Nigeria bigger than Buhari, says Fed Govt
PRESIDENTIAL candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the April, 2011 elections, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), was yesterday told to show maturity in his utterances “because Nigeria is bigger than anybody”.The Federal Government also lectured him on democracy and civility, saying “utterances from those in position of...
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Ogun boils as ACN youths protest imposition by Amosun
Violence broke out yesterday in Ilaro, headquarters of Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State, as hundreds of youths, who are members of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), protested the alleged imposition of candidates by Governor Ibikunle Amosun, ahead of the local government elections. The protesters stormed...
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MTN refutes impropriety allegations
TELECOMMUNICATIONS firm, MTN Nigeria, has described as ‘patently untrue’ the allegations made against it in two fresh affidavits filed in support of a suit by the Ekiti and Osun State chapters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).Telecommunications regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), was joined as defendant in the suit.MTN’s Corporate...
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Ex-NLC President Bafyau dies of heart attack
ORGANISED Labour was yesterday thrown into mourning, following the death of a former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Pascal Bafyau, in Abuja.The Adamawa State-born Bafyau, who handed over the NLC presidency to the current Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, was reported to...
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FG approves N1.7 billion aircraft for Customs
TO combat smuggling across the borders, the Federal Government yesterday awarded a N1.73 billion contract for the purchase of a Cessna Citation surveillance aircraft for the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS).Briefing newsmen after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, said the contract was awarded...
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Appeal: Taylor says prosecutors paid witnesses
Convicted Liberian warlord Charles Taylor yester-day accused United Nations (UN) prosecu-tors of paying witnesses to testify against him as he addressed a war crimes court in The Hague.Taylor, 64, was found guilty by the UN-backed court last month of aiding and abetting war crimes in Sierra Leone."Witnesses were paid, coerced...
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Senate increases Fed High Court judges from 70 to 100
AFTER over three hours of debate, the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly yesterday passed into law the bill seeking an increase of judges in the Federal High Court from 70 to hundred.This followed amendment of a bill on Federal High Court Act 2005 sponsored by the Deputy Senate President,...
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As governments and public health advocates plan towards this year’s World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) which holds on May 31, the Environmental ...
Starcomms Plc, Nigeria’s leading Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) operator in the telecommunication industry, has introduced Star-Fi, a ...
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The city of London plans to make the 2012 Olympic Games the most sustainable yet, and looked to technology to help it whittle down the ...
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), a parastatal of the Federal Ministry of Communication Technology has concluded ...
Spain will force banks to increase provisions against real estate loans by about 30 billion euros ($38 billion) and will hire two ...
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The Federal Government has restated its commitment to deepen the local in the oil and gas industry, especially in pipeline sector to boost ...
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Emirates Group has announced its 24th consecutive year of profit and companywide growth amidst unprecedented economic pressure and record ...
The parent company of United Airlines posted a USD$448 million quarterly net loss, pressured by high fuel costs and expenses related to ...
Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc has extended its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts to one of the world’s leading agricultural ...
Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc, one of the leading underwriting firms in the country has consistently shown undaunted commitment towards ...
Contrary to the opinions expressed by some Nigerians on the Central Bank of Nigeria Cashlite policy, an insurer and the ...
The Nigeria Customs, Federal Operations Unit Zone B Kaduna, has announced the seizure of assorted second hand smuggled vehicles into the ...
A total of 105 organisations have cleared over 1,500 cargo in the first quarter of the year from the Lagos Port Complex (LPC), Apapa, ...
Ships are no longer waiting at anchorage as average berth occupancy rate has improved markedly since the kick off of the ...
Major banking group, United Bank for Africa has shelved its plans to raise a $500 million Eurobond as it focuses on strengthening its ...
In conformity with the newly introduced Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Cash-lite policy, Ecobank has launched a new product Ecobank OMNI, an ...
The Nigerian foreign inflow is set to be boosted by an estimated N3.16 trillion ($200bn) from the tourism sector as the Federal government ...
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Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, the Primate of the Anglican Communion, Thursday accused leaders and politicians from the Southern part of ...
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Following the recent death of Prof. Adetokunbo Sofoluwe, Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos, from cardiac arrest. Science Reporter ...
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As a strategy to eliminate and prevent child sexual abuse, experts at a Media Forum were united on the role parents should play in checking ...
In order to reduce malaria burden in Nigeria, the Minister of Health, Prof. C.O. Onyebuchi Chukwu has urged all Nigerians to sleep under ...
In consonance with the motto of the University: “For Learning and Culture, the Vice-Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, ...
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo state has been urged to make the Ibadan North Local Government skill acquisition centre located at Yemetu ...
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Comrade Dandy Eze is a human right activist and also the founder/national president of Path of Peace Initiative, dedicated to fight for the ...
The Open Society Initiative for West Africa, OSIWA, on May 14 ,2012, expressed its willingness to collaborate with the Economic and ...
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Perkins would continue to be haunted by the ...
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