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Osun to Reconstitute Electoral Commission
The Osun State Government said yesterday that it would re-constitute the state Independent Electoral Commission to democratise the local government administration in the state. The state's Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Mr Wale Afolabi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Osogbo that the list of nominees would be sent to the House of Assembly for approval. "The ...
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Board Tasks FMC Keffi On Service Delivery
Lafia - Members of the newly constituted board of the Federal Medical Centre, Keffi, Nasarawa State have tasked staff and management of the institution to rise up to the challenge of health care delivery and service to humanity. Speaking at the inaugural meeting of the Board and management staff of the medical centre, recently, the Board chairman, Prince Udom Ekpoudom , a retired DIG of Police, ...
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MURIC Tackles Lagos Govt Over Hijab Ban
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) yesterday has petitioned both international and local human rights organizations on the denial of the fundamental human rights of female Muslim students in Lagos State who are being obstructed from using Hijab. This is coming just as the Executive Chairman of the Muslim Public Affairs Centre (MPAC) Disu Kamor voiced his shock over the decision of the Lagos ...
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Govt Not Nollywood Should Cater for Film Veterans - Elliot
Nollywood actor-cum-director, Desmod Elliot has said taking care of veteran of Nollywood actors who fall sick is beyond the industry as the government ought to cater for movie stars. The Glo ambassador expressed dissatisfaction with the rate Nollywood veterans die because of poor medical attention and the inability to foot their hospital bills. He said "it is not the industry, this is ...
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How Corruption Poor Governance Are Killing the Country
I pay tribute to the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Hon. Ekpo Nta and his indefatigable team for the brilliant idea of hosting this forum. This lofty initiative bears testimony to the genius of Hon. Ekpo Nta. Apart from shedding light on seemingly hazy issues, it is a welcome opportunity for elected officers to relate with the ...
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Internally Displaced Persons and the Society
Internally Displaced persons also known as IDPs are mostly victims of the inhumanity of man against man. They are victims of various kind of injustices or violence perpetrated by either their own government against them or by others, such as, communal clashes, terrorism, riots, religious conflicts, natural disasters and so on. Contrary to the expectation of the world population, the new world ...
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Police Probes Alms-Givers Missing Manhood Claim
Police authorities in Ondo State say they are investigating a middle-aged woman accused of castrating a man using charms. The alleged victim, a graduate of College of Education, Oro, Kwara State, claimed the woman, a beggar, allegedly hypnotized him after he gave her N50 alms, resulting in his manhood disappearing. The man, who gave his name as Mr. Akande, said he started feeling his penis ...
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Bar Beach Wont Be Available On Childrens Day
Lagos - The Management of Lagos Bar Beach has said that children and other fun seekers will not be able to use the sandy area of the beach during the Children's Day celebration. Mr Effiong Ekanem, the Chairman, Tourism Committee of Lagos Bar Beach, made the fact known in Lagos on Saturday, saying the area was restricted. Ekanem said the restriction was in compliance with safety ...
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Obasanjo Shares 40 Percent Cassava Bread With African Leaders
Former Nigeria's President ,Olusegun Obasanjo, took the 40 percent cassava flour inclusion in bread to Tanzania recently as he urged the Tanzania President to promote the use of cassava in confectioneries in his country to transform agriculture. He noted that the use of cassava flour in bread would stimulate the demand for the root crop, create jobs and, more importantly, make farmers ...
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Namas Automated Aeronautical Centres Ready for Test Run in October
Ikeja - Mr Ifeanyi Nwankwo of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) on Sunday said that the test run of NAMA's automated Aeronautical Information Service (AIS) centres in Nigeria, would start in October. Nwankwo, Director, Directorate of Safety Electronics and Engineering Services, NAMA, told aviation correspondents at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, that the first phase of ...
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State of Emergency - Military Gains Ground As Boko Haram Desert Camps
The troops deployed to enforce the state of emergency declared by President Goodluck Jonathan in some northern states have gained significant ground in their latest offensive against the strongholds of the Boko Haram Islamic sect. This was confirmed Sunday by the Director of Defence Information (DDI), Brig-Gen. Chris Olukolade who said that the troops have continued the advance and attack on ...
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Nigeria Excess Crude Account Drops to U.S.$5.27 Billion
The Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Yerima Ngama, has said that the country's Excess Crude Account (ECA) has dropped to $5.27billion. He made this known after the monthly Federal Accounts Allocation Committee(FAAC) meeting in Abuja. Following the outcome of the FAAC meeting, the National Economic Council (NEC) approved total sum of $2 billion for distribution to the three tiers of ...
