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Mixed reactions greet draft wiretap law at forum in Lagos
By Emeka Aginam Last week in Lagos when stakeholders in the Nigerian telecoms industry gathered to discuss the draft lawful interception of communications regulations, leading voices contended that except the policy as recently released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), passes through a legislative process, Nigeria may not get the expected results. It would be recalled that the ...
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Urhobo urged to stop supporting opposition parties
BY FESTUS AHON UGHELLI--PRESIDENT of Urhobo Democratic Assembly, UDA, Chief Arthur Akpowowo, has charged the Urhobo nation to desist from embracing opposition parties and give their unflinching support to the ruling political party in Delta State. Akpowowo, during the courtesy visits of the group to the Transition Committee Chairmen of Udu and Uvwie Local Government Areas, Mr. Raymond Edijala ...
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2015 Ijaw back Jonathan for second term
By DAYO JOHNSON AKURE -- THE Ijaw in the nine Niger Delta States rose from a meeting in Ondo State and asked President Goodluck Jonathan to exercise his constitutional right of seeking re-election in 2015 and should not be intimidated. They also lambasted the opposition Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, for its unpatriotic stance on the declaration of emergency rule in three Northern states. ...
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35-yr-old cobbler nabbed over rape
BY SAMUEL OYADONGHA YENAGOA -- Police in Bayelsa State have announced the prosecution of a 35-year-old man, Nathaniel Elaweremi, for allegedly raping a teenager. Also arrested is a cobbler, identified as Adamu Musa, over alleged rape of a 12-year-old. While Elaweremi was arrested on October 14, for raping a 14-year-old girl, at 7.30pm along the Green Villa Road, Biogbolo community in Yenagoa ...
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Jonathan orders MDAs to complete on-going projects
By DAYO JOHNSON AKURE -- AHEAD of the second anniversary of the present federal administration, President Goodluck Jonathan has given a marching order to all Federal ministries, departments and agencies to complete ongoing and abandoned projects that are viable and of economic benefit to the people. Minister of Water Resources, Mrs Sarah Reng Ochekpe, said this yesterday, at the commissioning ...
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N-Delta bishops back Jonathan on state of emergency
By Emma Amaize WARRI--BISHOPS in the Niger Delta region have supported the state of emergency declared by President Goodluck Jonathan in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states, but former national chairman of the Traditional Rulers for Oil Minerals Producing Communities of Nigeria, TROMPCON, HRM, Charles Ayemi-Botu, said it should be extended to six other troublesome Northern states. The bishops, at a ...
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Nigeria’s out-of-school children estimated at 10 million – UBEC
By Austin Ogwuda Asaba--ACTING Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, Prof. Charles Onocha, said in Asaba, Delta State, yesterday, that specific interventions geared towards broadening access and ensuring functional learning for Nigerian citizens were being initiated to address the issue of large number of out-of-school children estimated at 10 million. Speaking at ...
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Read and understand your insurance policy document
By ROSEMARY ONUOHA In Nigeria, insurance has never been a popular buy. A common answer being given by the average Nigerians on why he will not buy insurance has always been "Insurance don't pay claims." However, insurance is changing for the better. The negative perception that has plagued insurance all along is changing for the better because practitioners have seen the need ...
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4 nabbed over N75m petroleum product fraud
BY IFEANYI OKOLIE LAGOS -- Policemen attached to Area B Command, Apapa, Lagos, have arrested four persons, among them three 'Managing Directors,' who allegedly specialised in defrauding unsuspecting petroleum dealers. The suspects, Clinton Aladay, Emmanuel Amakre, Lawrence Oduh, allegedly defrauded their victims to the tune of N75 million worth of petroleum products, using fake ...
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Declaration of emergency rule not way out – COSEG
BY WILLIAM JIMOH LAGOS--The Coalition of Oodua Self Determination Group, COSEG, has described the declaration of state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states as an aberration, noting that it would not address security challenges facing the country. Mr. Ifedayo Ogunlana, COSEG Chairman stated at a public lecture tagged "Sanctity of Life and the Nigerian Democracy" which was ...
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Achebe The politics and persuasions of a prolific writer
By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor Prof. Chinua Achebe was a literary giant who used the power of erudition to project persuasive and powerful political points. Little is known today of the sharp disagreement between the late Prof. Albert Chinualumogu Achebe and the late Senator Barkin Zuwo in the days after the controversial 1983 elections. What is, however, known, and shocking to many, ...
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25-yr-old remanded in prison over human trafficking
BY INNOCENT ANABA AFederal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, ordered the remand in Ikoyi prisons of a 25-year-old man charged with human trafficking. The accused, Paul Osasu, who resides at Ojo barracks, Lagos, is being prosecuted by National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person, NAPTIP, on a two-count charge of conspiracy and human trafficking. The accused pleaded not ...
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Stakeholders in Obio Akpor re-affirm support for Amaechi
By JIMITOTA ONOYUME PORT HARCOURT -- FORMER House of Representatives member, Mr. Ikechi Chinwo has reassured Governor Chibuike Amaechi of the support of the people of Obio Akpor Local Government Area of the state. Speaking at a stakeholders’ summit of the people of Obio Akpor council, Chino said that they were impressed with the achievements of the administration of Amaechi. He added ...
