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Gov. Imoke of Cross River under fire

Posted by admin Cross River, Headlines, Raw Politics, State News Sunday, July 17th, 2011

THE Governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke may find it difficult to return as governor of the state in next year’s election if he does not put his house in order. The talk is that the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is in serious crisis due to the inability of […]

Corpers reject NYSC postings to North

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp) Saturday, July 16th, 2011

Presidency assures of security AT no other time has the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme come under heavy attacks as now and the pressure may not ease any time soon going by the reaction that greeted the recent release of the Scheme’s batch A posting which has many corpers from the South-West, South-East and […]

Column: The hypocrite called Nasir el-Rufai

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, July 16th, 2011

The arrest of former Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister and chieftain of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has, expectedly, elicited very trenchant condemnations from well-meaning Nigerians. El-Rufai was arrested in the early hours of Saturday by State Security Service (SSS) operatives at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on arrival from […]

Jonathan, PDP lose bid to stop CPC petition

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Presidency Saturday, July 16th, 2011

Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) on Thursday crossed a major legal hurdle at the Presidential Election Tribunal where the Court of Appeal threw out the objections raised by President Goodluck Jonathan and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging the merit and competence of its petition. However, allegations of conspiracy and rigging brought against the police […]

How 7-year-old was crushed by collapsed school fence

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, July 16th, 2011

The tragic death of a primary 1 pupil of Talimul Islam Ahmadiyya Nursery and Primary School, Adekunle, Yaba, Lagos, Master Musliu Hassan last Sunday attracted the attention of Nigerians. It, indeed, was a serious havoc. The 7-year- old boy was crushed when the school fence wall collapsed and crushed him during the historic Lagos heavy […]

Nigeria’ll overtake US if it has 24 hours electricity, security’ (A big if)

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, July 16th, 2011

As Nigeria has set a target of being among the 20th best economies in the world, a Nigerian living in the United States, Dr. Anselm Anyoha, has said that the country has the potentiality to excel. Speaking with Saturday Sun, he said that with 24 hours electricity and security, among others, Nigeria could overtake such […]

Traffic controller narrowly escapes death •As truck crushes commercial motorcyclist

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, July 16th, 2011

A traffic warden, Mr. Mark Oguche, (Inspector) narrowly escaped death by the whiskers, following a mob attack by some irate commercial motorcyclists over the death of one of their members in Minna, the capital city of Niger State. The incident that occurred along the busy Shiroro road T-junction on the outskirt of the city , […]

NYSC allowance ’ll be N50,000 soon -DG

Posted by admin Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp) Saturday, July 16th, 2011

THE Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General, Ismaila Maharazu Tsiga, has said the leadership of the NYSC would continue to lobby government on the need to increase corps members’ allowance to N50, 000 per month, adding that the new allowance of N19, 800 to corps members would take effect from March […]

I Won’t Shield Any Corrupt Official, Says Jonathan

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Presidency Saturday, July 16th, 2011

President Goodluck Jonathan By Ahamefula Ogbu For the second time in two days, President Goodluck Jonathan has hinted that he would have a zero tolerance for corruption. On Thursday when he inaugurated the last batch of ministers cleared by the Senate, he gave a policy direction of his administration on the problem and disclosed that […]

FinBank Signs Recapitalisation Agreement with FCMB

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, July 16th, 2011

The management of FinBank Plc has taken another step in its recapitalisation process, with the signing of a Transaction Implementation Agreement (TIA) with First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Plc for the business combination of both financial institutions. A joint statement issued by the two banks Friday, explained that the business combination will be followed by […]