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Intrigues politics in Achebe’s burial
By McPhilips Nwachukwu & Uduma Kalu It would have been difficult if the burial of Chinua Achebe had passed without any controversy. Apart from the fact that the dust his autobiography, There was a Country raised was yet to settle, the announcement of his death started another round of controversy. The first controversy that came out was when the renowned author was announced dead last ...
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NOSCEF Why we honoured Oritsejafor
By Sam Eyoboka THURSDAY, May 9,2013 was the day Christian Elders Forum of 19 Northern States, NOSCEF, gathered together at the National Christian Centre, Abuja to honour the National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayodele Joseph Oritsejafor. Oritsejafor, a dynamic preacher, pastor, evangelist, teacher, prophet, apostle and Author, with a unique anointing of God, ...
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Aero resumes flight to Douala
By LAWANI MIKAIRU & DANIEL ETEGHE Aero Contractors has announced that, effective May 27, the airline will commence thrice weekly flight operations between Accra and Douala. Addressing aviation reporters yesterday in their corporate head office, Lagos, the Accountable Officer of the airline, Captain Russell Lee Foon, said the Douala flight, which will be operated with a Boeing 737, will ...
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Niger-Delta after Oil How to avert the Oloibiri metaphor by Aginighan
If we neglect to reduce the development gap between the Niger Delta and the rest of Nigeria and the oil wells dry up or oil ceases to be a revenue earner for Nigeria, then we will all be bowailing the re-enactment of the Olobiri metaphor, according to Pastor Power Ziakede Aginighan, a former acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Aginighan spoke in a paper ...
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Moles all over Nigeria
By Tonnie Iredia When President Goodluck Jonathan observed not long ago that members of a dreaded insurgent group had infiltrated his own government, some people thought it was politics. From the look of things, it is becoming difficult to doubt the assertion. Although it might not be easy to identity insurgents within the federal cabinet as they may never openly portray a combatant ...
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What Jonathan wants from the opposition by Senator Ben Obi
By BASHIR ADEFAKA Senator Ben Ndi Obi, an Anambra high chief, was vice presidential candidate of the Action Congress (AC) in the 2007 presidential election won by Alhaji Umar Musa Yar'Adua. He was later appointed by President Goodluck Jonathan as his Special Adviser on Inter-Party Affairs upon assumption of office. Since his appointment, Obi has preached the need for politicians to eschew ...
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Politics of Sports Development When journalists are no longer stakeholders
By Sadiq Abdullahi There has never been a more opportune time for the Sports Minister, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi and the newly appointed Director-General, Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye to clarify the vision and mission of the National Sports Commission (NSC) as sports federation boards settle to develop a comprehensive development plan and source for funding. There is no better time for sports ...
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Support the president and JTF In our own interest – 2
By Dele Sobowale "Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide; in the strife of truth and falsehood, for the good or the evil side". James Russel Lowell, 1819-91. Expectedly the President's declaration of emergency has provoked harsh criticism from the usual opposition groups - particularly the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN. As someone born and bred in progressive ...
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Emergency Rule Constitution does not contemplate dissolution of elected structures – Senate Leader Ndoma-Egba
Senate Leader Victor Ndoma-Egba says there is nowhere in the Constitution that the democratically elected structures should be dissolved under emergency rule, pointing out that the dissolution in past dispensation was unconstitutional. Excerpts of ...
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Admission crisis Ekiti FMC Nursing School students petition health minister
By Gbenga Ariyibi Ado Ekiti Parents and guardians of about 150 students of the School of Nursing ,Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Ido Ekiti, who were made to forfeit their admission status by the authorities of the school, have petitioned the Federal Ministry of Health and the Registrar, Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, alleging sharp practices in the marking of their papers in the ...
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Amaechi And Governors’ Forum Election Tipping the balance of presidential control
, Addis Ababa, about 48hours ago: At about the time Asishana Okauru, Director General, DG, of the Nigeria Governors' Forum, NGF, was announcing Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi as the elected Chairman of the body, one of the aides to President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan whispered to the President that Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State had been elected as Chairman of the same body. Minutes later, ...
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Facts and fallacies about marriage
By Douglas Anele Indigenous Nigerian cultures, Christianity, and Islam recommend marriage for everyone. For instance, Christianity teaches that he who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favour from God (assuming that such a being exists). Because The Holy Bible appears to have been written from a fundamentally masculine perspective, there is no mention of a wife finding a good thing ...
