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First Lady Asks for more women participation

Posted by admin Headlines, National Politics Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

Nigerian First Lady Dame Patience Goodluck Jonathan has challenged Nigerians to believe in the immense capacity and capability of the women folk in nation building in order to bring about the much needed positive change the country is yearning for. Dame Patience Jonathan made the call in Yola Wednesday at the official flag off of […]

N170m fraud: Judge grants Ogbulafor’s request

Posted by admin National Politics Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

A High Court in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Monday, granted an application for severance of trial filed by former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, in the corruption case filed by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) against him. Others standing trial with Ogbulafor in […]

Nigerian woman dies aboard Ethiopian plane

Posted by admin Headlines, National Politics Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

A Nigerian, Hajiya Zainab Suleiman,62, on Sunday died aboard an Ethiopian airlines flight from Addis Ababa to Abuja. The deceased’s husband, Alhaji Suleiman Abdulra’uf, a Kano-based businessman, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent in Addis Ababa that they were returning from New Delhi, when they transited to Addis Ababa and boarded another plane […]

Mass Promotion in Nigerian Police Force

Posted by admin Headlines, National Politics Monday, December 20th, 2010

The Police Service Commission (PSC) yesterday announced the promotion of 35 deputy commissioners of police to the rank of commissioners. In the same vein, 46 assistant commissioners of police were also elevated to the rank of deputy commissioners of police, while 56 chief superintendents of police were promoted to assistant commissioners of police. Eighty-six superintendents […]

Forget Lagos, ACN tells Jonathan

Posted by admin Lagos, National Politics, State News Monday, December 20th, 2010

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described as a pipe dream and an unnecessary dissipation of energy President Goodluck Jonathan’s exhortation to his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to win Lagos in the 2011 general elections. In a statement issued in Benin on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the […]

Don’t set Nigeria on fire –Arewa youth warns

Posted by admin National Politics, Presidency Sunday, December 19th, 2010

The Arewa Youths Forum, AYF has called on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to call both President Goodluck Jonathan and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to order before they both set the country on fire. In a statement signed by the National President, Gambo Ibrahim Gujungu, the group noted with dismay the recent “counter and counteracting […]

Jumbo Pay Saga: CBN, NNPC, 29 Others Hide Budgets

Posted by admin General Politics, National Politics Sunday, December 19th, 2010

BENEATH the standing ovation and backslapping that took place last Wednesday, at the joint sitting of the National Assembly (NASS), as President Goodluck Jonathan presented the 2011 Appropriation Bill, was audible humming by senators and members of the House of Representatives. And if the air around the presentation is properly interpreted, and the snippets issuing […]

Why Nigeria Underperform – Utomi

Posted by admin General Politics, National Politics Sunday, December 19th, 2010

DECEMBER 2 was a remarkable day in many ways. It was national day in Dubai, and around the world many waited with bated breath for FIFA to announce those triumphant in the sweepstakes of the would be host of the 2018 and 2022 World Cup finals. As for me I sat for hours inside an […]