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Bus runs into crowd at Kano CPC rally

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, March 25th, 2011

Makole (Kano State) – Several people sustained various degrees of injuries,Thursday at Makole Town in Kano when a bus ran into a rally of the CPC, the News Agency of Nigerias (NAN) reports. The Sector Commander of the Federal Roads Safety Commission (FRSC), Alhaji Ahmed Kogari, told said the incident occurred when the driver of the […]

Cote d Ivoire: Nigeria to table resolution on use of force at UN

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, March 25th, 2011

Nigeria, backed by France, is set to table a draft UN resolution, which would authorise possible use of military force to stop attack against civilians in Cote d’ Ivoire. The draft resolution will urge stronger enforcement of an arms embargo on the government of Laurent Gbagbo, in addition to use of “all necessary measures and […]

Nigeria-UK trade hits 3 billion pounds – Envoy

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, March 25th, 2011

London -Bilateral trade between Nigeria and the United Kingdom hit three billion pounds in 2010, Amb. Dozie Nwanna, Nigeria’s acting High Commissioner to the UK, has said. “The value of bilateral trade between the two countries was on the increase with a current estimate at a total sum of three billion pounds annually,” Nwanna said […]

Fallout of Akwa Ibom mayhem: Police slam ACN gov candidate with treason

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, General Politics, State News Friday, March 25th, 2011

The Police yesterday arraigned before a Federal High Court, Abuja, the ACN governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom State, John Akpan Udoedehe, on a four count charge of treason that will effectively keep out of circulation ahead of the coming elections. The maximum penalty for treason is death. His arraignment is the fallout of the political […]

Appeal Court gives PDP, govs deadline on tenure extension debacle

Posted by admin Governors, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Friday, March 25th, 2011

FIVE state governors have been directed by the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, to within three days file their reply to the appeal of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), seeking to vacate the verdict of the Federal High Court, Abuja Division, extending their tenure beyond May 2011. The court also gave three days to […]

The ban on tinted glasses

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, March 25th, 2011

THE Ministry of Police Affairs recently directed the enforcement of an extant law prohibiting the use of tinted glasses on motor vehicles, citing abuse of road traffic regulations. The Ministry in its public notice also stated that factory- tinted glasses are exempted from the ban. However, in offering one month of grace to owners to […]

Nigeria targets 600,000 jobs as N15tr gas projects begin

Posted by admin Latest Politics Friday, March 25th, 2011

NIGERIA’S march towards getting into the bracket of top global economic powers got a boost yesterday as President Goodluck Jonathan launched a gas-driven economic roadmap. The ambitious plan, code-named “Gas Revolution: Rebirth of Nigeria’s industrialisation,” was also used as an occasion for the signing of the Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) among the Nigerian National Petroleum […]

FCT swells by 10,000 people daily

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), State News Friday, March 25th, 2011

The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Senator Bala Mohammed, said on Thursday in Abuja that the population of the territory increased by 10,000 people daily. Mohammed told the News Agency of Nigeria that the high rate of population increase had made Abuja one of the fastest growing cities in the world. The situtation, he […]

Shocker as dupe met his swindler in detention

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, March 25th, 2011

When by twist of fate Mr. Babatunde Rufai met Sola, a man who allegedly defrauded him of N950,000, in police detention at Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department, he thought his tribulation was over and that the police would release him. Rufai, who runs a restaurant with his wife at Block 296 Akinyele Abesan Estate, […]

Kanu, Rufai get NFF roles

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Friday, March 25th, 2011

The Nigeria Football Federation on Thursday announced the appointment of former Super Eagles skipper Nwankwo Kanu as Ambassador of Nigerian football. The 35-year-old, who was present at the official announcement of an international friendly match between Nigeria and Argentina in Lagos on Wednesday, is the most decorated Nigerian football player. “We made the decision […]