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Enugu, State News
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
Enugu State Commissioner for Transport and Capital Territory Development, Mr John Egbo, has said that traffic light violators in the state will now pay fines. Egbo told the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Enugu Wednesday that “we are going to make the fine huge so that it will act as a deterrent to others; […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
In view of the ongoing violent demonstration in Egypt and as directed by President Goodluck Jonathan that all Nigerians in the country be evacuated immediately, the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has chartered a jumbo jet to this effect. NEMA, in a statement signed by Head of Public Relations, Mr. Yushau Shuaib, said the jumbo […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
In a bid to curb robbery and other criminal activities at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Lagos, the Airport Police Command, Wednesday, banned commercial motorcyclists, also known as Okada, from operating within the airport. Disclosing this development to newsmen at the Presidential Wing of the airport, the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Augustine Okpadile, said, […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Top Stories
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

IF given the mandate to lead Nigeria in the next four years, President Goodluck Jonathan has promised not to let Nigerians down. The president vowed that he was prepared to stake his reputation to ensure a drastic change in the conduct of government’s business in Nigeria within a short time, starting with the conduct of […]
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Articles, Columnists, Godwin O. Airuoyuwa
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

By Godwin O. Airuoyuwa, B.Eng. P.Eng., PMP , Toronto, Canada – Feb. 2, 2011 – Many African immigrant engineers are in this country today either working as factory workers or are engaged in some less dignifying jobs not related to engineering. This is not a choice many of them would have made if the option of being […]
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Elections 2011, INEC Politics, Legislature
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
The rather flighty way the National Assembly hides behind Constitutional and Electoral Act amendments to shield the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Federal Government from the charge of short-sightedness has become one of the notable features of Nigeria’s Fourth Republic. Since the collapse of the grand effort to amend the constitution in the […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) last night confirmed that the much touted international friendly match against Guatemala has been called off. The friendly match set back came on the heel of the denial of US visa to two members of the national team by the American Embassy in Abuja on Monday ahead of the US President’s […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
If I were an Igboman, I would not find the current political calculations funny at all. Look at the fact: from an enviable height in the First and Second Republics, when Igbos held key positions in government, the reality today is that the highest-ranking Igbo is Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweramadu. And guess what? He […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), National Politics
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said Tuesday that the banking system no longer posed any systemic risks to the nation’s economy as a result of the ongoing reforms in the industry. Also, the apex bank said it expects four of the six rescued banks to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will lead […]
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Top Stories
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

Vice-President Namadi Sambo said Tuesday there would be no sacred cows in the Federal Government’s drive against corruption. He spoke at Mbora District of Abuja where he performed the foundation laying ceremony for the new headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) which cost is put at N18, 867,283,615.14. Sambo said the project […]