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| SELF DECLARED IVORY COAST PRESIDENT GIVEN DEADLINE TO STEP DOWN
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| Abidjan, Ivory Coast (CNN) -- A three-man West African delegation won't return to Ivory Coast until Monday, when it will ask self-declared President Laurent Gbagbo to relinquish his post or face a military ouster, a representative of the group said Friday.
But Gbagbo remained defiant in his claim t ... Read More
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| Halliburton sttles Nigeria bribery claims for $35 million
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| Haliburton Coy Bldg as at March 27, 2003 |
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STORY HIGHLIGHTS
The allegations date back to the 1990s, when Cheney was Halliburton's CEO
The $35 million settlement includes Nigeria's legal fees and expenses
Halliburton was accused of paying up to $180 million in bribes
(CNN) -- Oilfield contractor Halliburton has agreed to pay Nigeria $ ... Read More
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| Ojukwu in coma at UNTH
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| Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu |
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FORMER Biafran warlord and National leader of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) Chief Chukwuemeka Ojukwu is in a coma.
Ojukwu, confirmed sources, is on admission at the university of Nigeria teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu.
Though his wife, Bianca, said he is receiving treatment in h ... Read More
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| Jonathan is most experienced presidential aspirant
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| President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria |
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Vice-President Namadi Sambo has said that none of the presidential aspirants eying the presidency has the kind of vast political experience like President Goodluck Jonathan.
The vice-president said this on Monday in Otun-Ekiti while leading the campaign of the Peoples Democratic Party in th ... Read More
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| DDC machines: FG issues fresh, security directive to FAAN, others
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has ordered that all cargoes arriving the nation’s airports must henceforth be taken to cargo sheds within 30 minutes on arrival.
The order followed the theft of 20 Direct Data Capturing machines at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, a few w ... Read More
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| Our strategy against security lapses, by Jega
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| CHAIRMAN of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Attahiru Jega Monday spoke on how the commission intends to tackle security challenges during next year’s elections.
Jega spoke at the inauguration of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES).
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| Drinking cold water and heart attack
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| Diagram of the Heart and its functions |
| This a very good article. Not only about the warm water after your meal, but about heart attacks. The Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals, not cold water, maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit while eating.
For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicab ... Read More
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| Lagos: 'The New York of Nigeria'
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| Exploding city LAGOS, NIGERIA — Away from the noise and hustle and stink, the shriek of energy, the never-ending buzz that is Lagos, a man reclines on a gravestone, serenely reading a book. His name is Immortal, and he sells life insurance. He says he is waiting for an angel.
"I just come here t ... Read More
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| Dokubo: Militants Pledge to Suspend Attacks
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| The Joint Revolutionary Council, (JRC) a clearing house for most of the militant groups in the Niger Delta yesterday announced cessation of all hostilities against the Nigerian State and its allied interests following the release on bail of their leader, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo Asari.
The announcemen ... Read More
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| Genevieve Magazine Publisher Clarifies Morning Dew Mix-Up
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| Lagos, Nigeria – 13 June 2007 – Following the outcry from readers of Genevieve Magazine over an article which seemed to indicate that HIV positive individual should be avoided. Mrs. Betty Irabor today, responded by issuing a statement on the magazine’s website and on various blogs.
In her stat ... Read More
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| Honesty And Goodwill - the Other Side of Nigeria .
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| The teeming crowd around the restaurant's counter leaves no doubt that this is a busy afternoon. A group of eight women, dressed in navy blue and white uniform were busy taking clients orders at the counter; warming food in three micro-waves.
A middle-aged man, clearly running late for something ... Read More
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| Yar’Adua promises slight change in government
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| The President-elect, Alhaji Umaru Yar’Adua, on Thursday said that his government would comprise mostly the personalities in the President Olusegun Obasanjo administration.
He said that with his victory at the April 21 poll, the era of elitist government in Nigeria was over.
