence threw the entire North Bank community into mourning. According to the boy at the center of the whole incident, Ada Igoche […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Monday, October 10th, 2011
A nursing mother detained at Soro Police station in Ganjuwa Local Government Area of Bauchi State has allegedly been raped by a police constable. Hafsat Manye was allegedly raped twice by one Constable Halilu attached to the Soro Police Station at the police premises in the dead of night. Narrating her bitter experience, a relative […]
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Headlines
Monday, October 10th, 2011
Six persons, including a 60-year-old woman, Mariam Mohammed, have been sentenced to jail in Lagos, for human trafficking offences. Mariam Mohammed and Eunice Owoyele, 40, were last Wednesday sentenced to 14 years imprisonment, by a Federal High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. Delivering judgment, Justice Steve Jonah Adah found them guilty on the three-count charge […]
