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Oil Find Likely in Niger State

Posted by admin Niger, State News Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

A strong indication emerged weekend on the possibility of crude oil reserves in the flood plain of the river Niger around Bida area of Niger State. The Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society (NMGS) gave the indication in Minna.The society’s president, Professor Anthony Azubuike Elueze, in a press briefing, said investigations into the samples of the […]

Killings in Libya: FG Evacuates 1,243 More

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

Three aircraft arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja yesterday with 1,243 Nigerians who had been stranded in Tripoli due to the on-going political crisis in Libya.The director-general of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the coordinating agency for the operation, Muhammad Sani-Sidi disclosed this to journalists, while receiving the passengers at the airport. He said […]

Jonathan Threatens Legal Action Over Report On Electoral Fraud

Posted by admin Latest Politics Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

• Oshiomhole denies saying Jonathan voted 4 times in 2007 President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday threatened to institute legal action regarding media report that he voted four times as Vice President in the April 2007 general elections, if the story was not retracted and an unreserved apology tendered to him by the media organisation.Jonathan’s position followed […]

Jonathan Presents N236.5b NDDC Budget To N/Assembly

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Legislature Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

President Goodluck Jonathan has submitted a budget proposal of N236.587 billion for the 2010 fiscal year for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to the House of Representatives for approval. The budget, which was contained in a letter to the Speaker of the House, Hon. Dimeji Bankole, and read at yesterday’s plenary by deputy speaker, Hon. Usman Bayero […]

Jonathan Not Influencing Me – IGP

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Nigerian Police Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

The inspector-general of police (IGP) Alhaji Hafiz Abubakar Ringim, at the weekend, said that President Goodluck Jonathan did not in any way influence his running of the Nigeria Police ahead of the 2011 general elections.He also argued that there was no police action that justifiably proved that it was favoring the ruling People’s Democratic Party […]

Speaking Truth to Power: Pentecostals and the ‘Daddy’ Syndrome – By Dr. Olu Ojedokun

Posted by admin Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olu Ojedokun, PhD Monday, March 7th, 2011

By Dr. Olu Ojedokun, London, UK – Mar. 7, 2011 – The current narrative of the many UK based ‘African Majority’ Pentecostal Churches is the clinging to the fantasy that the ‘Men/Women of God’ who serve them are perfect. That they can do no wrong, have no weaknesses and live and embody perfect lives. It […]

Governor Peter Obi and the quest for waste disposal laws

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Emeka Chiakwelu Monday, March 7th, 2011

By Emeka Chiakwelu, NNP, Mar. 7, 2011 – There is a growing awareness and awakening brewing in the consciousness of Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State with regards to the disposal of waste and refuse in his state especially in the commercial city of Onitsha. A while ago Governor Obi during his visit to Onitsha […]

Development of South-South not optional, says Jonathan

Posted by admin Latest Politics, South-South Monday, March 7th, 2011

FOUR-YEAR development plan aimed at opening up the South-South geo-political zone has been unveiled by President Goodluck Jonathan. The major projects contained in the blueprint are coastal roads and railways, which the President said are designed to open up the oil-producing region. Before his supporters that gathered at the Esuene […]

I remain in PDP because of President Jonathan – Gov Daniel

Posted by admin Ogun, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News Monday, March 7th, 2011

Ogun State governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel has explained the circumstances surrounding his decision to remain in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, citing the bonding of friendship with President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as his driving motif, at a time when candidates on the platform of his faction of the PDP have defected to the Peoples Party […]

Don’t shed blood for me, Jonathan warns

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency Monday, March 7th, 2011

PRESIDENT Goodluck Johnathan, said yesterday, that neither his ambition nor that of any politician was worth the blood of any single Nigerian. President Jonathan who spoke while addressing a mammoth crowd at the Uyo Township Stadium, in Akwa Ibom State, said his administration would not tolerate or accommodate violence either in form of religion or […]