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Kwara state proscribes transport union branches

Kwara state proscribes transport union branches

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Africa, News.
Stephen Oni/ Ilorin Government of the Nigerian central state of Kwara has announced the proscription of the Offa and Erin-Ile branches of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, and Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN, over their roles in this year’s violent clashes between the two communities. The two neighbouring communities in [...]
Boko Haram: Families of slain cops cry out

Boko Haram: Families of slain cops cry out

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Africa, News.
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Families of 40 police officers who were among those killed in the 20 January 2012 coordinated attacks by Boko Haram members in Kano, northwest Nigeria cried out to the Federal Government on Thursday, saying 16 months after they lost their loved ones who died serving the country, they were yet to receive any [...]
Senate opposes NITEL liquidation

Senate opposes NITEL liquidation

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Africa.
The Senate on Thursday asked the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) to discountenance any plan to liquidate the moribund Nigeria Telecommunication (NITEL). Instead of “guided liquidation” of NITEL BPE is pursuing, the upper chamber said that NITEL should be concession or run under Public Private Partnership (PPP). Chairman, Senate Committee on Privatization, Senator Gbenga Obadara, ...
Ajibola, El-Rufai, Oyebode, urge FG to tackle corruption, insecurity

Ajibola, El-Rufai, Oyebode, urge FG to tackle corruption, insecurity

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Africa.
Emminent Nigerians on Thursday gathered in Lagos to discuss the state of insecurity and corruption that have bedeviled the country over a long period of time, nearly stalling her development and proffer solutions to the problems. They include two former Attorney Generals of the Federation, Prince Bola Ajibola (SAN) and Godwin Kanu Agabi (SAN), former ...
Nigeria’s Emergency Phone Number Goes Live

Nigeria’s Emergency Phone Number Goes Live

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Africa, News.
A typical national emergency call number with links to Federal Road Safety Corps, police and fire service has been launched in Nigeria as the nation’s first and only 24-hour national bureau of directory and information services. Named “7411 bureau of information”, the service also has businesses listings, people finders, driving directions, tax advices, address finders, ...
Jonathan to monarchs, clergies: help fix Nigeria

Jonathan to monarchs, clergies: help fix Nigeria

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Africa.
…As literary icon Achebe is buried …Governors Obi, Orji locked out of church President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday tasked traditional rulers, clergymen, politicians and businessmen in the country to help fix the country. He spoke at Saint Phillip’s Anglican Church in Ikenga Ogidi, in Idemili Local Government Area, Anambra State, during the funeral service of ...
Police quiz more officials over WAEC fees fraud

Police quiz more officials over WAEC fees fraud

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Africa, News.
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Over 20 officials from the Ogun State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology have been arrested by the Police in connection with the N200 million WAEC fees scam in the Ministry. Twenty two officials, which include all the 20 Zonal Education Officers, ZEO and a Director simply identified as Pastor and a [...]
Swearing in of high court judges in Jos

Swearing in of high court judges in Jos

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Africa.
2013 National Risk Management Confrence

2013 National Risk Management Confrence

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Africa.
Jonathan’s Cross

Jonathan’s Cross

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Africa.
OpinionBy Ben Nanaghan Zimbabwe’s Solomon Madzore must be cooling off in a Zimbabwean detention camp right now. His crime: he called President Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s President for life, “a limping donkey who should be put out to pasture”. And even a court ruling to set him free was brushed aside by President Mugabe who has [...]
Another Call For National Dialogue

Another Call For National Dialogue

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Africa.
EditorialThe august gathering of eminent Nigerians under the aegis of the Southern Nigeria Peoples Assembly, SNPA, recently, in Lagos is welcome. The meeting is laudable as it frankly deliberated on the touchy issues threatening the country’s existence, as well as proffering some solutions, which are in sync with popular agitations by other change-seeking Nigerians. Chief [...]
Police Frustrate Lagos Laws —Deputy Speaker

Police Frustrate Lagos Laws —Deputy Speaker

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Africa, News.
Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, southwest Nigeria, Taiwo Kolawole, has accused the police in Lagos state of frustrating the enforcement of laws passed by the House. He also blamed the country’s constitution for the poor implementation of laws enacted by the state Houses of Assembly. Kolawole stated this while speaking with [...]
CRIME PREVENTION: Fashola, Manko To Teach 250 Kids

CRIME PREVENTION: Fashola, Manko To Teach 250 Kids

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Africa, News.
Umar MankoThe Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola and  the Lagos State Commisioner of Police, Mr Umar Manko are to teach 250 kids about crime prevention as part of activities to mark this year’s Children’s Day. The event being organised by a security organisation, Crime Fighters Security Awareness,  is to educate Nigerian children on how  to [...]
New VIDEO: We swear by Almighty Allah we’ll never stop fighting you – Michael Adebolajo (Woolwich terrorist)

New VIDEO: We swear by Almighty Allah we’ll never stop fighting you – Michael Adebolajo (Woolwich terrorist)

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Africa, News.
The Sun has published new footage of the Woolwich attack, this one filmed from a bus parked on John Wilson street where two men hacked a British soldier to death. (BE WARNED IT IS GRAPHIC; SCROLL DOWN TO WATCH) The video shows one of the two attackers, who security sources have now identified as Michael ...
Jang replaces sacked judge

