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- Court Set To Deliver Judgment In Ex-Dangote Staff Case
- Over 70 Aides To Lose Jobs Over Dissolution Of PDP’s NWC
- Federation Account: FG, Govs settle rift
- FG Reviews Criteria For Appointment Of Perm Secs
- Special Duties Ministry Laments Paucity Of Funds
- 2013 UTME: FG Pegs Cut-Off Marks At 180, 150
- Super Eagles Trash Tahiti 6 – 1
Court Set To Deliver Judgment In Ex-Dangote Staff Case
Justice Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osaghae of the National Industrial Court, (NIC) sitting in Lagos has fixed July 1, 2013 to deliver judgment in a suit filed by over 300 former employee ...
Over 70 Aides To Lose Jobs Over Dissolution Of PDP’s NWC
Akin Akande, Abuja The imminent sack of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is likely to cost over 60 private aides of members of the committ ...
Federation Account: FG, Govs settle rift
The Federal Government and state governors in the country have reached an agreement to resolve all lingering issues on the Federation Account. Last week, States Commissioners of Fi ...
FG Reviews Criteria For Appointment Of Perm Secs
Akin Akande, Abuja The Federal government on Tuesday announced that it has carried out a review of the criteria involved in the appointment of federal permanent secretaries into al ...
Special Duties Ministry Laments Paucity Of Funds
Akin Akande, Abuja Six months after its establishment, the Federal Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, on Tuesday lamented that in spite of its achievement, ...
2013 UTME: FG Pegs Cut-Off Marks At 180, 150
Akin Akande, Abuja The Federal Government has released the cut-off marks for admission into universities, polytechnics, colleges of education as well as monotechnics and other tert ...
Super Eagles Trash Tahiti 6 – 1
Nigeria smashed in six goals against minnows Tahiti but suffered the embarrassment of conceding to the team that were odds on not to score at the Confederations Cup. Jonathan Tehau ...
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Court Set To Deliver Judgment In Ex-Dangote Staff Case
Justice Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osaghae of the National Industrial Court, (NIC) sitting in Lagos has fixed July 1, 2013 to deliver judgment in a
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Court Set To Deliver Judgment In Ex-Dangote Staff Case
Justice Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osaghae of the National Industrial Court, (NIC) sitting in Lagos has fixed July 1, 2013 to deliver judgment in a
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Analyst Report: UACN Plc
Slowly, but steadily, UAC of Nigeria Plc, a leading conglomerate in Nigeria, has transformed from a trade and commercial entity to a
Markets
NSE: Market Capitalisation Hits N11.84Trillion In A Bullish Trade
The market closed its second trading day of the week Tuesday21st May, 2013 on a bullish note as the All- Share- Index (ASI) recorded positive
Discourse
How To Reform The Police – Okiro
Former Inspector General of Police, Mike Okiro was Wednesday inaugurated as the Chairman, Police Service Commission alongside members of the
Sports
Super Eagles Trash Tahiti 6 – 1
Nigeria smashed in six goals against minnows Tahiti but suffered the embarrassment of conceding to the team that were odds on not to score at the
Federation Account: FG, Govs settle rift
The Federal Government and state governors in the country have reached an agreement to resolve all lingering issues on the Federation Account. Last week, Read more »
FG Reviews Criteria For Appointment Of Perm Secs
Akin Akande, Abuja The Federal government on Tuesday announced that it has carried out a review of the criteria involved in the appointment of federal Read more »
Special Duties Ministry Laments Paucity Of Funds
Akin Akande, Abuja Six months after its establishment, the Federal Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, on Tuesday lamented that in Read more »
Amaechi Loyalists Boycott NGF Meeting
Akin Akande, Abuja All the governors loyal to Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State on Monday boycotted a meeting of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum Read more »
How We Reduced Domestic Borrowing – Finance Minister
The Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has disclosed that the federal government had to streamline its Read more »
Over 70 Aides To Lose Jobs Over Dissolution Of PDP’s NWC
Akin Akande, Abuja The imminent sack of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is likely to cost over 60 private aides Read more »
Suspension: PDP Makes U-Turn, Recalls Wamakko
Akin Akande, Abuja The suspension slammed on Governor of Sokoto State Aliyu Wamakko by the leadership of the Peoples Democratic party (PDP), was on Monday Read more »
More Crisis For Northern Governors Forum As Gov. Suswam Pulls Out
The crisis of confidence rocking the Northern Governors’ Forum, NSGF, has deepened following the Gov. Gabriel Suswam of Benue State’ withdrawal Read more »
2015: Group Commends Chime Over Pronouncement On Successor
Akin Akande, Abuja A pressure group under the aegis of Enugu State Roots Initiative (ESRI), has commended the Governor of Enugu, Sullivan Chime over his Read more »
You Don’t Have Power To Call NGF Meeting, Amaechi Warns Jang
Gov. Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and factional Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, has warned Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State to stop Read more »
Mark Mourns Ben Odiase, Fatai Rolling Dollar
