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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
THE Federal Government on Thursday disagreed with the British Government over the recently passed same-sex marriage bill as the Senate president, David Mark insisted that the law is irrevocable in spite of the threat by the foreign nations to withdraw assistance to Nigeria on account of that law. While the British Government said that Nigerian […]
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Latest Politics
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Bianca, widow of the late Chief Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, on Thursday, expressed gratitude to Nigerians resident in the United Kingdom (UK) for their support to the family during the period of her husband’s hospitalisation. She expressed the gratitude when a delegation from the Central Association of Nigerians in the UK (CANUK), led by its chairman, Mr Bimbo Folayan, […]
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Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
THE Senate, on Thursday, opposed a proposal for state burial for the late Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, arguing that the former Biafran leader did not fall in the category of those who should be so honoured. They, however, advised the South-East governors to come together and give him a befitting burial. While paying glowing tribute to […]
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House, Latest Politics, Legislature
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Eagle-eyed men of Abia State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) have arrested one Chetachi Obi , the Personal Assistant (PA) to a member representing the state at the National Assembly, (names withheld) for alleged examination fraud. Obi was arrested with another woman suspected to be the invigilator for allegedly sitting for the current Nov/Dec NABTEB examination […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A US congressional report on Wednesday flagged Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamist sect as an “emerging threat” that could represent an eventual security risk to the United States and its interests. The group has been blamed for scores of attacks in Nigeria, including the August suicide bombing of the United Nations’ Nigeria headquarters […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday said for the country to achieve the desired development, Nigerians must be ready to tame their “exotic taste” that makes them prefer imported goods to the ones made locally. Jonathan spoke when the Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, formally presented to him a loaf of bread made from cassava […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
National Chairman, All Progressives Grand Alliance, Chief Victor Umeh newafricanpress.com The National Chairman, All Progressives Grand Alliance, Chief Victor Umeh, in this interview with Ozioma Ubakukoh, says extensive consultations will be made before the late Ikemba of Nnewi, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, will be buried and other issues When is the burial of the […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
By Henry Umoru & Inalegwu Shaibu ABUJA — THE Federal Government disclosed, yesterday, that it has resolved to stop ecological grants to state governments, giving lack of proper accountability and mismanagement as reason for the action. Speaking in Abuja when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Special Duties, Permanent Secretary in charge of Ecological […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
THE Federal Executive Council (FEC), on Wednesday, approved various contracts worth N18.7 billion for implementation. The meeting, presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan, approved the contracts covering such areas as power, transport and emergency services. Under power, contract for the supply of gas to the Papalanto power plant was awarded at the cost of N1.02 billion […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
WORRIED by the incessant spate of violence in some states in the North as a result of menace from the Boko Haram sect, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has said that it will hold a peace and unity conference in Kaduna on December 6. The ACF, however, said that it was helpless in curbing the […]
