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Middle Belt defence of Oritsejafor irresponsible –Waku

Posted by admin Latest Politics Tuesday, July 24th, 2012

July 24, 2012 by Friday Olokor, Abuja Vice President of the Arewa Consultative Forum, Senator Joseph Waku, has described the defence of the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, by the Middle Belt Youth Forum as “irresponsible.” In his reaction to criticisms from the Forum on Monday, on his comments against […]

Ndume Applies for Passport to Travel Abroad (Planning to escape?)

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Latest Politics Saturday, July 21st, 2012

Senator Mohammed Aliyu Ndume Tobi Soniyi A Federal High Court in Abuja will on July 24 decide whether to release the international passport of Senator Mohammed Aliyu Ndume who is standing trial for alleged terrorism financing to him to enable travel abroad. Ndume had yesterday resumed efforts to retrieve his international passport from the custody […]

Lawyers to govt: reverse stand on NYSC posting

Posted by admin Latest Politics, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp) Saturday, July 21st, 2012

• Some Nysc Corps members Lawyers say no to postings of members by the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to hot spots in the north. They fault the government on moral and legal grounds and suggest a reversal of the state’s position. John Austin Unachukwu, Adebisi Onanuga, Eric Ikhilae and Precious Igbonwelundu report. Can a […]

Govt plans new national carrier, pegs age limit for aircraft at 15

Posted by admin Aviation, Latest Politics Friday, July 20th, 2012

A NEW national carrier largely driven by the private sector but with substantial public ownership will soon be set up by the Federal Government. President Goodluck Jonathan disclosed this in Abuja yesterday at a meeting of African aviation stakeholders. He charged the experts to chart a new path for safety and sustainable development in the […]

Picture: End of the road for fake superintendent of police

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Nigerian Police Friday, July 20th, 2012

THE end of the road came for Adewole Femi, a civilian who has been parading himself as a senior police officer when he was arrested by men of the Lagos State Police Command. ‘Officer Femi’ as he was fondly called by unsuspecting Nigerians, who hails from Ilolufu Village in Ondo State, had been parading himself as a […]

NBA elects Wali as new President

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Nigerian Bar Assoc (NBA) Wednesday, July 18th, 2012

July 18, 2012 by Ihuoma Chiedozie, Abuja Okey Wali | credits: dailyindependentnig.com A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Okey Wali, was on Tuesday elected President of the Nigerian Bar Association. His election coincided with the naming of the new NBA secretariat in Abuja after Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, a former President of the body. Port […]

South Sudan begs Nigerian Police for training

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, Nigerian Police Monday, July 16th, 2012

South Sudan Police authorities has pleaded with the Nigeria Police Force to urgently come to their aid in the area of training of their own manpower and capacity building especially as they have seen from the performances of the Nigeria Police contingent in the newly independent country, that Nigeria Police officers are ‘top class’ comparable […]

Jonathan tasks new CJN on delayed trials, corruption, security

Posted by admin Judiciary, Latest Politics Monday, July 16th, 2012

By Ben Agande & Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA – President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, charged Justice Aloma Mukhtar, the new Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, to tackle delay in the dispensation of justice, cases of corruption and engender the much-needed judicial reform in Nigeria. The President gave the charge during the CJN’s swearing-in in Abuja. President Jonathan […]

BONGA OIL FIELD SPILL: FG fines Shell $5bn

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Oil Politics Monday, July 16th, 2012

By Clara Nwachukwu, Okey Ndiribe, Emman Ovuakporie & Kunle Kalejaye LAGOS— The Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company, SNEPCO, has been fined $5billion over the massive oil spill that occurred at its Bonga oil field on December 20, 2011. This was disclosed yesterday by the Director General, National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, NOSDRA, […]

Military constitution, cause of Nigeria’s problems – Afe Babalola

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Latest Politics Monday, July 16th, 2012

PRESIDENT and chairman of the governing council of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators of Nigeria, Chief Afe Babalola, has traced the myriad of problems facing Nigeria to what he described as the military constitution currently operating in the country. Afe Babalola said this while speaking at the annual presidential dinner and presentation of awards and certificates […]