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We didn’t borrow money from Islamic bank –Anambra govt

Posted by admin Anambra, Headlines, State News Friday, July 22nd, 2011

Anambra State Government has debunked the statement by CBN governor that it was the first state to borrow money from the non-interest bank. Speaking through its Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Eze Echesi, yesterday, inAwka, the Peter Obi-led administration stated that it has not borrowed funds from any financial institution. But giving insight into how Anambra […]

Bombings: FG embarks on intensive security campaigns

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, July 22nd, 2011

Federal Government has mapped out some strategic plans to tackle the spate of insecurity in the country. Making this known at a launch of a book, entitled, Hoodlums, Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku urged Nigerians to beware of abandoned cars, bags and their environments. Labaran who spoke through the deputy director in the Ministry of […]

Picture:Mercedes-Benz gets new multi-billion naira home in Lekki

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, July 22nd, 2011

Friday, July 22, 2011 •The new Mercedes Centre in Lekki Photo: The Sun Publishing More Stories on this Section Twenty-one years after opening an impressive one-stop Mercedes-Benz Place in the Masha area of Lagos where the three-pointed star vehicles were sold and serviced professionally, MB Automobiles Services Limited has raised the bar of standards even […]

Bankole: EFCC quizzes 2 bank MDs

Posted by admin EFCC Politics, Headlines, House, Legislature Friday, July 22nd, 2011

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been quizzing the topshots of two first generation banks since Tuesday over the banks’ involvement in the alleged N10 billion scam for which the immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, is currently standing trial. It was confirmed in Abuja last night that […]

Buhari vs Jonathan: PDP asks S/Court to overrule Justice Salami

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency Friday, July 22nd, 2011

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, at the Supreme Court, challenged the decision of the Justice Isa Salami-led presidential election tribunal to continue further hearing on the petition by the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, notwithstanding the fact that it was registered on a Sunday. The party also enumerated seven legal grounds it said should […]

Amosun swears in 17 commissioners… Soyinka, Ogunde, Abiola’s children in

Posted by admin Headlines, Ogun, State News Friday, July 22nd, 2011

GOVERNOR Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State yesterday swore in 17 commissioners and 13 Special Advisers,urging them to hit the ground running. Among those sworn in were the children of Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka and late Hubert Ogunde while late Moshood Abiola’s daughter Hafsat was sworn in as a Special Adviser. The governor in his […]

India offers scholarship to Nigerians on biotechnology

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, July 22nd, 2011

The government of India has offered scholarships to Nigerians in biotechnology and skill acquisition. Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mahesh Sachdev, disclosed this yesterday when he paid a visit to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Prof. Viola Onwuliri. The Indian High Commissioner also informed the minister that India ranked among Nigeria’s largest economic […]

Opposition condemns NASS salary reduction announcement

Posted by admin Headlines, House, Legislature, Senate Thursday, July 21st, 2011

Politicians in the opposition parties on Wednesday in Lagos criticised the salary reduction announced by the National Assembly, describing it as deceitful. The politicians, who spoke in separate interviews, said the salary reduction by the legislators had not met the public outcry of their jumbo pay. Last week, the House of Representatives reduced the allowances […]

Boko Haram sect splits

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines Thursday, July 21st, 2011

MAIDUGURI – Confusion has crept into the camp of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram which has unleashed a reign of terror in the northern part of the country for several months as the sect has split into two factions. One faction, the Yusufiyya Islamic Movement, YIM, has vowed to expose the other faceless group, which […]

NBA slams AGF over calls for merger of EFCC, ICPC

Posted by admin EFCC Politics, Headlines, National Politics Thursday, July 21st, 2011

ABUJA – The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, yesterday, slammed the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, SAN, over his recent call for merger of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC. According to the NBA, the suggestion is inimical […]