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Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
AS part of Federal Government’s incentives to grow the real sector of the economy, 166 non-oil indigenous firms have concluded plans to invest N1.5trillion in the domestic economy within the next 12 months. The Minister of Trade and Investment, Mr Olusegun Aganga, made this disclosure on Tuesday during a meeting with the agro-business sector in […]
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Africa & World Politics, Judiciary, Latest Politics
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
A United States of America-based non-governmental organisation, Justice For All Nations (JFAN), has described the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) and other groups that are kicking against the suspension of Justice Salami by theNJC as enemies of Nigeria. The group said it was unfortunate that those who ought to […]
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Judiciary
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
JUSTICE Donaltus Okorowo of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja will, this morning, hear the suit filed by the suspended president of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami, praying it to set aside the decision of the National Judicial Council (NJC) which suspended him last Thursday. Salami, whose suspension was recommended by NJC […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
Over 10,000 members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) attended a special thanksgiving service for Chief Dim Emeka Ojukwu’s recovery after months of protracted illness. The thanksgiving, which turned out to be a carnival of sort, was held at Onitsha, while members and administrators of MASSOB within its […]
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Africa & World Politics
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
The seat of power in the United States, White House, the legislative headquarters, US Capitol and the headquarters of the US Department of Defence, The Pentagon and other federal buildings were evacuated on Tuesday, after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake centred in Virginia rocked Washington, D.C. Control towers at John F. Kennedy airport and Newark Liberty […]
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Adamawa, State News
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
SEVENTEEN per-sons, made up of 15 foreigners from Central Africa Republic and one national from Cameroun and a Nigerian, have been arrested by a joint army and customs patrol team in Adamawa State with contraband goods worth over N50 million. Parading the smugglers, on Tuesday, the Adamawa State controller of customs, Adamawa and Taraba command, […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
PLATEAU State Commissioner of Police, Mr Emmanuel Dipo Ayeni, has disclosed that two men of the Military Special Task Force (STF) deployed in the state to maintain peace were arrested in connection with the abduction of Pa Michael Obi along with seven others. The state commissioner of police, who stated this while handing over Pa […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
No fewer than 198 community-based social workers are currently being trained by the American International Health Alliance in Enugu State. The social workers are to identify and work towards meeting various needs of the less privileged children in the state. Speaking at the graduation ceremony for the first 50 social workers, who had completed their […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011

By Dr. Jideofor Adibe, London, UK – August 24, 2011- Late last year, the National Economic Council (NEC) reportedly resolved that going forward, Nigeria would no longer play ‘big brother’ to countries in trouble without getting anything in return. It also proposed that the nation’s foreign interventions and assistance would henceforth be guided by ‘national […]
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Nigerian Police, Ogun, State News
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
Villagers from nine communities of Oloke Alli in Ijebu-east Local Government Area of Ogun State, the boundary between Oyo and Ondo states have cried out over alleged killing and maiming of residents by a group of hoodlums. Led by their traditional ruler, Baale Titilayo Odusanya, the affected communities, which include Oloke Alli Central, Owode Alli, […]