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IGP orders deployment of officers with accounting background to pay offices
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, has ordered the posting of police personnel with financial and accounting background to man police pay offices nationwide. Abubakar gave the...
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Jonathan backs two-party system for Nigeria
President Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday gave a tacit backing to the emergence of a two-party system in Nigeria, saying it would engender political stability. He, however, berated critics of the ruling...
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Northern leaders accuse Jonathan of using ‘divide and rule’ to split the...
Some northern leaders have accused President Goodluck Jonathan of trying to divide their ranks using a ‘divide and rule’ tactics. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Arewa Consultative Forum,...
View ArticleCPC debunks expulsion of Kanti Bello
BY GABRIEL EWUPA ABUJA—THE Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, Thursday, denied that Senator Kanti Bello was expelled as it was insinuated in some quarters. The party in a statement by its National...
View ArticleShell shuts pipeline over explosion at crude theft point
BY MICHAEL EBOH Nigeria’s daily crude oil output declined by 150,000 barrels, as Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, SPDC, joint venture, Thursday, said it has shut the Trans Niger...
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Jonathan: We Are Winning War Against Terror
Despite the recent cascade of violence the federal government has reiterated that it is winning the war against terrorism and assured investors that the country’s climate is conducive for them....
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Akpabio blasts governor colleagues for challenging Jonathan
The Akwa Ibom Governor pledged loyalty to President Jonathan. The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors Forum and Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, has lambasted his...
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Nigerian lawmaker charged for alleged forgery
The lawmaker is accused of forging an INEC document. A House of Representatives member, representing Ndokwa/Ukwani Federal Constituency of Delta State, Ossai Ossai, of the Peoples’ Democratic Party...
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NGF crisis: How Amaechi defeated Jang, by Oshiomhole
By VICTOR AHIUMA-YOUNG GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State yesterday in Abuja narrated how Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State defeated Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State in the Nigeria...
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PDP passes vote of confidence on Jonathan
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Thursday in Abuja passed a vote of confidence on President Goodluck Jonathan, declaring that it was evident that...
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Rivers CP to Amaechi: You’re a dictator
THE feud between the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, and State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph Mbu, took a different dimension on Thursday when Mbu described the governor as a tyrant and...
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PDP must win at least 23 states – Jonathan
The political chess game in the Peoples Democratic Party ended on Thursday in Abuja with President Goodluck Jonathan and the party’s National Chairman, Bamanga Tukur, proving that they were, indeed in...
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Nigerian government refuses to act on oil corruption, but goes after award
While the government fails to act on NEITI report, it raced to pick an award for the office. Despite having more than N1.3 trillion-about a fourth of the 2013 budget- of government funds locked down by...
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“Stop ‘Janging’ about, Amaechi is NGF Chairman” – Oshiomhole mocks fellow...
Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has carpeted his Plateau State counterpart, Jonah Jang, for “parading” himself as the chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum. Oshiomhole, who spoke on Thursday...
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Bamanga Tukur hails Jonathan, Govs, PDP Members
ABUJA-GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State yesterday said that all lingering problems in the party between some governors and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP would soon be resolved. Answering...
View ArticleWe don’t want our children and pregnant women to die – Dame Fashola
Lagos State First Lady,Dame Abimbola Fashola, has called on community leaders, traditional rulers and non-governmental organization in Lagos to use their influence to sensitize residents, especially...
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Ramadan: Sokoto to spend N56.7m on grains,clothes for indigent persons
Sokoto – The Sokoto State Government has earmarked N56.7 million to buy food and clothing materials for indigent persons during the Ramadan, an official said on Saturday. Alhaji Lawal Maidoki, the...
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How Ado Bayero Foiled Boko Haram’s Grip On Kano – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday extolled the virtues of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, saying his wise, competent and diligent leadership had prevented extremists, terrorists and insurgents...
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I have no regret praising opposition – Tambuwal
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has hit back at his critics within the Peoples Democratic Party who condemned him for showering encomium on Governor Rauf Aregbesola for his...
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Lam Adesina: My father was a reliable human being who stood by his words...
Oyo State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Dapo Lam-Adesina, who is son of the former governor of the state, Lamidi Adesina, revisits his father’s journey from the classroom to the state house in...
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