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Court strikes out suit against Calabar Monarch

Posted by admin Cross River, Headlines, State News Friday, April 6th, 2012

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Calabar A State High Court sitting in Calabar and presided over by Justice Obojor Ogar has struck out the suit challenging the selection of the paramount ruler of Calabar South Local Government of Cross River State, His Majesty Muri Munene Effiong Okokon Mbukpa. Four Kingmakers from the six ancestral clans of Efut nation […]

Malian coup leaders give up power – Northern Rebels declared independence, form new country called Azawad

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, April 6th, 2012

Malian junta leader, Captain Amadou Sanogo, makes a declaration at the Kati military camp near Bamako on April 1, 2012. Mali’s coup leader, Captain Amadou Sanogo, announced the reinstatement of the constitution and state institutions Sunday, and promised broad consultation on a political transition. “We make the solemn commitment to restore, from this day, the […]

Malawi loses 78 year-old president, Bingu Wa Mutharika

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, April 6th, 2012

– Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has died after a heart attack, medical and government sources said on Friday. The 78-year-old was rushed to a Lilongwe hospital on Friday after collapsing but was dead on arrival, the sources said. On Thursday, Mutharika was “very critical” after a heart attack and was being flown to South […]

Easter: Leaders Felicitate with Christians

Posted by admin Headlines, Sultan of Sokoto Thursday, April 5th, 2012

President-General, NIREC, Alhaji Saad Abubakar •IG wants security beefed-up By Our Reporters President-General of Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs in Nigeria (SCIAN) and co-chairman of the Nigeria Inter Religious Council (NIREC), Alhaji Saad Abubakar, has congratulated Nigerian Christians as they join their counterparts across the world to celebrate the Easter. In a special Easter felicitation […]

UN: Nigeria, US, three others to lead city growth

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines Thursday, April 5th, 2012

Nigeria, India, China, Indonesia and the United States will lead the world’s growth in urban populations in the next four decades. This will lead to challenges in the provision of jobs, housing, energy and infrastructure, the United Nations said yesterday. Ahead of its sustainability summit in Rio, Brazil, in June, the world body released new […]

Death toll rises to seven in Ibadan school bus fire

Posted by admin Headlines, Oyo, State News Thursday, April 5th, 2012

PARENTS were weeping yesterday in Ibadan as the death toll in Tuesday’s school bus fire rose to seven. They besieged the University College Hospital (UCH) where 17 pupils are hospitalised. Oyo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) Godwin Ogagaoghene confirmed the death toll. Ogagaoghene criticised the kind of buses being used […]

51 rocket launchers seized in Gombe

Posted by admin Gombe, Headlines, State News Thursday, April 5th, 2012

Nigerians security operatives may have to contend with a new challenge with the seizure of 51 rocket launchers in a house in Barunde area of Gombe metropolis yesterday. The house was being used to manufacture rockets and improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). Security agencies in the raid include the State Security Service (SSS) and the Army. […]

World Bank warns Nigeria about oil revenue •Sanusi tips Okonjo-Iweala for W/Bank presidency

Posted by admin CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Headlines, Women Politics Thursday, April 5th, 2012

THE World Bank has again raised the alarm that Nigeria’s reliance on crude oil revenue is dangerous for the future of its mono-product economy. The Country Director of the bank in Nigeria Ms Marie Francoise Marie-Nelly said in an interview with an online news medium, Economic Confidential. Responding to the question on whether the nation […]

FG reverses suspension of 4 UNIABUJA programmes

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News Thursday, April 5th, 2012

THE Federal Government has bowed to the protest by students of the University of Abuja against the suspension of four programmes of the institution and has reversed the decision. The reversal of the decision came after the students from the university in hundreds stormed the Federal Ministry of Education to further protest the sudden suspension […]

Ex-World Bank managers back Okonjo-Iweala

Posted by admin Headlines, Women Politics Thursday, April 5th, 2012

By Babajide Komolafe & Uduma Kalu LAGOS — As the World Bank gets set to interview the three candidates vying for its presidency from April 9-11 before announcing its decision the following week, a group of former World Bank officials, including one-time chief economist, Francois Bourguignon, said it supported Nigerian Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s […]