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Bomb Blasts – We’re Closing-in on Perpetrators – Police

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Nigerian Police Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

THE Police has said yesterday that they have uncovered clues that would lead to arrest of the perpetrators of the New Year eve bomb blast at the Mogadishu Barracks which killed 4 persons including a pregnant woman and injured 26 others including a five year old irl. Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in-charge of […]

Eleweomo: Senate leader arraigned, detained in prison

Posted by admin Legislature, National Politics, Senate Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

The Senate Leader, Mr. Teslim Folarin, and three others were on Tuesday arraigned before a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, in connection with Thursday’s killing of a factional leader of the state council of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Alhaji Lateef Salako (a.k.a Eleweomo). They were remanded at the Agodi Prisons, […]

Hard Drug: Four Governorship, Two Senatorial Aspirants Battle NDLEA

Posted by admin Governors, Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency) Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

Four governorship aspirants and two senatorial hopefuls are presently in the battle of their lives to disentangle themselves from the black-list of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), without which, they may not be able to contest this year’s general election. A top NDLEA operative who confided in LEADERSHIP at the weekend in Lagos, […]

Zamfara: Shinkafi Declares for 2nd Term

Posted by admin Elections 2011, State News, Zamfara Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

Zamfara State Governor Mahmud Aliyu Shinkafi last weekend declared his intention to seek re-election in this year’s gubernatorial polls. Imam Imam reports The in-thing in the political environment in Zamfara State in the last few months is to gauge how many people attended any given political rally. Political parties and aspirants to various political offices […]

‘Nigeria’ll Overcome Leadership Challenge in 15 Years’

Posted by admin Latest Politics Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday in Yenegoa, Bayelsa State, identified failure of leadership as Nigeria’s greatest problem and obstacle to desired growth and said the problem could be surmounted in the next 15 years. “The desire to entrench the needed development could only take root when the nation begins to elect good leaders, especially in the […]

Power Outage: FG Loses $60m of LNG Cargoes

Posted by admin Latest Politics Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

The Federal Government lost around $60 million to the recent closure of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) plant in Bonny, Rivers State, over power outage, THISDAY has learnt. NLNG, the worlds third largest supplier of gas to the European market, and which also accounts for 10 per cent of global LNG supply to the […]

Presidency debunks Atiku’s claims on economy

Posted by admin Headlines, Presidency Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

THE Presidency yesterday reacted to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s characterization of the Nigerian economy as sick and bankrupt, describing him as “desperate and ignorant of the workings of the economy.” In a response to the letter he wrote to President Goodluck Jonathan on the 2011 budget, a top presidential aide said yesterday: “Atiku has […]

Govt set to execute N11b erosion projects in Anambra

Posted by admin Anambra, State News Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

ALL is now set by the Federal Government to implement the N11 billion erosion control projects in some parts of Anambra State. Senator Annie Okonkwo, who hinted of the government’s resolve to execute the projects, urged the state government to work with Abuja to ensure that a competent firm is short-listed for the exercise designed […]

Boko Haram members kill police officer in Borno

Posted by admin Borno, State News Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

TWO suspected Boko Haram gunmen on a commercial motorcycle have killed a policeman in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The victim was returning from night patrol to his Gwange residence in mufti when the bandits struck. The murder of the policeman came two days after Saturday’s setting ablaze of Victory Christ Church (VICC) in the […]

Nigeria, Italy to check money laundering, others

Posted by admin Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency) Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

THE Italian government is collaborating with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in a move to check drug syndicates, money laundering and crime. The NDLEA said the plan would help to check drug syndicates seeking to operate in the country and within the sub-region. Dr. Pietro Grasso, Chief Prosecutor of the Italian Anti-Mafia Bureau, […]