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FG to ensure power supply stabilises within 2 yrs – Maku (Like a broken record)

Posted by admin Latest Politics Monday, May 23rd, 2011

The Minister of Information and Communications, Mr Labaran Maku, says the Federal Government is working to ensure that power supply stabilises across the country within two years. Maku said this in Abuja,Sunday while speaking at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) People’s Forum which has the theme “Making accountability the watchword.’’ He said government had […]

Nigeria ‘ll be great again – Jonathan (No promises, just do it)

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency Monday, May 23rd, 2011

President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed strong optimism that Nigeria will become great again and reclaim its rightful position among comity of nations. Dr. Jonathan stated this during a victory thanksgiving service held in his honour by the Ogbia Brotherhood and the Ogbia Ministers Forum in Ogbia Town, Bayelsa State. President Jonathan while thanking Nigerians for […]

Post-election violence: CPC effects bail of 600 suspects in Kaduna

Posted by admin CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Kaduna, Party Politics, State News Monday, May 23rd, 2011

Six weeks after their arrest and detention over alleged involvement in the violence that engulfed parts of Kaduna following the release of the last presidential election results, the Congress for progressive Change, CPC, in Kaduna state, yesterday, said it has so far secured the bail of over 600 suspects. The CPC said it is still […]

Polls violence: Survivors narrate ordeal as demand for justice heightens

Posted by admin Elections 2011, Latest Politics Monday, May 23rd, 2011

SURVIVORS of the post-election violence in some northern states yesterday in Abuja narrated their plight and attributed their escape to divine providence. Some of the survivors, mostly National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members posted to Bauchi State for the mandatory national assignment, called on the Federal Government to prosecute the perpetrators of the mayhem to […]

‘Nigeria, others to record N62tr trade surplus in four years’

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, May 23rd, 2011

THE economic growth of Nigeria and some other African countries may outpace Asia’s in the coming decades, with trade turnover reaching nearly $400 billion (N62 trillion) by 2015. The Chief Executive Officer of Renaissance Capital, Stephen Jennings, who said in a speech he delivered at the second yearly Pan-Africa Investor Conference in Lagos recently, assured […]

President Alassane Ouattara Inaugurated

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics Monday, May 23rd, 2011

ALASSANE Ouattara has been inaugurated as the president of Ivory Coast in the capital, Yamoussoukro, after months of violence and political turmoil. The ceremony was attended by many African heads of state, as well as French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Ouattara thanked the international community for its support and […]

Dokubo, Togo Want Amnesty

Posted by admin General Politics, National Politics, Niger Delta Monday, May 23rd, 2011

THE sudden change of heart by some previously reluctant former Niger-Delta militant leaders to accept the now expired 2009-amnesty offer of the Federal Government has thrown up a knotty situation. While the seemingly repentant militia leaders think the pardon is automatic if they had renounced violence and dropped their arms; the Special Adviser (SA) to […]

Jostle for Reps Speaker slot, others intensifies

Posted by admin House, Legislature Monday, May 23rd, 2011

THE jostle and lobby for the position of the Speaker of the House of Representatives and other political slots continued at the weekend as various stakeholders, groups and eminent Nigerians spoke on how to resolve the question of which zone gets what. For example, Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State who spoke on the issue at […]

UN Secretary-General in Abuja: ‘Africa’s challenge, my biggest challenge’ .

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics Monday, May 23rd, 2011

THE Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), Mr. Ban Ki-moon, who is now on a duty tour of Nigeria, yesterday praised the efforts of the Federal Government specifically on the passage of the National Health Bill which, he said was capable of enhancing the country’s capacity to meet the Milliennium Development Goals (MGDs), one of […]

Benue Killings: ACN accuses Jonathan of insensitivity

Posted by admin Benue, Latest Politics, State News Monday, May 23rd, 2011

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has said that President Goodluck Jonathan’s inability to act urgently to stop the serial killings of members of its party in Benue State may be taken as a green light by the killers to continue such dastardly act. The party, in a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by […]