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Aviation, Latest Politics
Saturday, September 8th, 2012
From WALTER UKAEGBU, Abuja The Federal Government has approved N106 billion, through the Federal Executive Council (FEC), to commence construction of five new world class international airport terminals in the country. Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Adaeze Oduah, made this disclosure yesterday in Abuja during a press conference to update stakeholders on development in the […]
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Latest Politics
Saturday, September 8th, 2012
Former Abia state governor Dr.Orji Uzor Kalu Thursday blamed past Nigerian leaders for donating part of the country to Cameroun. While maintaining that the crisis would not have come up if General Yakubu Gowon had not signed the Yaounde and Marouna Accord,he frowned at Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s decision to settle for the decision of the […]
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Latest Politics
Saturday, September 8th, 2012
By John Bulus Hope was rekindled for the Power Sector when President Goodluck Jonathan appointed an electricity expert, Professor Barth Nnaji as the Minister of Power in 2011. Barely, 13 months after, the Minister resigned his appointment in an extreme controversial circumstance. JOHN BULUS analyzes what his exit portends for the future of Nigeria amidst […]
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Latest Politics, Oil Politics
Saturday, September 8th, 2012
By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief and Soni Daniel The nation’s major petroleum products marketers, yesterday, pledged to work with the Federal Government to successfully complete the on-going subsidy payment audit and continue, unabated, the distribution of fuel to their various outlets across the country. The Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of Folawiyo Energy, Mr. Dipo […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, September 6th, 2012
Major providers of mobile telephony in the country have threatened to withdraw their services from the North. They hinged their threat on the spate of attacks on base stations which has made them to lose a whopping N1.03bn. The umbrella body of the telecoms operators, the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria, on […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, September 6th, 2012
Attorney-General of the Federation, Bello Adoke, said the Federal Government had disbursed more than N2bn to communities affected in the border dispute in the Bakassi Peninsula. Adoke said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Yaounde, Cameroon, on the sideline of the 29th session of Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission. The justice minister […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Latest Politics
Thursday, September 6th, 2012
Founder and President, Oodua Peoples Congress, Dr. Frederick Fasehun, says the planned introduction of N5,000 note will encourage money laundering. Fasehun said this during a media roundtable in Lagos on Wednesday. According to him, imposing the new note on Nigerians would not augur well for the security and social life of the people. Fasehun said, […]
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Aviation, Latest Politics
Thursday, September 6th, 2012
Minister of Aviation, Mrs. Stella Oduah | credits: File copy The Federal Government on Wednesday lifted the suspension of the operating licence of Dana Airlines. The government had on June 5, 2012 suspended the airline from operating its normal services two days after its Boeing McDonnell 83 plane crashed in Iju area of Lagos, […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Thursday, September 6th, 2012
Nine years after the $214m National Identity Card scam involving top government officials and politicians blew open, a court in Paris, France on Wednesday imposed a $600,000 (N94.2m) fine on a French firm, Safran, for bribing public officials in Nigeria. Reuters reported that investigating magistrates found that the bribes which were offered between 2000 and […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Sunday, September 2nd, 2012
e Minister of Foreign Affairs, Olugbenga Ashiru, has summoned the Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Chris Cooter, to his office to register the government’s displeasure over the shabby treatment given to Nigerian visa applicants. The summons was made public in a statement by the ministry’s spokesperson, Mr. Ogbole Ahmedu-Ode, in Abuja, on Friday. According to […]
