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Headlines, Legislature, Senate, Soccer, Sports, Track & Field
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
By PAUL BASSEY Supervising Minister of Sports, Bolaji Abdullahi yesterday got a standing ovation at the Senate Committee on Sports after volunteering to go and beg in the homes of aggrieved football administrators, who still have issues with the current board of the Nigeria Football Federation. Speaking at the second day of the Hearing on […]
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Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
By Inalegwu Shaibu ABUJA — The Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter Governmental Affairs panel, Tuesday, expressed dismay over the exorbitant price of drivers’ licence and new number plate by state governments. The controversial new number plate and drivers’ licence introduced by the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, was produced at the cost of […]
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Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — A Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, absolved the former House Committee Chairman on Power, Ndudi Elumelu, of complicity in the 15-count criminal charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, following alleged role he played in a N5.2 billion Rural Electrification contract scam. Trial Justice […]
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Headlines, Women Politics
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
By Oscarline Onwuemenyi ABUJA- The Nigerian Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, and Africa’s nominee for the Presidency of World Bank, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has expressed confidence that she could win the contest to become President of the World Bank if the election process is open and transparent. Dr. Okonjo-Iweala is contesting […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
Email0 The ECOWAS Heads of States, on Tuesday in Abidjan, suspended Mali and demanded for the immediate restoration of democratic rule in the country. The regional economic bloc had also mandated the Heads of Government of Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia, Benin, Niger Republic and Burkina Faso to visit the country within the next 48 hours to […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
Abuja – Rep Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora, says 457 Nigerians, including a 72-year-old woman, Fausat Abosede are languishing in various prisons in Brazil. Dabiri-Erewa in Abuja on Tuesday, said that the committee had visited Brazil and was touched by the pitiable condition of the inmates. “We were touched by the […]
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EFCC Politics, Headlines, House, Legislature
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
* It’s part of hidden agenda to kill her – Aide THE House of Representatives Committee on Drugs, Narcotics and Financial Crimes has written the sacked chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs Farida Waziri, over her failure to hand over the property of the commission in her possession. The committee, through […]
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General Politics, Headlines, Top Stories
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
caption: Pastor David Oyedepo By SaharaReporters, New York The rising cost of maintaining four private jets has forced flamboyant Nigerian pastor, Bishop David Oyedepo, to set up a commercial airline that uses four airplanes that had hitherto served as part of his private fleet. Last year, as staff costs, fuel prices and landing fees escalated, […]
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Headlines
Monday, March 26th, 2012
, Abuja Tuesday, March 27, 2012 Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section An Abuja High Court has struck out the suit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against three persons over the $180 million Haliburton bribery scandal for want of diligent prosecution. Justice Abubakar Umar, who delivered the judgment, […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, March 26th, 2012
, Abuja Tuesday, March 27, 2012 Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section The National Council on Privatisation (NCP) yesterday announced the approval of a Canadian firm, Manitoba Hydro International for simultaneous opening of their financial proposal and commencement of contract negotiations as the management contractor for the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). […]