Akin Akande, Abuja President of the Senate, Senator David Mark has Condoled the families of the composer of the National Anthem Pa Benedict Odiase and high Read more »
COSON Mourns Fatai Rolling Dollar
Akin Akande, Abuja The Nigeria music industry was on Wednesday June 12, 2013 thrown into mourning as the news broke of the demise of one of the oldest Read more »
Popular Singer, Fatai Rolling Dollar Dies At 85
One of the oldest Nigerian popular music legends, Pa. Fatai Olayiwola Olagunju aka Fatai Rolling Dollar, has died at the age of 85. The singer died early Read more »
Eccentric Designer, Karl Lagerfeld, Wants To Marry Pampered Cat
He dotes on her so much that he admits she is like a ‘kept woman’. So perhaps it is no surprise that Karl Lagerfeld has revealed that he would marry Read more »
FCT Minister Plans To Relocate NTA To A Better Location
Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Senator Bala Mohammed yesterday declared that the location of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) headquarters Read more »
Rivers Has Highest Number Of People Living With HIV/AIDS
From Paul Obiajunwo, Port Harcourt Rivers State has the highest number of people living with HIV/AIDS with a total of 145,236 adults and 15,000 children Read more »
NANTMP Sacks President Over N29m Fraud
By Akin Akande, Abuja The National Association of Nigerian Traditional Medicine Practitioners (NANTMP) has suspended its National President, His Royal Read more »
NPC Begins Demographic, Health Survey
By Akin Akande, Abuja In order to provide data for effective management of the nation’s population, the National Population Commission (NPC) has Read more »
We closed down 82 sub-standard health care facilities in Abuja says Minister
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Senator Bala Mohammed has said that the FCT administration closed down 82 sub-standard medical outfits in and Read more »
600 beneficiaries for EU free medical scheme in Ogoni community
About 600 people in Kpor community in Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State have benefited from European Union free medical scheme in the area. Read more »
UNEP Report: Ogoni Politicians Urged To Pressure FG On Implementation
From Paul Obiajunwo, Port Harcourt Rivers State media practitioners of Ogoni extraction have tasked political officeholders from the area to prevail on Read more »
‘You Cannot Take Our Ancestral Land’- FCT Indigenes Tell Government
The original inhabitants of Shere, a resettlement centre area where the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) planned to relocate six communities Read more »
Climate: IFC Issues $1 Billion Green Bond For Developing Nations
International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, today issued a $1 billion green bond that will be used to support IFC Read more »
Flooding: Chevron donates N50m to NEMA
As part of ongoing donation to the flood victims across the country, Chevron/NNPC Joint Venture has donated relief materials worth a sum of N50 million Read more »
Irate Youths Threaten to Manhandle Reckless Truck Drivers
Angered by the killing of a pregnant woman by a reckless truck driver, the youths of Igwurita community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State Read more »
Murder Victims Family Seeks Justice
From Paul Obiajunwo,Port Harcourt The family of Anthony Osio Aghogho, the Professional Welders’ Union leader murdered by armed bandits in Delta State Read more »
Pension Fraud: Maina’s Suit Suffers Setback At Industrial Court
Efforts by the embattled former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, PRTT, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, to be reinstated into the federal challenging his Read more »
Port Harcourt Community Decries Rise In Robbery, Rape
From Paul Obiajunwo, Port Harcourt The residents of Ada-George, in Rumueme community, Obio/Akpor Local Government of Rivers State have called on the Read more »
Abducted IAUE Lecturer’s Son Regains Freedom
From Paul Obiajunwo, Port Harcourt The son of Dr. Gods time Ogbeoleka, a senior lecturer with Ignatius Ajuru University of Education (IAUE) Rivers State Read more »
Clutching The Koran, Second London Horror Killer, Michael Adebolajo, Charged To Court
Woolwich murder suspect Michael Adebolajo has appeared in court accused of murdering Drummer Lee Rigby. Dressed in all white with his left arm heavily Read more »
Save PDP From Collapse, Atiku Urges Founding Fathers
Akin Akande, Abuja Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on concerned founding fathers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to speak up and come Read more »
Recession: IMF Approves Euro 1 billion Facility For Cyprus
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday approved a three-year SDR 891 million (about €1 billion, or US$1.33 billion for Read more »
Ghana Plans To Raise $1Bn Eurobond In 2013
Ghana plans to issue a Eurobond worth up to $1 billion to refinance existing debt and fund infrastructure projects, its vice president said on Wednesday. Read more »
Spain Unemployment Hits Record High
Spain’s unemployment rate soared to a new record of 27.2 per cent of the workforce in the first quarter of 2013, according to official figures. The Read more »
IMF Holds High-Level Roundtable On Structural Banking Reform
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), yesterday held a High-Level Roundtable on Structural Banking Reform with participation of senior officials from Read more »
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