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Post-elections: Rating agency warns Nigeria over economic reforms

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, May 5th, 2011

A renowned global rating agency, Fitch Ratings, has warned that Nigeria faces a ratings downgrade to B+ from BB- if the newly elected government fails to implement badly needed post-elections reforms to improve its outlook. Fitch’s director of sovereign and international public finance Veronica Kalema, told Reuters in a phone interview, on Wednesday, that the […]

Imo polls fall-out: INEC suspends staff, drags others to court

Posted by admin Headlines, Imo, INEC Politics, State News Thursday, May 5th, 2011

Some staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, serving in Imo State have been suspended from office and others charged to court for alleged complicity in the political stalemate in the state. The supervisory Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, for Imo State, Aniedi Abasi Ikoiwak, who disclosed this Thursday in Owerri while briefing the press, […]

Criticisms trail issuance of Nigerian ECOWAS passport

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, May 5th, 2011

Many Nigerians living abroad, who are yet to obtain the new ECOWAS passport popularly known as e-passport, should prepare for serious hiccups and hitches ahead. A Nigerian, who simply wants to be identified as Michael and has just obtained the epassport told African Examiner that the online payment procedure was “very very awkward” because […]

Monarchs reject Alao-Akala’s new law

Posted by admin Governors, Headlines, Oyo, State News Thursday, May 5th, 2011

Members of the Oyo State Council of Obas and Chiefs rose from an emergency meeting on Wednesday and rejected the Tuesday amendment of the council’s enabling law which makes its chairmanship rotational. Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala had on Tuesday signed the law which was passed by the state House of Assembly. The law stops the Alaafin […]

Imo: APGA, Okorocha seek to stop election

Posted by admin Headlines, Imo, State News Thursday, May 5th, 2011

The Imo State political logjam has taken a strange twist as the All Progressives Grand Alliance and its governorship candidate, Chief Rochas Okorocha, on Wednesday invoked the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court in Abuja to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission from conducting supplementary elections slated for the state onFriday. They warned that […]

Nigeria reviews aviation security over Bin Laden

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, May 5th, 2011

NIGERIA has taken three major steps to enhance safety and security at its airports as well as sign an aviation deal with a neighbouring country. First, the Federal Government joined the rest of the world in tightening security at all airports to avert any reprisal attack from the followers of the fallen al-Qaeda leader, Osama Bin […]

APGA alleges plot to rig Imo guber supplementary poll

Posted by admin Headlines, Imo, State News Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

ABAKALIKI- Barely two days to the supplementary election ordered by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the stalemated Imo State governorship poll, the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Wednesday alleged plot by the ruling party in the state to rig the supplementary election through stuffing of ballot boxes with already thumb-printed ballot papers in favour […]

Anambra: Catholic community in Nsukka buries mad woman like queen

Posted by admin Anambra, Headlines, State News Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

For those who knew her, it would have been better passed as an April Fool joke as the news filtered on April 1, that Ngozi Ogbe, nee Obetta, had died. Ngozi had lived in refuse dump for 25 years, where she delivered and nurtured a son, but was retrieved and rehabilitated by a Catholic sister. […]

FG offers African Cup winning Flying Eagles scholarship

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

The Federal Government yesterday treated the Flying Eagles to a rousing welcome as the team arrived Nigeria with the Africa Youth Championship trophy won in South Africa for the sixth time. Speaking at the Presidential Dinner for the victorious team at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers in Ikeja, Lagos on Monday, Sports Minister and Chairman […]

EFCC re-arrests former bank chiefs – Akingbola, Nwosu, Adigwe …to be arraigned today

Posted by admin EFCC Politics, Headlines Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arrested former bank chiefs being prosecuted over alleged corruption. The affected bank chiefs including Erastus Akingbola, formerly of Intercontinental Bank, Sebastine Adigwe, Afribank Plc, Okey Nwosu, Finbank Plc and others were re-arrested yesterday during their weekly visits to EFCC’s office as part of their bail conditions. When […]