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Ajimobi inaugurates probe panel on Alao-Akala’s contracts

Posted by admin Headlines, Oyo, State News Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

Senator Abiola Ajimobi, the Oyo State Governor yesterday made good his earlier threat to probe the four year administration of his predecessor, Adebayo Alao-Akala with the setting up of an eight-member contract review committee to investigate all the contracts awarded and implemented during the latter’s tenure. While inaugurating the committee at the Executive Chambers of […]

Boko Haram: Bomb threat causes panic in Katsina

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, Katsina, State News Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

A suspected bomb believed to have been planted at the divisional police headquarters in Dutsinma, home town of Katsina State Governor, Ibrahim Shema, by Islamic millitants Boko Haram, has caused severe panic in the town the entire state. The said attempt to blow up the police station came in the wake of penultimate Monday’s explosion […]

Kogi guber poll election holds March 2012 – INEC

Posted by admin Headlines, INEC Politics, Kogi, State News Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says all political parties must educate eligible voters ahead of the 2012 governorship election in the state to avoid the low turnout witnessed in the last general elections. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mallam Muhammed Abubakar gave the charge yesterday during a stakeholders’ meeting at the INEC office, Lokoja. […]

NAFDAC intercepts N20m cloned drugs in Onitsha

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

Officials of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC), yesterday intercepted cloned drugs valued at N20 million in the commercial city of Onitsha during their routine raid in the area. Addressing journalists on the outcome of the raid, the Deputy Zonal Director of NAFDAC, Mr. Benson Kine said they acted on a […]

Editorial: CBN and Islamic banking: Matters arising

Posted by admin Headlines, Religion Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

The approval given by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the operation of Islamic banking in the country is generating disquiet in the polity. Reasons for this are not difficult to fathom. Until now, Islamic banking, also known as Sharia banking, was a little known non-interest mode of banking alien to the conventional banking […]

Tension as assassins kill 25-yr-old carpenter in Calabar

Posted by admin Cross River, Headlines, State News Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

Residents of Atu Street in Calabar, Cross River State, have been thrown into confusion, as unknown assassins invaded the area, killing one Mr. Edet Udo. The remains of Mr. Udo had since been taken home to his village for interment, but tension and panic had continued to pervade the street as scores of people had […]

Yobe: Those who ’ll not be commissioners

Posted by admin Headlines, State News, Yobe Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe State had before May 29 dissolved his council and relieved all the special advisers and special assistants. He even released N124 million as severance packages for them. Many of the dropped commissioners and other aides are cracking kernels, scrubbing floors and loosening knots in a bid to be or reappointed. […]

Amnesty: Aggrieved ex-militants plan showdown with FG

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

Aggrieved ex-militants in the Niger Delta are preparing for a show- down with the Federal Government over its decision to commence the third phase of the amnesty programme. The coordinator of the programme, Mr. Kingsley Kuku had recently declared that those nursing the hope of a third phase of the amnesty programme should forget about […]

OGD mortgaged Ogun –Amosun

Posted by admin Headlines, Ogun, State News Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun yesterday explained why it might be difficult for the state government to immediately commence the payment of the N18, 000 minimum wage. Addressing over 100 paramount and traditional rulers yesterday at the Obas’ complex, Abeokuta, the state capital, Amosun lamented the financial position of the state, adding that the […]

Opinion: Nigeria and the endless orgy of terrorism

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, June 27th, 2011

WHEN on July 12, 2009, the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND, bombed Atlas Cove, a sprawling Federal Government owned oil facility in the heart of Lagos, it was a shocked nation that suddenly woke up to the realisation that the country as a whole was no longer safe from attack by the […]