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Yobo sweet-talks Siasia into submission

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

Nigeria skipper Joseph Yobo has won the heart of coach Samson Siasia after the defender revealed he wishes to win a trophy with the Super Eagles before he quits international football. Last week, Siasia met with Yobo as well as Karabukspor striker Emmanuel Emenike in Turkey as part of his working visit to Europe. Eagles […]

JTF destroy nine militant camps in Bayelsa.

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Niger Delta, Top Stories Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

The Joint Task Force, Wednesday, said it had taken over ten ex militant camps in the creek of Bayelsa State just as the whereabouts of the kidnapped site engineer at Okpoama in the Brass council area of the state remained unknown. Nine of the camps, according to the JTF were razed down while the one […]

Revisiting The Remunerations of Nigerian Legislators: Time For Action

Posted by admin Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo (London, UK) – Nov 21, 2010 I am really sorry I have to bring this up again, but my conscience, frustration and disgust will not allow me to rest. I have written several times about this issue, but because the situation is getting worse, I still have to write about it. […]

Alaibe enjoys confidence of ex-militants –Appah

Posted by admin Niger Delta Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

In reactions to calls from some quarters that the Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Affairs, Mr. Timi Alaibe, who is handling the post-amnesty programme of the federal government, be removed, the authorities of the Obubra camp have stated that the former militants have confidence in the ability of the president’s aide to […]

Nigeria’s external debt may rise to N1.234tr by year-end

Posted by admin Top Stories Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

One of the biggest news items in the news last week was weekend’s news by Reuters that the Federal Government is considering a shift in the date for raising $500 million Eurobond till next month, owing to prevailing unfavourable international market conditions. Although, the bond was originally slated for this year, following Deutsche Bank and […]

Govt tackles security lapses at polls, raises advisory body for INEC

Posted by admin Elections 2011, Headlines, INEC Politics Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

AN overhaul of the national security structure and arrangement to check lapses at elections have been initiated by the Federal Government. The new framework makes security agencies in the states the nucleus of planning and conducting elections in the country. In essence, rather than a single, top-down plan often developed in Abuja, the present approach […]

N170m fraud: Judge grants Ogbulafor’s request

Posted by admin National Politics Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

A High Court in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Monday, granted an application for severance of trial filed by former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, in the corruption case filed by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) against him. Others standing trial with Ogbulafor in […]

Suspected pipeline vandals arrested in Bayelsa

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Niger Delta Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

ELEVEN suspected pipeline vandals, including a native doctor, were, on Monday, caught on the creeks of Bayelsa State, with over 172,500 illegally refined petroleum products worth thousands of naira. The suspects were arrested at two different locations; Igbomaturu and Nembe creeks in Southern Ijaw and Nembe local government areas of the state, by the operatives […]

2011: Political parties threaten elections •Ask court to nullify INEC’s election timetable

Posted by admin Elections 2011, Headlines Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

THE 2011 general election may have started experiencing hiccups amid plans to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from conducting the elections based on the timetable it released some weeks ago. Indications to this effect emerged on Monday, following a motion filed in an Abuja Federal High Court by some political parties, led by […]

Nigeria’s broke –Says Ex VP Atiku

Posted by admin Latest Politics Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

Unless the Federal Government puts the brakes on its current policy of uncontrolled spending, the nation risks going broke. This was the warning of former vice president and presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. According to a statement by the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, the former vice president had severally […]