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Headlines, Imo, Niger Delta, Rivers, State News
Thursday, April 7th, 2016
-Sun From George Onyejiuwa, Owerri and Fred Itua, Abuja Imo legislators yesterday kicked against the appointment of Mrs. Ibim Seminitari as the Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC), saying Rivers State had previously produced a chairman of the board while Imo state has never produced its executive director nor the managing […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Thursday, April 7th, 2016
-Sun Westerhof joins race for Eagles job Monday, April 4, 2016 advertisement TOP HEADLINES Former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd.), named in PanamaPapers scandal EFCC arrests Jonathan’s cousin for $40m contract scam ‘Kaduna gold deposit bigger than South Africa’s reserves’ -el-Rufai [Wait for it …50% derivation] Saraki collected gov’s salary […]
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Headlines
Thursday, April 7th, 2016
Emeka Samson Folarin, Olaleye Aluko and Afeez Hanafi There was confusion around the Forte Oil Petrol Station on 21 Road in the FESTAC Town area of Lagos State on Wednesday after officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps shot dead an alleged illegal fuel hawker, while three others sustained gunshot injuries. Our correspondents […]
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Thursday, April 7th, 2016
Former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd.), named in PanamaPapers scandal Theophilus Danjuma advertisement TOP HEADLINES Eniola Akinkuotu A former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd.), has been named among prominent Nigerians that operated foreign accounts and had foreign companies while holding public office. […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta
Thursday, April 7th, 2016
de Akanbi, Akure The joint venture of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and Chevron Nigeria Limited has spent a sum of N17bn on various developmental projects in the Niger Delta in the last 10 years. The General Manager, Policy Government and Public Affairs of Chevron Nigeria Limited, Mr. Deji Haastrup, disclosed this in Akure, Ondo […]
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Thursday, April 7th, 2016
Author and personal finance coach, Usiere Uko writes on the advantages and disadvantages of building a mansion in one’s village I was in my village recently, and as it is my custom, I take a stroll around as I walk back down memory lane – reliving good memories, meeting old faces and observing new developments. […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, April 5th, 2016
Aluko recants, denies reconciliation with Fayose April 6, 2016 Tope Aluko Gbenro Adeoye A fresh twist crept into the reconciliation between Governor Ayodele Fayose and a former Secretary of the Ekiti Peoples Democratic Party, Tope Aluko, on Tuesday, when the latter denied reconciling with Fayose. This came barely 48 hours after Fayose and Aluko jointly […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, April 5th, 2016
Zuma survives impeachment vote April 5, 2016 South African President Jacob Zuma South African President Jacob Zuma easily survived an impeachment vote Tuesday after a stormy session of parliament over a court ruling that he had violated the country’s post-apartheid constitution. Lawmakers from Zuma’s African National Congress rallied to his defence, defeating the motion by […]
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Headlines, Lagos, Oil Politics, State News
Tuesday, April 5th, 2016
Fuel queues at the Berger end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Akinpelu Dada and ’Femi Asu The scarcity of petrol got worse in many parts of the country on Monday despite assurances by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation that the situation would improve. Lagos, which traditionally receives more product than other parts of the country, was […]
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General Politics, Governors, Headlines, Kaduna, Raw Politics, Religion, State News
Tuesday, April 5th, 2016
Governor Of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Student Christian Movement of Nigeria has described the religious preaching bill by the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai as brash, stating that it would not stand as many groups would challenge its constitutionality in court. The movement noted that the Nigerian Constitution guaranteed religious […]
