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Presidency offers ambassadorial, adviser slots to opposition parties

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Party Politics, Presidency Monday, July 4th, 2011

IN a bid to sustain the accord between his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the friendly parties which worked closely with the PDP during the April general election, President Goodluck Jonathan is said to be offering some ambassadorial, as well as special adviser slots to the leadership of the parties. It was learnt […]

Sycophants’ll make you derail, IBB warns Jonathan •Condemns arrest of el-Rufai by SSS

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Presidency Monday, July 4th, 2011

FORMER military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, has admonished President Goodluck Jonathan not to derail from the promise of transformative leadership which he made during his presidential campaign, just as he condemned the arrest of former Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el’Rufai, by security operatives. Babangida, in a statement made available to the Nigerian […]

Islamic Banking: Sanusi warns Muslims against joining issues with Christians

Posted by admin CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Latest Politics, Religion, Top Stories Sunday, July 3rd, 2011

KANO – The Central Bank Governor, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has cautioned Muslim faithful not to join issues with Christians over their opposition to the proposed introduction of Islamic Banking System in the country, saying the idea for the new system was rooted in the 1999 Constitution. Sanusi who addressed Muslim clerics in Kano, weekend, […]

ECAPS Cambridge Offers ‘Cambridge Experience’ to young Nigerians

Posted by admin Anthony A. Kila, Columnists, Headlines Sunday, July 3rd, 2011

Submitted by Anthony A. Kila In a bid to position young people for the challenges of professional education and leadership, the Cambridge based European Centre of Advanced and Professional Studies (ECAPS), with input from the undergraduate admission offices of the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford and London is offering a 3 week holiday session to Nigerians, […]

Nine die in fresh Borno bomb blast, attacks

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News Sunday, July 3rd, 2011

LESS than 24 hours after President Goodluck Jonathan told the Boko Haram sect that “enough is enough,” the group struck yesterday in Maiduguri, Borno State killing five people in bomb blast. Ten others were injured and taken to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH). Also, armed men suspected to be members of the group […]

IG plans mass transfer of southern officers to northern states

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Nigerian Police Sunday, July 3rd, 2011

LAGOS – TENSION engulfed the rank and file of the Nigeria Police Force, weekend, followinag stories making rounds that the police authorities may soon carry out massive transfer of officers and men from the southern part of the country to the northern states. The rumour which spread across police formations in the southern states created […]

Oyo Gov. Ajimobi, declares assets

Posted by admin Headlines, Oyo, State News Sunday, July 3rd, 2011

IBADAN—GOVERNOR of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi has made good his promises to declare his assets towards running a prudent and transparent government. It will be recalled that Governor Ajimobi, during his campaign, prayed “God to stop him from becoming governor, if he will get there and spoil the reputation of his family.” The governor […]

IBB lectures Jonathan on governance (IBB of all people)

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Presidency Sunday, July 3rd, 2011

ABUJA—FORMER Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, weekend, urged President Goodluck Jonathan to shed sentiments and imbibe statesmanlike traits in his handling of the increasing challenges against his government. Babangida said in a statement that the caution became necessary in the face of unnecessary distractions which aides and those he termed sycophants were causing for the […]

Violent robberies: Banks, police plan new security measures

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Sunday, July 3rd, 2011

The Group Managing Director (GMD) of First Bank Plc., Mr. Bisi Onasanya, has said the recent violent robbery attack on one of the bank’s branches in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, is a reflection of the level of decadence in the country, saying banks were already in discussion with the police hierarchy on how […]

Apologise in seven days, Oba of Benin tells Edo PDP

Posted by admin Edo, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News Sunday, July 3rd, 2011

The Palace of the Oba of Benin has given a seven-day ultimatum to a leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Owere Dickson Imasogie, to tender unreserved apology to the Benin monarch over a statement credited to him that the Oba influenced the victory of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in […]