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Taraba govt to sack workers with fake certificates

Posted by admin State News, Taraba Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

The Taraba State government has concluded plans to sack any civil servant found working with forged certificates in the state. It further warned that it would no longer be business as usual, as dismissal now awaited any- one found in the act of indiscipline. The state Head of Service, Mr Augustine Bazing, who handed down the warning […]

Niger Delta militants, Ohanaeze, threatened retaliation against the Boko Haram sect – Gives 14 days Ultimatum

Posted by admin Boko Haram, National Politics, Top Stories Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

A group of Niger Delta militants, on Monday, threatened retaliation against the Boko Haram sect if it refused to stop its violent activities within 14 days. The Ohanaeze Indigbo has also told the Boko Haram sect to stop all its violent activities, saying enough is enough. The Ijaw militants, under the aegis of a little […]

Siasia’s wife loses belt to Lagos mob

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

HEAD Coach of the Super Eagles, Samson Siasia, was mobbed by a number of soccer fans on Sunday after the Federation Cup final at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos. Some overzealous fans, in an attempt to have handshake with the former international on his way to board his car out of the stadium alongside his […]

Presidential election trial – Jonathan won insists INEC

Posted by admin Elections 2011, INEC Politics, Latest Politics Monday, September 26th, 2011

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday urged the Presidential Election Tribunal to dismiss the petition filed by the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), challenging the victory of President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] and to uphold the poll’s result as credible, free and fair. INEC made the submissions yesterday as the […]

Army promotes 200 officers

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Headlines Monday, September 26th, 2011

ABUJA—The Nigerian Army weekend promoted officers from the ranks of Major to Colonels, with over 200 officers in Army formations across the country elevated to the next rank. Amongst the officers promoted to the rank of Colonel are Lt. Colonel Sani K. Usman, Lt. Colonel John Agim-Agim, Lt. Colonel (Mrs.) Mba of the medical corps, […]

Youth Corps member gang-raped in Kano

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), State News Monday, September 26th, 2011

TWO weeks after the uproar over the reported gang-raping of a student of Abia State University by five hoodlums, the police in Kano State, yesterday, paraded two of the four men who allegedly gang-raped a youth corps member. One of the suspects has confessed to having allegedly taken part in ‘’gang-raping’’ the youth corps member […]

Gov. Okorocha orders new Nigerian champion Heartland FC to remain in Lagos

Posted by admin Headlines, Imo, State News Monday, September 26th, 2011

Governor Rochas Okorocha is still high on the success of Heartland FC who won the FA Cup on Sunday. The club was to return to Owerri Monday morning but he has ordered them to stay back in Lagos. There are no pretences about his mood. The success, coming 23 years after they won the FA […]

The Shame of Nigerian Professors and Universities – By Phil Tam-Al Alalibo

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Education, NNP Columnists, P Monday, September 26th, 2011

By Phil Tam-Al Alalibo, NNP – Sept. 26, 2011 – Last week, the long awaited list of university rankings in Africa was released, specifically, the top one hundred high performing universities (in Africa). The list was published on the http://www.newnigerianpolitics.com website (see complete list below) and when I saw it before glancing through, I was […]

Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai Dies in Nairobi

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics Monday, September 26th, 2011

Prof Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace laureate and conservation heroine, has died in Nairobi after a long battle with cancer. She was 71. The environmentalist and politician died at the Nairobi Hospital at around 10pm on Sunday, officials at her Greenbelt Movement organisation told Nation.co.ke. Prof Maathai will be remembered for her fight against the Moi […]

Mugabe and large entourage Stranded in the United States

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics Monday, September 26th, 2011

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe and his bloated delegation of around 100 people failed to fly back home from New York on Friday after their chartered Air Zimbabwe plane’s tyres were punctured while landing. Mugabe left the country on September 17 to attend the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Air Zimbabwe board Chairman Jonathan […]