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Oil Firms vs Communities Ondo raises truce panel
By Dayo Johnson Akure WORRIED by the unending agitation and harassment of oil companies by some communities in Ondo State, the state government has inaugurated a committee to liaise between the companies and the communities. The Ilaje (Ugbo) Coastal Communities Development Committee is to serve as a platform to enhance a robust relationship between oil prospecting companies operating in ...
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Barr Olayinka Oladunjoye Revamping education in Lagos State
By JOSEPHINE IGBINOVIA Considering the spate of unemployment amongst secondary and tertiary school leavers across the country today, what programmes do you have in place to encourage self-employment and address unemployment? It may interest you to know that the Lagos state government has five technical colleges and that we're expanding our facilities. Last year also, we launched the ...
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Jonathan Amaechi face-off Rivers crisis not in the interest of Jonathan Amaechi PDP – Magnus Abe
Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was a Minority Leader in the Rivers State House of Assembly, a former Commissioner for Information in the state and Secretary to the State ...
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Make Rio 2016 preparation top priority – Owoseni tells Elegbeleye
By Eddie Akalonu Former Nigeria Tennis Federation, NTF, vice president Yemi Owoseni has urged Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye, the new Director-General of the National Sports Commission, NSC to make preparations for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games a priority as he settles down. He said that the new helmsman must immediately put in place, not just the modalities for Nigeria's participation in Rio2016, ...
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Kidnapping Armed Robbery Some security agents were compromised – Aduba Delta police boss
THE position of Commissioner of Police, Delta State is a hot seat because of the volatile nature of the multi-ethnic oil-rich state. One-time Commissioner of Police, Bauchi State, Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba, is the present occupant of the hot seat. He spoke to Sunday Vanguard on his frequent battles with kidnappers, armed robbers, the crime situation in the state, and what he is doing to weather the ...
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Professionals unite to end buildings collapse
By PEACE ONYEUKWU National President of Building Collapse Prevention Guild (BCPG), Mr. Kunle Awobodu, has appealed to builders and other stakeholders to with government to prevent buildings collapse, by complying with the Lagos State Building Law 2010 and shunning quacks. He also urged the public to act as the watch dog by reporting any infringement on building law to the authorities. Awobodu ...
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Emergency Rule PFN cautions Govt
UMBRELLA body of Pentecostalism in Nigeria, the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, Thursday declared its support for the state of emergency declared by President Goodluck Jonathan in three states of the North East and enjoined the president to work with the National Assembly to follow through on all provisions as enunciated by the constitution, reports Sam Eyoboka. Speaking at the end of ...
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Lagos community battles blindness
By EBUN SESSOU Musibau Akara, 60, is among thousands of people on the verge of losing their sight to cataract. Consequently, he is seeking succour in the on-going free eye screening and surgery in Epe area of Lagos State. Narrating his story to Sunday Vanguard, Akara said life was rosy and everything was going on smoothly for him until his sight began to fail him. "I started having ...
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How Customs intercepted mind-boggling ammunition in Oyo – DC Oteri
By UDEME CLEMENT The seizure of 56,750 rounds of ammunition in Oyo/Osun Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), which is one of the highest seizures of ammunition in the history of NCS in the country has attracted attention of all Nigerians to the Command. The Command, which previously had records of low seizures has become the centre of activities in the last one month, with massive seizures ...
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Our Food Health The Experts
By Helen Ovbiagele Thanks to those experts on healthy-eating, who are constantly telling us what is right/wrong for us to feed our system with, many people in most parts of the world are now cautious about what they eat and drink. You can't help but join in, if you want your body to hold together, so that you can be healthy, active, and hopefully, live long. Some of us have been so ...
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Pro-Jonathan govs finally split NGF
By HENRY UMORU, SONI DANIEL & JIMITOTA ONOYUME Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) may have finally broken up after a segment believed to be loyal to President Goodluck Jonathan set up a parallel body to the one led by Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State. Amaechi emerged as the NGF chairman for the second tenure in the Forum's controversial election on Friday. He defeated Governor ...
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Niger president says attackers came from Libya death toll climbs to 35
NIAMEY, Mali - Niger's president says suicide bombers who carried out simultaneous attacks on a military installation and a French-run uranium mine came from southern Libya. President Mahamadou Issoufou told reporters Saturday the death toll now stands at 35, including 24 soldiers, one employee of French nuclear giant Areva, and 10 terrorists. Issoufou spoke alongside the CEO of Areva, ...
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Nigeria needs quality leadership — Okorie
President and founder of Guardians of the Nation International, Mr. Linus Okorie, talks about how he plans to address the leadership deficit in ...
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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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