Jang replaces sacked judge

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Africa, News.
Plateau State Governor, Mr. Jonah Jang, has appointed three judges to fill vacancies in the state judiciary and replace those sacked on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council. Jang had on March 5 sacked Justice Thomas Naron, who was indicted by NJC over his handling of the controversial Osun State governorship election petition. The... [Read More...]
Who is Michael Adebolajo? More details about the Nigerian terrorist in Woolwich

Who is Michael Adebolajo? More details about the Nigerian terrorist in Woolwich

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Africa, News.
Michael Olumide Adebolajo, was born in Lambeth in December 1984 to a Christian family, grew up in Romford, travelled to school on the bus, played football and had lots of friends, Guardian sources report, revealing more about one of the two suspects who killed a British soldier on John Wilson street in an unprovoked attack. ...
London attack: Lee Rigby named as victim

London attack: Lee Rigby named as victim

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Africa, News.
The soldier killed in an attack on a London street has been named as Drummer Lee Rigby of the 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. Drummer Rigby, 25, from Manchester, leaves behind a two-year-old son. Two men are under arrest in hospital after police shot them near Woolwich Barracks on Wednesday afternoon, in the... [Read More...]
Berlin to stage 2015 Champions league final

Berlin to stage 2015 Champions league final

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Africa, Sports.
Berlin’s Olympiastadion has been announced by Uefa as the host of the 2015 Champions League final. It will be the first time the German capital stadium, which was built to host the 1936 Olympic Games will be hosting the final. The stadium has never staged the final of Europe’s top competition. The National Stadium in ...
Lagos discovers ’5.5m tax evaders’

Lagos discovers ’5.5m tax evaders’

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Africa.
The Lagos State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Tokunbo Abiru, on Thursday said that over 5.5 million taxable individuals in the informal sector had not been paying taxes to the state. Abiru said this in Lagos at the 3rd Annual Lecture and Inauguration of the Public Service Chapter of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria ...
PHOTOS: Chinua Achebe’s burial

PHOTOS: Chinua Achebe’s burial

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Africa, News.
A funeral service was held for late Nigerian author Professor Chinua Achebe at Ogidi in southeast Nigeria on May 23, 2013. Find pictures below:
Reps to probe activities of laboratory centres

Reps to probe activities of laboratory centres

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Africa.
The House of Representatives on Thursday mandated the Committee on Health to investigate the nefarious activities of dubious medical laboratory centres across the country. It also urged the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, to ensure that all quack medical laboratory centres in the country were closed down. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that ...
An Evening with Pacino

An Evening with Pacino

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Africa, Entertainment.
Leading financial alchemist, DVK, a global boutique private equity and commodity trading company, has  announced its strategic partnership with the European Premiere of An Evening with Pacino at the London Palladium on June 2  , this year. The announcement follows the launch of DVK’s film and entertainment fund which will be governed by a leading ...
Toulon Tournament: Flying Eagles drop several key players (See squad)

Toulon Tournament: Flying Eagles drop several key players (See squad)

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Africa, News, Sports.
Nigeria U20s have dropped several key players including skipper Abduljaleel Ajagun and striker Umar Aminu for next week’s Toulon Tournament. Others dropped are goalkeeper Jonah Usman, Chidi Osuchukwu, Chizoba Amaefule, Agboyi Ovbokha, Sikiru Alimi and Lucky Omeruo. Tournament organisers have demanded that only 22 players be registered for the competition, which is expected to prepare ...
FG to ‘subsidise’ cost of medical checkup

FG to ‘subsidise’ cost of medical checkup

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Africa.
The Federal Government said on Thursday in Geneva that a budgetary allocation had been made to subsidise the cost of medical checkups for Nigerians. The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, said at the ongoing 66th session of the General Assembly of the World Health Organisation, that regular checkups would enable Nigeria to help address ...
London Attack: Nothing in Islam justifies dreadful attack says Cameron

London Attack: Nothing in Islam justifies dreadful attack says Cameron

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Africa, News.
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday said “nothing in Islam justifies this dreadful attack” which left a soldier dead in London. Cameron who cut short his trip to Paris, addressed at a news conference on the extremist attack carried out by two men near a military barrack in Woolwich South east London on Wednesday. He... [Read More...]
VIDEO: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Obsessed with Porn, Scarlett Johansson in ‘Don Jon’

VIDEO: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Obsessed with Porn, Scarlett Johansson in ‘Don Jon’

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Life and Health.
With his directorial debut in 'Don Jon', Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a guy from New Jersey who is obsessed ...
VIDEO: Pakistan bomb kills 13

VIDEO: Pakistan bomb kills 13

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Life and Health.
At least 13 people dead and dozens wounded in a roadside bomb in southwestern Pakistan. Sarah Sheffer reports. ...
VIDEO: Janet Jackson Becomes a Billionaire

VIDEO: Janet Jackson Becomes a Billionaire

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Life and Health.
Janet Jackson has hit billionaire status, joining the ranks of J.K. Rowling, Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg. She's ...
VIDEO: Global shares in Fed tailspin

VIDEO: Global shares in Fed tailspin

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Life and Health.
Concern the U.S. Federal Reserve's may scale back its monetary stimulus and weak Chinese factory data trigger a ...
VIDEO: Life after the tornado in Moore, Okla.

VIDEO: Life after the tornado in Moore, Okla.

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Life and Health.
In Moore, Okla., residents, officials and volunteer workers come to grips with the aftermath of the EF-5 level ...
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