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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Headlines
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reiterated its determination to nationalise banks that are unable to meet the September 30 deadline to increase their equity, rather than forcing them to liquidate. Speaking in Pretoria, South Africa, Deputy Governor, Financial System Stability, CBN, Kingsley Moghalu, said the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), created by the […]
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Akwa Ibom, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Presidency, State News
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan will today, pay a visit to Akwa Ibom State. Following the scheduled visit, the state government has called on residents of the state to give the President a rousing welcome. While in Akwa Ibom, the President is expected to be the special guest of honour at the Grand Finale of the Nigerian […]
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Headlines, Lagos, Oyo, State News
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
ABUJA— PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, announced far-reaching measures towards accelerating the nation’s economic growth through boosting agricultural output and provision of infrastructure in which a Lagos-Ibadan speed train line contract would soon be awarded. President Jonathan who was represented by Vice President Namadi Sambo said at the opening of the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
AKURE—POLICE in Ondo State yesterday paraded three foreigners and 17 other suspects including three brothers for kidnapping, ritual murder and pipeline vandalism. Three of the suspects were alleged to have kidnapped a one-year and four-month-old girl, Dada Akingboye, while sleeping beside her mother, Mrs Pupa Akingboye in Ikoriho, Igbokoda. The police later found Dada lifeless […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
Lagos State Police Command will take a man who allegedly killed his banker’s wife, to a psychiatric hospital, in the metropolis. Akolade Arowolo was paraded before pressmen yesterday, at the premises of Police Public Relations Office, Oduduwa Street ,Ikeja, by the command’s spokesman, Mr Samuel Jinadu, a Deputy Superintendent of Police. Jinadu said Arowolo would […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
THE Super Falcons yesterday in Dresden, Germany, ended their campaign at the ongoing FIFA Women’s World Cup on a good note with a 1-0 victory over Canada to break the 12-year old jinx. It will be recalled that the Falcons last won in a World Cup game at USA ’99 when the team beat Denmark […]
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Headlines, Kogi, Nigerian Police, State News
Monday, July 4th, 2011
POLITICIANS have been accused to be responsible for high rate of robbery in the country. The allegation was made by the Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Mr John Abaka Sanga, during a stakeholders’ meeting, organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) toward 2012 gubernatorial election in the state. He chided politicians for arming the […]
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Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News
Monday, July 4th, 2011
THE Akwa Ibom State governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, has described the death of an illustrious daughter of the state, Lady of Songs, Chief Christy Essien-Igbokwe, as a big loss to the state and the nation, adding that her place would be difficult, if not impossible to fill. Describing her as an iconic musician and a […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Columnists, Headlines
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
Submitted by Anthony A. Kila In a bid to position young people for the challenges of professional education and leadership, the Cambridge based European Centre of Advanced and Professional Studies (ECAPS), with input from the undergraduate admission offices of the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford and London is offering a 3 week holiday session to Nigerians, […]
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Headlines, Oyo, State News
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
IBADAN—GOVERNOR of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi has made good his promises to declare his assets towards running a prudent and transparent government. It will be recalled that Governor Ajimobi, during his campaign, prayed “God to stop him from becoming governor, if he will get there and spoil the reputation of his family.” The governor […]
