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Governors, Headlines, Lagos, Rivers, State News
Sunday, August 14th, 2011
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) yesterday joined his 36 States counterparts under the aegis of the Governors’ Forum of Nigeria in sustaining the campaign against the spread of Polio nationwide, stressing that Lagos State could not afford to stop the campaign against the deadly disease now. Governor Fashola who spoke at the Quarterly […]
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Headlines
Sunday, August 14th, 2011
Former Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mallam Nasir el-Rufai has described the sale of government cement firms to Dangote Industries Limited as a success story of the privatisation programme of the Federal Government. Addressing the Senate Ad-Hoc Committee investigating the privatisation activities of the BPE during a public hearing in Abuja at […]
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Arewa House, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Presidency
Sunday, August 14th, 2011
The Arewa Consultative Forrum (ACF) has said that President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to suspend the submission of the bill on his proposed single tenure is a mark of his sensitivity to public opinion and mood of the nation. “It is, therefore, welcome. It has been the position of the ACF that no mere forms of […]
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Headlines, Kogi, State News
Sunday, August 14th, 2011
THE people of Lokoja, Kogi State, on Saturday, were in a state of confusion as a grenade suspected to belonging to the police was discovered near Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Oke -Isegun at Phase II Estate extension in the state capital. Operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) and the Nigeria Police uncovered the grenade. […]
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Headlines, Sultan of Sokoto
Sunday, August 14th, 2011
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, at the weekend,said there was a system failure in marital institution in the North, a reason he said was responsible for the increase in as divorce cases in the region. He therefore, urged the Muslim Ummah to respect the marriage institution and to seek knowledge on what marriage entails. […]
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Headlines
Saturday, August 13th, 2011

A Nigeria model, Feisty Ufuoma Itoje, was, on Tuesday, disgraced off stage at the Britain and Ireland’s Next Top Model (BINTM) competition after the judges were left unimpressed by her naked photoshoot. The 20-year-old Ufuoma, a law graduate, became the latest girl to be evicted from the competition. After declaring her unqualified for her rude […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Presidency, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (2007-10)
Friday, August 12th, 2011

Indications have emerged that the prospect of Nigeria’s deployment of troops in war-ravaged Somalia is very slim. This is contrary to an earlier promise by the government to do so in 2007. SATURDAY PUNCH investigations showed that the Federal Government might have taken a second look at the arrangement made by the late President Umaru […]
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EFCC Politics, Headlines
Friday, August 12th, 2011
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has vowed that Nigeria would no longer be a safe place for Nigerian fugitive criminals fleeing from law enforcement agents in other countries. According to the chairman of the anti-graft agency, Mrs. Farida Waziri, briefing some officers of the commission on the successful handover of a Nigerian, Emmanuel […]
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EFCC Politics, General Politics, Governors, Latest Politics
Friday, August 12th, 2011

THE chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs Farida Waziri, has disclosed that 72 per cent (about 26) of former governors in Nigeria are being investigated by the commission. The commission has also recorded over 600 convictions and recovered almost 12 billion dollars in the last eight years. Mrs Waziri made the […]
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Anambra, Articles, Columnists, Emeka Chiakwelu, NNP Columnists, State News
Friday, August 12th, 2011

By Emeka Chiakwelu, NNP, August 12, 2011 – Gov. Peter Obi should set up technical Committee to re-make diminishing Onitsha. Onitsha the most important commercial center in eastern Nigeria is in shambles and needs immediate attention. Governor Peter Obi and his administration must now listen to a voice of reason and logic without being defensive. […]