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National Politics
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

The Federal Government yesterday averted a three-day warning strike called by Labour to force payment of the N18,000.00 new minimum wage. The industrial action would have started today. The President signed the bill into law n March this year. Even though the governors agreed to pay after a meeting with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) […]
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EFCC Politics, House, Legislature, National Politics
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

A fresh attempt to scuttle the ongoing trial of the immediate past speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Dimeji Bankole, was, on Tuesday, frustrated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), which insisted that the former number four citizen must allow his trial to continue unfettered, if he was sure of his innocence. […]
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National Politics, Nigerian Police
Monday, July 18th, 2011

AS part of efforts to rise to the security challenges in the country, the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) has adopted fresh options even as the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Hafiz Ringim, disclosed yesterday that the police were not contacted by the military when the latter intercepted some explosives recently in the […]
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National Politics
Sunday, July 17th, 2011

IT reflects how wide apart the old guards and saplings of the sprawling region have grown, lately, and on this one issue, unfortunately, the falcon cannot hear the falconer. As it is now, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and the Arewa Youth Forum (AYF) are at odds over the appropriate measures the Federal Government should […]
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Boko Haram, National Politics
Sunday, July 17th, 2011

With the latest rise in suicide and bomb explosions inNigeria especially in the northern part where religion fanatics like Boko Haram, the General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God RCCG, Pastor E A Adeboye recently sent a message to all pastors in RCCG to be very observant of people coming into the sanctuary. In the message titled “ […]
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Anambra, Boko Haram, Enugu, National Politics, State News
Sunday, July 17th, 2011

PALPABLE fear has gripped traders and residents of the commercial city of Onitsha and communities around Ogbunka in Orumba South Local Government Area, in Anambra State, following unconfirmed rumours that the Islamist fundamentalists , Boko Haram, might have invaded parts of the South Eastern States. The much-feared terrorist group, which recently penetrated the nation’s security […]
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Kwara, National Politics, State News
Saturday, July 16th, 2011

Immediate past governor of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki has said for Nigeria to be great, the country has to move away from its present status of a mono-product economy. Saraki, who stated this in Abuja when playing host to a delegation of Kwara State students from the Federal Polytechnic Offa who visited him at […]
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Anambra, Legislature, National Politics, Senate, State News
Friday, July 15th, 2011

Elections Tribunal sitting in Awka Anambra State, Friday, upheld the election of Senator Andy Uba to represent Anambra South Senatorial district of the state. The tribunal dismissed the petition by Mr Nicholas Ukachukwu, who had challenged the declaration of Senator Uba as winner of the election for the senatorial district by the Independent National Electoral […]
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House, Legislature, National Politics
Friday, July 15th, 2011

The leadership of the House of Representatives Thursday opened dialogue with the Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity and the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress to explore ways of averting the impending nationwide industrial action being planned by organised labour. The lower chamber of the National Assembly has also constituted a twelve-member ad-hoc committee […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, National Politics
Friday, July 15th, 2011

The military Joint Task Force (JTF) established by the Federal Govern-ment to restore order to Borno State is now locked in a war of words with the Committee of Borno Elders and Leaders of Thought, accusing them of having sympathy for the sect, Boko Haram, which has been carrying out a bombing campaign in some […]