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Mogaji More condolences pour in for Tinubu
By CHARLES KUMOLU & BASHIR ADEFAKA LAGOS -- Associates of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, national leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu have condoled with him on the death of his mother, Alhaja Abibatu Mogaji. Mogaji, died on Saturday evening at her Ikeja residence at the age of 96 and was buried on Sunday at a private cemetery in Ikoyi. The third day Fidau prayer was held yesterday. ...
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Govt completes training of 500 LASTMA officers traffic managers
By OLASUNKANMI AKONI Lagos -- The Lagos State government has concluded a one-week training for about 500 officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, and other traffic managers, aimed at equipping them with necessary knowledge and skills to manage traffic with high technology equipment. Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Kayode Opeifa, made this known while addressing ...
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NGF crisis LP chieftain expresses dismay over Mimiko’s role
By Emeka Mamah LAGOS--A member of the National Executive Committee, NEC, of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Issa Aremu, has expressed dismay over Governor Olusegun Mimiko's role in connection with the disputed Nigerian Governors' Forum, NGF. The election was won by Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State. He said: "As a member of the NEC of the LP, I am constrained to call on ...
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Amaechi assures on completion of Ogoni-Andoni-Opobo Unity road
By JIMITOTA ONOYUME PORT HARCOURT-- GOVERNOR Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has again assured that his administration will soon complete the Ogoni Andoni-Opobo-Unity Road project. Amaechi, who gave the assurance during an inspection of the 42 kilometre road project, noted that the road has 13 bridges, adding that it would connect Opobo town to other parts of the state, expressing the hope that ...
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Nsukka loses N20m monthly to ghost teachers
By CHINENYEH OZOR NSUKKA -- Nsukka Local Government Council in Enugu State has admitted losing N20 million monthly to ghost primary school teachers. Mr. Tony Ugwu, chairman of the council, disclosed this at a briefing, saying that although the council discovered the ungodly racket recently, everything was being done to nip the development in the bud. Ugwu noted that the scam, which had been ...
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Ijaw Youth Council has lost focus says ex-scribe
By Emma Amaize WARRI-- Former Secretary of Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Western Zone, Mr. Paul Bebenimibo, yesterday, said that the current leaders of the group had lost focus and advocated a caretaker committee to run its affairs. Speaking to Vanguard in Warri, Delta State, he said: "IYC has outlived its usefulness because those at the helm of affairs have politicised the body and created ...
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Kaduna Assembly alleges misuse of N560m SURE-P fund
KADUNA--Kaduna State House of Assembly, KDSHA, yesterday, alleged dubious transactions involving the state's share of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme, SURE-P, including the reported missing N560 million from the fund. The state Governor, Alhaji Muktar Yero was the Chairman of the SURE-P programme in 2012 when the money was reportedly declared missing. As the then Deputy ...
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Nnaji’s power generating firm begins operation in Aba
BY ANAYO OKOLI UMUAHIA-- A power generating firm, Geometric Power System, owned by former Minister of Power, Prof. Barth Nnaji will begin generation and distribution of power in Aba next month. Prof. Barth Nnaji, who is also served as Chairman of the firm said, necessary arrangements have been concluded for the power company to take off. Nnaji explained that distribution of electricity from ...
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Police didn’t kill our student —Kwara Poly
ILORIN--The authorities of the Kwara State Polytechnic have reacted to media reports that a student of the institution was killed by a police escort of one of the banks in the state on May 28, 2013. A statement signed by the Registrar of the school, M.O. Salami, stated that the student claimed to have been shot dead was still very much alive. The statement read in part, "You will recall ...
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Why I dumped the body of my son at Ketu Police station
By Uju Mbanusi THE father of nine-year-old, Oluwatimilehin Ebun, a Basic 3 student of Royal Scholars International school, Ikorodu, Lagos, who was allegedly killed by stray Police bullet has given reasons why he dumped the body of his son at Ketu Police station. Recounting the moments he shared last with his son before his untimely demise, Mr. Olusegun Ebun, Managing Director of a Finance firm ...
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Reps slam contractor order him to resume work on abandoned Ikorodu – Sagamu road
By EMMAN OVUAKPORIE LAGOS -- The Houseof Representatives Committee on Works, yesterday, asked a contractor, Impresit Bakolori Plc, that abandoned Ikorodu-Sagamu road for two years to activate the contractual agreements or face the wrath of the law. Chairman of the Committee, Ogbuefi Ozomgbachi, said this during an inspection of the road. Ozombgachi, who led a 16-member team to inspect South ...
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CONFEDERATIONS CUP Uruguay will be different
African champions Nigeria, in upbeat mood, arrived Salvador, north-eastern Brazil Tuesday afternoon ahead of their much-hyped clash with South American champions Uruguay on Thursday. The Eagles are majestically perched at the top of Group B of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup following a 6-1 trouncing of Tahiti in Belo Horizonte on Monday evening. Spain's Furia Roja (Red Fury) who edged ...
