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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Presidency
Friday, July 29th, 2011
Immediate past special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Mr. Ima Niboro, has said that President Goodluck Jonathan deserves commendation and not condemnation over his proposed constitution amendment bill to allow governors and president to serve a single term of six years. Speaking with journalists, in Abuja yesterday, Niboro said the proposal is […]
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Headlines
Friday, July 29th, 2011
Talks about bloated governments in the nation notwithstanding, the federal and 36 state governments still operate a total cabinet volume of 1,411 members. Saturday Sun exclusive investigation has revealed that the nation would spend about N63, 992, 763, 808 to pay their salaries. Figures we got from the Revenue Mobilisation Administration and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Raw Politics
Friday, July 29th, 2011
Nigerian commercial sex workers in Sokoto State are at war with their counterparts from neighbouring Republic of Niger and Togo. Nigerian prostitutes are calling on Immigration Officials to arrest and deport the foreign prostitutes because they are snatching their customers and also operating illegally in the country. “We want them out because most of our […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
Four policemen attached to one of the Mobile Units of the Lagos State police command have been arrested for armed robbery. However, the Force has declared a manhunt for one other, who is currently on the run. Recovered from the alleged gang leader, Eboma Onyeka’s account was money running into several millions of naira. Daily […]
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Headlines, Kogi, State News
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
It was a gloomy afternoon on Tuesday in Kogi State when two corps members who were just discharged from their orientation camp and one National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) staff lost their lives in an auto crash along Kabba/Okene Road. The incident happened at about 2.15 pm when the corps members, numbering five, including a […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
Minister of Defence, Dr. Bello Haliru Mohammed gave an assurance yesterday that the Boko Haram crisis would soon be resolved. According to him, if the Niger Delta and Plateau crises could be settled, Boko Haram would not be different. He spoke to reporters in Kaduna shortly after inspecting some facilities at the Nigerian Defence Academy […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports, State News
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
When Obafemi Martins left Italy for England in search of greener pasture, he never imagined that a time like this would come when he would beg to go back to the land of the Azurris to revive his carrier. Though, now based in Russia, were he plies his trade with Rubin Kazan, Obagoal is not […]
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Headlines, Imo, State News
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
Determined to rescue the health sector and save lives of its citizens, Imo State government, on Wednesday, concluded the training of doctors, paramedics and security personnel in emergency response mission with respect to accidents and other disasters. No fewer than 1,000 participants, drawn from the public and private sectors, benefited from the exercise. About 15 […]
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Headlines
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
The naira weakened against the U.S. dollar on the interbank market on Wednesday after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) failed to meet banks’ demand for foreign currencies at its bi-weekly auction. The naira traded at N152.95 per dollar at the interbank market, compared with N152.52 on Tuesday and weaker than N152.30 to the dollar […]
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Headlines
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
MEMBERS of civil society organisations have faulted President Goodluck Jonathan’s bill on single term for the offices of the president and state governors, describing it as unfortunate and anti-democratic. Making known their positions at the end of a stakeholders’ forum on the state of corruption in Nigeria, jointly organised by HEDA Resource Centre, Women Advocacy […]