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Nigeria take on Libya in Africa beach soccer
All eight teams participating at the African qualifiers that are taking place in El Jadida in Morocco from May 22 to 26 have the same goal: to reach the final match and grab one of two tickets for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup later this year in ...
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Lagos to stage inter-clubs tourney
"June will be a busy month in Lagos as the first set of this year's Inter-Clubs Competition would be rolled out by all the 36 sports associations. This will be a non-stop process that will run till the end of the year," Oshodi ...
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‘Why NCC should prioritize dominant-operator regulation’
By Prince Osuagwu The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, penultimate week, opened the telecom industry up for another debate when it released the operators' market status and declared two, MTN and Globacom, as dominant players in different categories. Since that declaration which came almost immediately it flagged off the Mobile Number Portability, MNP, in the country, several ...
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Erosion sacks 2 communities threatens 7 others in Enugu
BY TONY EDIKE ENUGU--Residents of Odongbu-Amogbeke and Akponge-Amoju in Ezimo, Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State have been sacked by gully erosion, while seven other communities are being threatened by the menace. Conducting members of the Enugu State Assembly Committee on Environment round the devastation site, Deputy Chairman of the council, Mr Natty Eze, said the victims were now ...
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New Nigerian journalists seek N780m pay off
KADUNA--JOURNALISTS working with the New Nigerian Newspapers, NNN, have appealed to the 19 northern states governors to settle the N780 million outstanding liabilities owed workers of the company. The Acting Chairman, Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, chapel of the company, Mr Amos Mathew, who made the appeal in a statement in Kaduna, said: "We appeal to the Northern Governors Forum to ...
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Ogba commends coach Osagie
President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, Solomon Ogba has commended grassroots athletics coach, Isaac Osagie who has been fishing out budding talents from primary and secondary schools to train. Coach Osagie and his wife, Edem, a former Nigerian international were spotted at the Kermbo Group of Schools Annual Inter House Sports competition where they stayed the entire duration of the ...
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Maiduguri is safe Irabor tells Sharks
Chairman of the League Management Company, Honourable Nduka Irabor has said that the alarm being raised by Sharks Football Club of Port Harcourt over the security situation in Maiduguri was unfounded. Speaking with Sports Vanguard Tuesday, Honourable Irabor said that he had been in touch with the Sharks management and had told them that they had no excuse not to honour the mid-week fixture. ...
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Presidential Intervention Ikeja Police College wears new look
By Evelyn Usman Few months ago, Nigerians woke up to receive with shock and disbelief, news of the decrepit level of decay at the Police College, Ikeja, Lagos coupled with its deplorable state. The college located on Oba Akinjobi way, close to Arch Bishop V inning Cathedral never gave any passer-by the slightest inkling of its real state, until it was revealed by a television station in ...
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Jonathan the fire fighter
By Rotimi Fasan NOW it looks like President Goodluck Jonathan has decided to take on the beast of religious terrorists ravaging different parts of Northern Nigeria, particularly the North-Eastern part, with his imposition of emergency rule on the three states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa last Wednesday. The President had in a national broadcast made the announcement after his hurried return to ...
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Benin youths issue 7-day ultimatum to RCC over sacked workers
BY SIMON EBEGBULEM BENIN--Bini Development Union, BDU, a socio-cultural organisation in Edo State, has issued a seven-day ultimatum to Reynolds Construction Company, RCC, operating in the state, to reconsider its decision to suspend some Bini natives working in the company in order not to face the wrath of host community. BDU threatened that after the expiration of the ultimatum, youths of the ...
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Fidelity Bank grows profit after tax by 604
*Declares 21 kobo dividend per share By Favour Nnabugwu ABUJA--Fidelity Bank plc yesterday declared a profit after tax of N18.2 billion for its financial year ended December 31, 2012, just as it approved a dividend of 21 kobo per share to its shareholders. The bank's profit after tax for the year under review rose significantly by 604 per cent, compared to the N2.6 billion it posted in ...
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Insecurity on the high seas troubles ECOWAS nations
If there is one thing the managers of Nigeria's Maritime Security would want the world to believe, it is the fact that they have been up to their charge in combating acts of terrorism in the high seas and coast lines, but Foreign Affairs Editor .Hugo Odiogor, argues that security personnel are also part of the security breaches on the West African high seas. The Chief of Naval Staff Vice ...
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Nigeria calling on US for misconception help
Nigeria is one of the main producers of drug lords and immigrants and is beset by political instability and groans under the weight of poverty and human strife. At least, this is the perception many in the world have, a perception that is all too narrow in its scope.
Nigeria has an enduring reputation as an exporter of criminals, drug lords, terrorists and immigrants. Such perceptions are only amplified by the recent attempted bombing of a US-bound plane on Christmas Day by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian, or the arrests every year of various Nigerian drug lords in countries around the world. Read more
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