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Latest Politics, Nigerian Police, Top Stories
Friday, June 17th, 2011
Forty eight hours after giving conditions for ceasefire, Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, yesterday bombed the Louis Edet House, Force Headquarters of the police in Abuja. The attack claimed two lives with about 35 vehicles destroyed in the incident that occurred at 10.58 am. The Police High command confirmed the casualty figure. The victims, according […]
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Latest Politics, Nigerian Police, Top Stories
Thursday, June 16th, 2011
The Police Headquarters in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja has been bombed by some unknown people. It is feared that the Inspector General of Police, Hafeez Ringim and other top police brass were the targets of the attack as the bomb went off shortly after the convoy of IG entered the premises of Force Headquarters. […]
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Headlines, Ogun, State News, Top Stories
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
IMMEDIATE past Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, Wednesday, returned to the country from United Kingdom close to three weeks after he left Nigeria. He arrived aboard a Boeing 747 British Airways aircraft that landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, around 6.30 pm . The former Governor, however, declined comments, when […]
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EFCC Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Top Stories
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
GENEVA— FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo, Wednesday, in Geneva, Switzerland took a swipe at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC, over their efforts at tackling corruption since he left office. He said: “I haven’t seen the persistence and consistency in Nigeria because the people involved in corruption are […]
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Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
GROUP Managing Director/Chief Executive of GTBank, Mr. Tayo Aderinokun, aged 56, died, Tuesday, in London after protracted illness. A statement from the bank announcing his death said: “With a deep sense of loss, but with gratitude to the Almighty God, we write to notify you of the passing on to eternal glory of our dearly […]
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EFCC Politics, House, Legislature, Top Stories
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
TRAVAILS of the embattled former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, were further compounded by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, as he was again arraigned before a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Apo, alongside his erstwhile deputy, Alhaji Usman Bayero Nafada. They took turns to plead not guilty to […]
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House, Legislature, Top Stories
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
Fresh facts emerged yesterday on the election of the Speaker, House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal (Sokoto, North-west) last Monday in Abuja. Members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the House, who shunned all entreaties and threats to respect the zoning arrangement in the election of the Speaker have revealed how they were […]
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Africa & World Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Saturday, June 11th, 2011
As part of his scheduled assignments in the United States this week, President Goodluck Jonathan had a 45-minutes’ meeting with US President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington DC, early yesterday, appealing to the American government to help in the HIV/AIDS scourge in Nigeria. Stressing his earlier presentation at the United Nations General […]
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House, Legislature, National Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
ABUJA, Nigeria — A top Nigerian politician on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to charges that he defrauded the state of more than $1.7 million in the latest scandal to have enmeshed the National Assembly in Africa’s most populous country. Former House of Representatives speaker Dimeji Bankole appeared at the Abuja Federal High Court to deny […]
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EFCC Politics, House, Legislature, Top Stories
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, filed a 16-count criminal charge against the embattled former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, at the Federal High Court in Abuja. He is to be arraigned before Justice Donatus Okorowa, of the Federal High Court 7, Abuja by 9.00a.m today. The prosecuting counsel, Mr. […]
