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National Politics
Thursday, December 30th, 2010

Indication emerged on Thursday that the convicted former Chief Executive Officer of Oceanic Bank International Plc, Cecilia Ibru, had been moved from the Lagos highbrow private hospital, Reddington Hospital, Victoria Island, to Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos. A source had confided in our correspondent in Lagos that the ex- CEO had left Reddington Hospital […]
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National Politics
Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu currently receiving treatment at a London hospital is “remarkably stable”, a Nigerian official has said. Mr Dozie Nwanna, Nigeria’s Ag. High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), who visited Ojukwu in the hospital, on Sunday, told the Europe Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria, on Wednesday, in London that, “there was […]
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Delta, National Politics, State News
Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

A list containing 14 candidates has been released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the Delta State rerun election, which has been fixed for January 6, 2011. The release, dated December 27, 2010 and signed by the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner for Delta State, Dr Ogbudu Gabriel Ada, contained the names of the […]
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National Politics, Nigerian Police, Plateau, State News
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010

Tension heightened in Jos, Plateau State on Tuesday as youths mobilised to protest the killings of two of their colleagues by soldiers . At Jenta Mangoro area of the city where one of killings took place, the police averted a bloodbath by dispersing the youths. But in Gada Biu, where the second killing allegedly occurred, […]
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National Politics
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010

The former Deputy National Chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, on Tuesday conferred with the General Overseer, The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, at the Kirikiri Maximum Prison, Lagos. George, who looked trim and well fed, was dressed in a white kaftan with brown sandals. He held a […]
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Anambra, National Politics
Sunday, December 26th, 2010

AILING ex-Biafran warlord, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Friday arrived London safely at about 9pm. Ojukwu was Thursday flown out of Nigeria to a London hospital for further treatment for stroke. He was accompanied on the trip by his wife, Mrs Bianca Ojukwu, son, Emeka Jnr., and Chief of Staff, Prince Bob Onyema. Friday, Governor Peter […]
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National Politics
Sunday, December 26th, 2010
As the political crisis in Cote d’Ivoire festers, Nigerians living in the country have cried out to the Federal Government to save their investment worth several billions of Naira from ruin. The Nigerians, under auspices of Coalition of Nigerians living in Ivory Coast, enjoined President Goodluck Jonathan not to endanger their lives and businesses of […]
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Kwara, National Politics
Saturday, December 25th, 2010

THE Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has asked the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim, to call his men to order in Kwara State, where the Police are being used by the state government to instigate violence and harass innocent ACN members during and after the October 30 council polls in the state. In a […]
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National Politics, Presidency
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
ERSTWHILE Vice-President Atiku Abubakar now a leading presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) last week had an interactive session with some of the country’s senior media executives. He used the opportunity to ventilate on matters pertaining to the 2011 presidential contest, the heavy load of government overhead on public finances […]
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Bayelsa, National Politics
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
Bayelsa State government has agreed to labour demand for N30, 000 Christmas bonus for workers in its employ. The workers under the aegis of the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress had last week rejected the N15, 000 Christmas bonus offered by the state government. Labour had hinged its rejection of the offer […]