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Ogun Lawmakers Travel To US
The assurance given by lawmakers in Ogun State to pass the state’s budget within three weeks of the presentation may…
Council Boss Backs Calls For SNC
The Chairman of Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State, south-west Nigeria, Comrade Ayodele Adewale has joined the calls for…
Saudis behead 2 for murder
Saudi authorities on Tuesday beheaded two nationals for murder, including one who stabbed his wife to death and burned her…
FG, Embraer discuss re-fleeting Nigeria’s domestic airlines
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s Federal government said on Monday it has begun talks with Embraer, world’s major aircraft manufacturer based…
Union protests sack of 4,000 workers at Chevron
Oluremilekun Osobu-Asubiojo Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL,has sacked about 4,000 workers without pension and gratuity. The President of National Union of…
Dangote, Bill Gates in partnership to fight polio
The richest man in Africa and the wealthiest man from the United States joined forces Monday in the battle against…
Subsidy Fraud: Charge against Ahmadu Ali’s son amended
Henry Ojelu& Olamide Abdul The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today re-arraigned Mamman Ali, son of former Peoples Democratic…
Another robbery gang arrested in Sagamu
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Less than 24hours after the police command in Sagamu in Sagamu local government area of Ogun state,…
Facebook Murder: Lagos DPP frees 4 suspects
Henry Ojelu& Olamide Abdul The Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecution, DPP, has exonerated four suspects linked to the murder…
US, EU crackdown on counterfeit websites
US and European authorities said Monday they seized 132 websites in a transatlantic law enforcement crackdown on online sellers of…
Mexican beauty queen killed in shootout
A 22-year-old Mexican beauty queen was killed in a gunfight between soldiers and a suspected gang in the northwestern state…
Nigerian Archbishop ponders Boko Haram Puzzle
.Archbishop asks: why are Boko Haram bombers always successful? Nigerian Catholic archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama on Monday condemned as “disturbing”…
Reps Hembe, Azubuogu Re- Arraigned.
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday re-arraigned suspended chairman of the House of…
Nigerian state turns Nest Of Kidnappers
Kidnapping is on the rise in Ogun State Just before dawn on Sunday 11 November 2012, Alhaji Safiriyu Araba, Chairman…
Zuma seeks ancestors’ backing for ANC re-election
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma’s family slaughtered 12 cows at his rural village at the weekend in a traditional ritual…
Wielding The Big Stick
Federal Government wields the big stick against Bi-Courtney Highway Services. To many Nigerians, last week’s decision of the federal government…
Governance Is In Full Gear
Chuks Ugwoke, Enugu State Commissioner for Information, tells JETHRO IBILEKE that government activities remain unhindered by the governor’s absence What…
Chime: Anger, Anxiety Over Enugu Governor
A lengthy absence from office sparks anger, anxiety and rumours of poor health about Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State…
Emergency Should Be Declared In Enugu
Comrade Osmond Ogu, Enugu State Chairman of the Civil Liberties Organisation and Chairman, Enugu State Workers’ Forum, tells JETHRO IBILEKE…
Gunmen freed 30 detainees, says Nigeria Police
The Nigeria Police has confirmed that 30 suspects in its detention were freed by gunmen who attacked the premises of…
Jaji bombings: Top military officer among injured victims
BY FEMI ADI/KADUNA A senior military officer, Air Commodore Alechenu Ekagbo has been confirmed to be among the victims of…
Obanikoro’s supporters protest over appeal delay
Henry Ojelu& Abdul Olamide Supporters of Mr. Babajide Ibrahim Obanikoro, son of former Nigeria High Commissioner to Ghana, Musiliu Obanikoro,…
Football Tragedy: Fans Stab Hotel Manager To Death
The manager of a hotel in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria has been stabbed to death by two football fans during…
Man Rapes 12 Year-Old-Girl, Rejects Marriage
A 25-year old man, Umaru Ismali has been arrested by the police and charged before a Lagos court for allegedly…
NDLEA Impounds 3,500kg Of Indian Hemp
The Zamfara Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has impounded 3,500 kilogrammes of Cannabis Satiba, known as…
Microfinance Money Market Operation Begins 2013
The National Association of Microfinance Banks (NAMB) says that the proposed Microfinance Money Market Operation (MMMO) will become operational by…
Bombing Is Wicked —Northern Govs
The Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) has described Sunday’s bomb blasts that killed 11 persons at St Andrews Protestant Church,…
The Nigerian State And Subsidised Governance
BY YUNUSA KEHINDE SALAMI The usual thing these days is to read in newspapers or hear from the electronic media,…
The Subsidy Conundrum
By Chido Onumah If you are confused about the assurance by President Jonathan during his recent media chat that “Subsidy…
For Effective Grassroots Governance
For sometime now there has been a clamour for autonomy for local governments in the country. Proponents of the idea…