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Opinion: The new Oshodi

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Saturday, February 8th, 2014

Babatunde Fashola Before the coming of the Babatunde Fashola administration, many commuters used to dread passing any route leading to Oshodi because of the traffic gridlock in that area. The coming of the administration brought normalcy to the place. The yellow-painted commercial buses that used to ply the Oshodi routes seem to have relocated to […]

Don’t allow Tinapa to die — Customs boss

Posted by admin Cross River, State News Saturday, February 8th, 2014

The Nigeria Customs Service has appealed to the relevant government agencies to ensure that the vision of the Tinapa Business Resort is not allowed to die. The Comptroller of the Cross River State Command of the NCS, Mr. Bamidele Akande, made this appeal on Friday when he led his team on a courtesy visit to […]

Omisore declares Osun gov ambition

Posted by admin Headlines, Osun, State News Saturday, February 8th, 2014

Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola | credits: File copy Senator Iyiola Omisore on Saturday declared his interest to contest for the August 9 governorship election in Osun State, with a renewed call for the replacement of the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Rufus Akeju. Thousands of people from within and outside the state gathered at the […]

New tactics of Abuja sex workers

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News Wednesday, February 5th, 2014

New tactics of Abuja sex workers Commercial sex workers develop new strategies to beat directives of the Federal Capital Territory administration, OLALEKAN ADETAYO writes Like every other urban settlements, the Federal Capital Territory is having its fair share of the activities of commercial sex workers. Once upon a time, these women of easy virtue, […]

Picture: Confusion in Osun as students wear hijab, choir robe, fetish attires to school •‘Allahu Akbar’, church songs and incantations boom at assembly ground

Posted by admin Headlines, Osun, State News Wednesday, February 5th, 2014

There was commotion and confusion in Baptist High School, Iwo, Osun State, on yesterday, as students of the school abandoned the general uniform provided by Governor Rauf Aregbesola-led administration and wore hijabs, purdah and choir garments to the school. The development disrupted the usual assembly prayer, as the students declined to listen to their principal […]

‘Aregbesola’s excuse for non-payment of pension laughable’

Posted by admin Headlines, Osun, State News Tuesday, February 4th, 2014

Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola | credits: File copy The immediate-past Head of Service in Osun State, Mr. Segun Akinwusi, has described the excuse given by Governor Rauf Aregbesola for his administration inability to pay pensions and gratuities as laughable. The Commissioner for Finance, Dr. Wale Bolorunduro, had blamed the inability of the government to […]

Emirates secures approval to fly Abuja, Kano routes

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Africa & World Politics, Aviation, Headlines, State News Tuesday, February 4th, 2014

Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah Emirates Airline has received approval from the Federal Ministry of Aviation to increase its daily passenger flights route to include Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano. The airline, in a statement, said the approval would assist the company to further meet the […]

Obasanjo, Buhari shun council of state meeting

Posted by admin Presidency, Rivers, State News Tuesday, February 4th, 2014

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, ex-Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari; and Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, were absent from Tuesday’s National Council of State meeting in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Although Amaechi, through his Chief Press Secretary, David Iyofor, said he could not attend the meeting because he was out of the country, […]

How Kalu Helps Nigerians in Diaspora to Succeed – By Nwabueze J. Emenike

Posted by admin Abia, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Nwabueze Jonathan Emenike, State News Sunday, February 2nd, 2014

By Nwabueze Jonathan Emenike | Guinea, West Africa | Feb. 2, 2014 – “Someone asked me, ‘how can I find a good business opportunity?” I replied, ‘go and look for adversity.’ If you can handle adversity, you will find opportunity. Adversity and opportunity are two inseparable twins.” This is credited to Ajaero Tony Martins in […]

Senators’ defection will not affect us — Rivers PDP

Posted by admin Legislature, Rivers, Senate, State News Saturday, February 1st, 2014

THE Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has said the defection of two senators from the party to the All Progressives Congress will not affect its fortunes in the state. Two senators, Magnus Abe, representing Rivers South-East; and Senator Wilson Ake, representing Rivers West, defected from the PDP to the APC. But the […]