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Monday, February 14th, 2011
ROM the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has come a warning that Nigerians should desist from encroaching on the pipeline right of way to avoid the tragic consequences that usually follow such encroachment. The corporation spoke as a combined team of pipeline engineers and safety/environment experts from the NNPC and its subsidiary, Pipelines and Product […]
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Monday, February 14th, 2011
FORMER Nigerian Permanent Representative in the United Nations (UN), Alhaji Maitama Sule, has argued that the Nigerian problem has no bearing with religious differences but with the individual practitioners who are not faithful to the teachings of their Holy Books. Sule spoke yesterday at the opening ceremony of the 25th National Qur’anic Recitation Competition in […]
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Monday, February 14th, 2011
NIGERIA’S moribund automobile sector may be on the way to a rebound as the Federal Government mobilises funds for the operators. The project, to be executed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) through the Bank of Industry (BoI), will cost about N550 billion. The money will be raised under a special intervention fund for […]
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Latest Politics, Nigerian Police
Monday, February 14th, 2011

The death of his wife, Doris, an employee of Bank PHB, has not only left a vacuum in Eugene Okere’s life, but also made him a widower with the added burden of bringing up an eight-month-old baby, Chidiebere. He had to engage a nanny to care for the baby who has been exposed to the […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics
Sunday, February 13th, 2011

Nigeria’s corruption profile is the worst ever, the presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Malam Nuhu Ribadu has declared. Speaking when he paid a condolence visit to the families of those who lost their loved ones during a protest in Lafia, Ribadu described mismanagement, insecurity and the corruption going on in the […]
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Governors, Latest Politics
Sunday, February 13th, 2011
Thirteen governors from the South-South, South-East and North-Western states held a closed door meeting yesterday in Katsina.The meeting, chaired by Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State, was for the purpose of discussing issues pertaining to the unity and progress of the country.In his remarks, Governor Ibrahim Shema of Katsina State said the purpose of their […]
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Sunday, February 13th, 2011
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan yesterday expressed shock and sadness over the death of some enthusiasts who thronged the Port Harcourt Liberation Stadium during the Flagoff of the South South Presidential campaign. The President said he is “heavily weighed down” by the incident. He has also directed a fullscale investigation into the cause of the stampede that […]
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Sunday, February 13th, 2011
inna – President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday announced that the Federal Government would soon award the contract for Zungeru power project, as part of efforts to boost power generation in the country. Jonathan, who made this known in Minna during the launch of the re-election campaign of Gov. Babangida Aliyu of Niger, said that the […]
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Latest Politics, Niger Delta
Sunday, February 13th, 2011
The Federal Government has rejected the $30 million offered by major oil and gas companies towards the training of ex-militants in the Niger Delta, saying the money was too small, compared to the N3 trillion it has lost to the crisis in the region. According to the government, Shell, Chevron, Agip, amongst others, cannot be […]
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Sunday, February 13th, 2011
The battle for the soul of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Governor Gbenga Daniel took a dramatic turn when Obasanjo, reportedly, rejected the ‘compromise list’ of candidates for the party in the state for the April polls. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo The chief of staff to President […]