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How I was Detained in Tripoli

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Hakeem Babalola Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

By Hakeem Babalola, Budapest, Hungary – Feb. 23, 2011 – Being a journalist or writer or blogger can be described as bitter-sweet. Even dangerous because governments, powerful organisations or power hungry individuals passionately detest truth; they usually frown at exposing their secrets and hypocrisy; they abhor the art of informing the masses which is a […]

Buhari accuses Jonathan’s camp of plot to assassinate Bakare

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Top Stories Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

The Presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Gen Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), yesterday accused the Jonathan/Sambo Campaign Organisation of planning to assassinate his running mate, Pastor Tunde Bakare. A Second Republic Senator and Deputy Coordinator of the now rested Jonathan/Sambo Campaign Organisation, North-Central Zone, Walid Jibrin, had allegedly said in a newspaper report […]

I’m open to talks with Jonathan, others – IBB

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Top Stories Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

FORMER Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, said, yesterday, that he was yet to seal a deal to support President Goodluck Jonathan in the forthcoming presidential election, affirming that he was still open to supporting the President or any of his major rivals. The former Head of State who was an aspirant on the platform of […]

House passes Anti-Terrorism Bill

Posted by admin House, Latest Politics, Legislature Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

THE House of Representatives, yesterday, passed the Anti-Terrorism Bill 2011. The bill seeks to provide measures for the prevention, prohibition and combating of acts of terrorism as well as punishment for violating any of its provisions. President Goodluck Jonathan had on three occasions appealed to the House to give the bill expeditious consideration. The bill […]

Reps probe procurement of police equipment

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Nigerian Police Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

The House of Representatives Committee on Police Affairs would begin investigations into the procurement of equipment for the Nigerian Police Force in the 2010 budget, which is expected to lapse on March 31. Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Abdul Ningi (PDP/Bauchi), who disclosed this during the budget defence session of the Police Ministry, said the […]

First Lady to flag off Pdp S-South women’s rally

Posted by admin Latest Politics Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

In a bid to mobilize women to participate actively in the 2011 general elections, wife of the President, Dame Patience Goodluck Jonathan will on March 1, 2011 flag off the Peoples Democratic party, PDP South-South Women’s zonal rally at the U .J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar in Cross River State. During the occasion, the Wife of […]

FG Offers $600m Dividend to Oil Communities

Posted by admin Niger Delta, Top Stories Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

The Federal Government has said oil-producing communities will earn about N1.1 billion as annual dividend payments from oil revenues as part of incentives in the much-anticipated Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) which is expected to be passed by the National Assembly by Thursday, next week. This is intended to end the perennial crisis and violence in […]

Babangida: Jonathan Must Go by 2015

Posted by admin General Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

Former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, Tuesday opened what may become a subject of legal fireworks, declaring that President Goodluck Jonathan is constitutionally barred from seeking another term in office by 2015 if he wins the forthcoming presidential election. In a statement denying reports that he had struck a deal with Jonathan ahead of the […]

Senate Passes N18,000 Wage Bill

Posted by admin Legislature, Senate, Top Stories Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

The proposed National Minimum Wage of N18,000 Tuesday received the legislative seal of the upper chamber of the National Assembly, as senators unanimously passed the bill “for an Act to Amend the National Minimum Wage Act to Provide for a Revised National Minimum Wage into law.” Subject to the concurrence of the lower legislative […]

Ribadu, Dabiri -Erewa Seek Evacuation of Nigerians from Libya

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Top Stories Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

Worried by the reports of repression of protesters by government forces in Libya leading to hundreds of deaths, the Nuhu Ribadu Campaign Organisation as well as the chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, have called on the Federal Government to immediately evacuate Nigerians from the North African country. A […]