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Monday, February 21st, 2011
The Prelate, Methodist Church Nigeria, Dr. Ola Makinde, on Saturday warned that the widening gap between the rich and the poor might lead to a revolution in Nigeria. Makinde gave the warning at the inauguration and dedication of Wesley Cathedral of Olowogbowo, Lagos. At the inauguration were Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola; his […]
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Sunday, February 20th, 2011
Officials of the Nigerian Immigration Service in Ekiti State have rescued nine trafficked teenagers from traffickers operating in the state. Our correspondent gathered that the teenagers, who were brought to Ido-Ajinare, a town in Ekiti South Local Government from Benue State, were waiting to be ‘sold’ to the would-be buyers when officials of the […]
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Latest Politics, Raw Politics
Sunday, February 20th, 2011
Wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, has assured that Peoples Democratic Party supporters who died during the party’s February 11, 2011 South-South rally in Port Harcourt would not be forgotten. She gave the assurance on Saturday when she visited families of the victims of the Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt stampede in Ikwerre and […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Latest Politics
Sunday, February 20th, 2011

SHOCK waves swept through the nation’s banks at the weekend as they got wind of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) planned verification of the level of their compliance with the just-concluded customer accounts’ update. The exercise begins on March 7, but the banks will today formally receive letters from the CBN informing them of […]
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Abuja (FCT), Latest Politics, State News
Sunday, February 20th, 2011
THE Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Bala Mohammed, has said he was behind President Jonathan’s ambition to get elected in April not because he does not want a fellow northerner to clinch the presidency, but that based on the circumstance in which the president assumed mantle of leadership, he remained the most suitable […]
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Saturday, February 19th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday said his administration was fully committed to the implementation of reforms that would ensure that the operations of the Nigerian Customs Service conformed with global best practices. At a meeting with the Secretary-General of the World Customs Organisation, Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, the President said that the Federal Government fully […]
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Latest Politics, Raw Politics
Thursday, February 17th, 2011

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) presidential candidate, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has accused the NorthernPolitical Leaders Forum (NPLF) led by former finance minister, Mallam Adamu Ciroma of insincerity in the issue of a northern consensus candidate. The campaign organisation of Mallam Ribadu made the accusation against the backdrop of the decision of the Northern leaders […]
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INEC Politics, Latest Politics
Thursday, February 17th, 2011
TRUE to its claim of ability to expose all manner of fraud in the recently concluded voters registration, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has detected double listing by prospective voters in many states. And as the display of voters lists is expected to end today across the country, there have been reports of low […]
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Latest Politics, Rivers, State News
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday, ordered the nation’s security agencies to undertake special training courses on crowd control. Jonathan issued the directive at the Federal Executive council meeting on Wednesday The directive followed the loss of several lives in a stampede at the Port Harcourt Liberation Stadium when Jonathan inaugurated his presidential campaign in the […]
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Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
IT was a day for Nigeria’s renewal for the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) yesterday as it kicked off its presidential campaign with a colloquium in Abuja. The event apart from being a novelty in electioneering in Nigeria, was issue-driven and the common denominator in the speeches of the party […]