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Nigeria at 51, there may be a revolution if… -Senator Yarima

Posted by admin General Politics, Legislature, Senate Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

Former governor of Zamfara State now Senator, Ahmed Sani Yarima Bakura has lamented that Nigeria at 51 is not yet good enough. He advised that if urgent steps are not taken to address certain issues, he foresees revolution in the country. Senator Sani while speaking in an interview on Monday in Gusau said if no […]

In Picture: This Hausa man has lived in Onitsha for 81 years

Posted by admin Uncategorized Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

Alhaji Baba Mallam Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section For Alhaji Baba Mallam, an Hausa man from Kano State, who has lived in Onitsha, Anambra State for 81 years, his people enjoyed the commercial city in the past than they do presently. Alhaji Mallam who says he has full Igbo identity, having […]

Boko Haram: No cause for alarm -CDS (We have heard that before)

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Latest Politics Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshall Oluseyi Petirin, has said that there was no cause for alarm over the insurgency of the Islamist sect, Boko Haram. Since 2009, members of Islamist sect, which translates to ‘western education is sin’, has held the northeastern state of Borno at the jugular, paralyzing economic and social […]

Secret letter: Obasanjo denies writing Jonathan

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has denied writing President Goodluck Jonathan to sack the executive secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) and four other directors of the agency. Obasanjo, who drove into the presidential wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos yesterday morning to board a private jet to an undisclosed destination, also […]

Unbelievable! Police salary vanishes from bank vault

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

Policemen attached to the Lagos State Command were shocked to the marrows yesterday, as they came back from the public holidays declared by the Federal Government to mark the country’s 51st independence anniversary, only to discover that money meant for their September salary had vanished from the vault of a microfinance bank. Ironically, the bank […]

2012 budget: Finally, FG removes fuel subsidy, proposes N4.8tr

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Oil Politics Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

The Presidency has indicated plans to remove the controversial fuel subsidy as from 2012 fiscal year. The Federal Government claimed it was subsidising petroleum products by over N600 billion yearly. If removed, critics of the fuel subsidy removal argued that the pump price of fuel may rise from its current N65 to between N120 and […]

Bayelsa: Fear grips oil companies as explosion rocks Agip facility

Posted by admin Bayelsa, State News Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

Fear has gripped oil companies operating in Bayelsa State as an explosion rocked the oil facility of the Italian oil giant, ENI group in Nembe Local Government Area. According to investigations, the 18-inch pipeline was said to have been blown up with dynamite by unknown people fueling panic over the resurgence of militancy in the […]

Minimum wage: A’Ibom workers set for another strike

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, State News Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

After going on a series of strikes to have the minimum wage agreement eventually signed between them and the state government, workers in Akwa Ibom State civil service may soon return to the trenches to protest the seemingly marginal increase in their hitherto monthly salary. Workers have persistently claimed that the new minimum wage agreement […]

Devil has taken over judiciary–Opadokun

Posted by admin Headlines, Judiciary Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

Convener of the Coalition of Democrats for Electoral Reforms (CODER), Mr. Ayo Opadokun has assessed President Goodluck Jonathan’s 100 days in office and warned that the country would go under with the way Judiciary was being treated in recent past. “A nation, where the last hope of the common man and the stabilizing force like […]

Minimum wage: No work, no pay, Gov Obi insists

Posted by admin Anambra, State News Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

The Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi has insisted on his administration’s no work no pay policy for striking workers in the state, even as he warned them that government would not renege on its promise. According to Governor Obi, the new law regarding the current ongoing strike in the state would be implemented to serve as […]