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Nigeria Okonjo-Iweala Maku Okoh Ndukwe Pay Tributes As Achebe Burial Rites Begin
The burial rites for the eminent novelist, Prof Chinua Achebe who died on March 2, 2013, in the United States began Sunday in Abuja with a commendation service at the National Christian Centre, Abuja. Some of the personalities at the service include the Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; Information Minister, Labaran Maku; former Anambra State governor, Jim Nwobodo and the Primate of ...
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Nigeria Who Should Be the Next CBN Governor
It is an almost trivial assertion to state that political imperatives and economic necessities often contradict each other. Central banks reside at the intersection of politics and economics and are therefore potential arenas of conflict between the preferences of politicians and what is considered prudent macroeconomic policy by appointed technocrats. In anticipation of such conflict, ...
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Nigeria Jonathan to Drop Orubebe Three Others in Cabinet Reshuffle
There are possible indications that President Goodluck Jonathan might have concluded plans to offload four ministers from his cabinet in a reshuffle that is about to take place this month. The four ministers-Elders Godsday Orubebe, Mr. Bala Muhammad, Stella Odua and Labaran Maku, are said to have indicated interest in the 2015 election and had obtained the tacit approval of Mr. President to ...
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Nigeria Proceeds of Last Flight to Abuja to Go to Dana Air Victims
Basking on its success at the cinema, coupled with an award for "best film by an African Abroad" at AMAA 2013 in Bayelsa, popular movie on air safety, "Last Flight To Abuja", has revealed plans to avail half of the proceeds from box office takings to the victims of Dana air crash, to mark the first anniversary of the accident which claimed over 150 lives. The movie, which ...
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Nigeria No Management Contract With Rivers to Operate Aircraft - Caverton
Caverton Helicopters has told the House of Representative Committee on Aviation, and its counterpart on Justice that they had no management contract with Rivers State government to operate its aircraft and consequently could not have been under pressure to disown it over the aircraft. Caverton had reacted to the House Committees request to supply information concerning the Bombadier aircraft, ...
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Nigeria AD Decries Tricycle Ban in Lagos
Lagos - A chieftain of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Lagos, Chief Kola Ajayi, on Sunday decried the banning of commercial tricycles on major highways in Lagos. Mr Kayode Opeifa,the Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, had on May 10, announced the ban at a news conference in Lagos. Opeifa said that operation of the tricycles, popularly called Keke Marwa, constituted a nuisance on ...
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Nigeria Imposition of 35 Percent Import Duty On CPO Detrimental to Industries
The recent imposition of 35 percent duty on importation of Crude Palm Oil, CPO, into the country by the federal government is beginning to take a toll on associated food industries, as they have started to experience acute shortages in supply of the product, industry stakeholders have said. They lamented that Nigeria produces a meagre 750,000 MT to 800,000 MT of CPO every year as against ...
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World Nigeria offers amnesty to insurgents who surrender
amnesty on Sunday to Islamist militants who surrender and said 17 people had been killed on the fifth day of a military operation to try to crush ...
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Police nab ASP 3 others over kidnap kingpin’s escape
BY EMMA AMAIZE ASABA -- POLICE in Delta State have arrested and detained four police officers, including an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Sergeant and Corporal, for allegedly aiding the escape of a kidnap kingpin from police cell in Asaba, weekend. Delta State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba, confirmed the detention of the police officers when contacted by Vanguard, ...
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Senate debates State of Emergency proclamation tomorrow
By JOSEPH ERUNKE ABUJA -- There are strong indications that senators elected under the platform of Actrion Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and some within Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, may disregard the earlier directives of their respective parties not to support the imposition of a state of emergency on three states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, as the debate comes up tomorrow. The action of ...
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Alaafin urges US to assist Nigeria on security
By OLA AJAYI IBADAN -- The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has called on the United States of America, USA, to intervene in the security challenges in Nigeria. The call was made, yesterday, when he was receiving the US Consul-General to Nigeria, Mr. Jeffrey Hawkins, in his palace. Oba Adeyemi said: "Nigeria is facing serious challenges in the area of security. I want to use this ...
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14 S-East roads fail Reps standard test
By Emman Ovuakporie ENUGU -- FOURTEEN of the sixteen roads inspected during an on-going inspection of federal roads by the House of Representatives House Committee on Works failed all standard tests. When analysed in percentage, 87.5 per cent of the on-going federal road projects inspected in the South-East failed the standard tests conducted by members of the committee who were mainly ...
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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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