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Reps meet Tuesday on probe of CJN, Salami

Posted by admin Judiciary, Legislature, National Politics, Raw Politics, Senate Monday, February 21st, 2011

The House of Representatives’ Committee on Justice handling the probe of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu, and the President of the Appeal Court, Justice Ayo Salami, has said that it will decide on Tuesday (tomorrow) whether to summon both the CJN and PAC or not. The Committee said it might also summon […]

Jos: Youth arrest herdsman in army uniform

Posted by admin Plateau, State News Monday, February 21st, 2011

YOUTHS of Kuru in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State have arrested a herdsman allegedly dressed in an army camouflage uniform. THE PUNCH learnt that the unarmed herdsman was arrested by members of a vigilance group on Thursday while he was on a suspected reconnaissance mission for a planned attack on the […]

JAMB to begin e-Exams in 2012

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, February 21st, 2011

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced its intention to begin electronic examinations next year. The Registrar/ Chief Executive Officer of JAMB, Prof.’ Dibu Ojerinde, who said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, stated that JAMB had successfully tested a biometric capture system to be used for the 2011 Unified Tertiary […]

Gunmen kill lecturer in Rivers

Posted by admin Rivers, State News Sunday, February 20th, 2011

A lecturer at the Rivers State College of Arts and Science, Mr. Clement Faar, was one of the two persons shot dead by three gunmen, who stormed his compound at Yeghe in Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State. The other victim, who was identified as a Canada-based Nigerian, Mr. Pius Gbarazia, was with […]

Immigration rescues nine children

Posted by admin Latest Politics Sunday, February 20th, 2011

Officials of the Nigerian Immigration Service in Ekiti State have rescued nine trafficked teenagers from traffickers operating in the state. Our correspondent gathered that the teenagers, who were brought to Ido-Ajinare, a town in Ekiti South Local Government from Benue State, were waiting to be ‘sold’ to the would-be buyers when officials of the […]

PH stampede: Victims’ll not die in vain – Jonathan’s wife

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Raw Politics Sunday, February 20th, 2011

Wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, has assured that Peoples Democratic Party supporters who died during the party’s February 11, 2011 South-South rally in Port Harcourt would not be forgotten. She gave the assurance on Saturday when she visited families of the victims of the Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt stampede in Ikwerre and […]

Gbagbo’s Ousting: U.S Military Offers Support to Nigeria, ECOWAS

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics Sunday, February 20th, 2011

UNITED States military command in Africa, AFRICOM, may support Nigeria and ECOWAS in its proposed plan to apply military force to remove defeated President of Cote d’Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo and install the winner of that nation’s presidential polls, Alassane Quattara. Answering questions from foreign correspondents from Washington DC at the weekend, the Commander of AFRICOM, […]

Banks panic as CBN moves to verify update of customers’ accounts

Posted by admin CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Latest Politics Sunday, February 20th, 2011

SHOCK waves swept through the nation’s banks at the weekend as they got wind of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) planned verification of the level of their compliance with the just-concluded customer accounts’ update. The exercise begins on March 7, but the banks will today formally receive letters from the CBN informing them of […]

‘Dosunmu remains Lagos PDP guber candidate’

Posted by admin Lagos, State News Sunday, February 20th, 2011

THE Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reiterated that former Director-General, Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Ade Dosunmu, remained its governorship standard-bearer in the state. The party’s stance was sequel to reports of a court order restraining it from parading Dosunmu as its candidate in the April polls. A […]

200 feared killed in Libya’s protest

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics Sunday, February 20th, 2011

OVER 200 persons have lost their lives in the wave of unrest sweeping through Libya. The protest is against Muammar Gaddafi whose forces have cracked down on the demonstrators. The spectre of revolt has also pushed Bahrain’s rulers into talks with the opposition. Reuters said yesterday that a doctor in the Libyan city of Benghazi […]