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Constitutional role for civil society-media organisations
THIRDLY, the challenge of Nigeria is not so much the lack of good laws, policies, rules and regulations. The implementation of these ordinances is the problem. The CCS will support other government arms by mobilising its CSOs, their members and volunteers to engage the MDAs. The proposed recognition of CCS is compelling for other reasons. CSOs have played a significant role in the current ...
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Dad remanded for allegedly poisoning own son
BY PETER DURU MAKURDI -- A 21-year-old man, John Terver, has been arrested andremanded in Makurdi for allegedly poisoning the food of his three-year-old son, Aondoyima Terver, which led to the death of the toddler. Terver, an automobile panel beater, hails from Zaki Biam in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State. Arraigning the suspect at a Makurdi Magistrate’s Court, the police ...
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There ‘ll be adequate funds for Lagos-Ibadan Apapa-Oshodi roads – Tambuwal
By CLIFFORD NDUJIHE SPEAKER of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, has assured that lawmakers would ensure adequate funds for the fixing of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in the 2014 budget. He also promised to liaise with other Federal lawmakers to find solutions to the deteriorating Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, the gateway to the nation's major seaports that had become an eyesore ...
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Industrial hub Why more companies are moving to Ogun
IT began as an innocent question but soon degenerated into a heated argument. And what is this question, one might? Between Lagos and Ogun, which has more industries? The Lagos fans would not imagine any state in the country taking the lead in terms of commerce and industrialisation. They were ready to put their last kobo on the line. They readily cited the ports and some industries around the ...
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Ubah tackles Gov Obi over car gifts to traditional rulers
BY ENYIM ENYIM ONITSHA--The face-off between Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State and a governorship aspirant for the 2014 governorship election in the state, Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah, deepened yesterday as Obi's recent distribution of vehicles to traditional rulers came under attack by Ubah. Governor Obi gave vehicles to each of the traditional rulers in the state to assist them. But Ubah in a ...
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Vanguard’s Publisher decries child abuse
LAGOS--Publisher of Vanguard newspaper, Mr. Sam Amuka, yesterday, reaffirmed his organisation's commitment to fight child sex abuse in the country, even as Mrs. Kuburat Okoya, wife of industrialist, Razaq Okoya, said the trend had become a silent epidemic. Addressing participants during the 5th edition of Vanguard's Children's Annual Conference that attracted over 40 schools in ...
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Rape The reign of randy men
One of the minors (name withheld) had allegedly showed up at school in March with blood dripping down her legs. When questioned by school officials, the minor claimed that Atunde had sex with her. "Daddy has been having sex with at least 10 of us. We are mostly between the ages of eight and 14. I reported to Aunty Hannah and when she challenged daddy, he laid a curse on me," she said. ...
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CBN extends deadline on Know Your Customer
By Babajide Komolafe & Peter Egwuatu Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday, extended, by eight months, the deadline for banks and other financial institutions to comply with Know-Your-Customer, KYC, requirements. Meanwhile, value of shares listed on the Nigeria Stock Exchange, NSE, fell by N19.4 billion yesterday due to decline in the share price of 33 companies. Additional KYC ...
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Flood stalls court’s proceeding in Imo
BY CHIDI NKWOPARA OWERRI--Activities at Owerri Urban Customary Court, situated inside Imo Hotels, Owerri, were yesterday, stalled, following the submerging of the building by flood. The flood came on the heels of a torrential rain experienced which lasted for several hours on Monday. Vanguard observed that court officials and litigants clustered in groups to discuss the flood. A staff of the ...
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Imo 2015 Will PDP prevail
By Nnamdi Ojiego The race for 2015 Imo State governorship election has begun, and no political party in the state is leaving anything to chance towards occupying the Government House. The battle for now, is mainly between the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, which is part of the yet to be registered All Progressives Congress, APC, and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. ...
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NITDA powers Senators on ICT-driven legislation
BY EMMA ELEBEKE In a move to digitalize the Nigerian law making process, the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, has begun an ICT training programme for the Senate in Abuja. This followed the successful conclusion of similar training for the House of Representatives in 2012. The ICT training scheme is an initiative of NITDA aimed at arming the legislative arm of ...
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Nasarawa killings Maku Ewuga others shun peace meeting
By Abel Daniel Lafia--A peace meeting called by Governor Tanko Almakura of Nasarawa State to find an end to the protracted crisis which has led to the killing of hundreds of people, including 103 security men recently, flopped yesterday as major stakeholders from Eggon clan boycotted the parley. The summit was supposed to feature major stakeholders like the former Governor Aliyu Akwe Doma; ...
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The opposition will return GEJ to power
By Ebele Orakpo What's with some people anyway?" hissed Joshua, a commuter in the Apapa-bound bus as the bus crawled through the usual maddening traffic. Another commuter, Tayo had made a scathing remark on President Goodluck Jonathan's government being rudderless. "I get really pissed off when people criticize for criticism sake." "But is that not true? Is this ...
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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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