Yar‘Adua spoke at t ... Read More
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| FG arraigns Tinubu for operating foreign accounts
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| The Federal Government on Tuesday arraigned the Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, before the Code of Conduct Tribunal for alleged violation of the code of conduct for public officers.
Tinubu was accused of operating 10 foreign accounts while in office as governor. This is contrary to Sec ... Read More
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| OBASANJO APPOINTS ALAIBE AS NDDC BOSS
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| President Olusegun Obasanjo has appointed Mr. Ndutimi Alaibe from Bayelsa State as the new Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission.
Obasanjo, in a letter read on the floor of the Senate on Thursday, sought the confirmation of Alaibe‘s appointment in line with the provisions of ... Read More
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| MIXED REACTIONS FOLLOW INEC'S DECLARATION OF ELECTION RESULTS
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| With INEC's declaration of Yar'Adua as the winner of saturday's presidential election, there have been outrage and mixed reactions by other presidential candidates and international observers. Major General Muhammadu Buhari, who had over 6 milion votes to come second to Yar'Adua's 24 million votes, ... Read More
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| Nigerian govt has failed its people –International observers
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| The International Republican Institute‘s team of election observers has described the general election as a classic example of how the Nigerian government has failed its people.
Delivering its preliminary verdict on the governorship, state Assembly, Senate and Presidential elections at a news co ... Read More
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| Violence and fraud undermine Nigerian vote
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| Troops shot dead three boys during a protest, thugs stole ballot boxes and millions of voting slips went missing in Nigeria's election on Saturday, dashing hopes of a smooth democratic transition.
The vote will seal the first handover from one civilian president to another in Africa's most populo ... Read More
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| INEC: Results in Edo, Enugu, Imo, Ondo, Delta Under Probe
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| The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday in Abuja confirmed that it is investigating the conduct of the governorship and State House of Assembly elections in Ondo, Edo, Imo, Enugu and Delta States.
By so doing, it may be heeding the public outcry condemning the conduct of las ... Read More
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| All set for presidential poll in Nigeria
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| With the failure of the 18 opposition candidates to effect the postponement of Saturday‘s elections, all is set for the presidential election.
Twenty five presidential candidates will compete for the mandate of Nigerians.
The country has seen more than five general elections since its indepe ... Read More
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| OPS bemoans lingering blackout
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| The Chairman, Nigerian Economic Summit Group, Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa, said the productivity of most industrial firms had declined due to inadequate power supply.
According to him, the epileptic power supply has increased down time.
“We thought we have solved the energy crisis but we are still far ... Read More
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| Senate Moves to Ensure April Polls
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| Following uncertainties over the April polls, about three weeks after passing the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2007 preparatory to transmitting it to President Olusegun Obasanjo for his assent, the Senate declared that it has decided to consider further amendments to the Electoral Act, 2006.
This c ... Read More
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| Why Reading Matters!
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| Why do we tell children to read? We are always telling children that books and reading are good for them, but have we ever really thought about why that is true? Exactly what do children get out of reading story books and novels? What do younger children gain from being read to? Does reading really ... Read More
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| Presidency Haunted, Says Gowon
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| As the protracted wrangling between President Olusegun Obasanjo and Vice President Atiku Abubakar continues, former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, yesterday urged Nigerians to seek divine intervention, saying the quarrel between the two had gone beyond the anti-corruption war or permutations a ... Read More
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| FG Gazettes Atiku’s Indictment
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| The noose around Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s neck is tightening as the Federal Government prepares to release next week, a gazette containing his indictment for abuse of office by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Administrative Panel of Inquiry.
The gazette, which acc ... Read More
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| Crash Victims Buried Amid Tears
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| Emotions ran high yesterday in Abuja as the remains of the 13 military officers who died in last Sunday's air crash in Benue state were buried yesterday at the National Military Cemetery in a solemn ceremony attended by important dignatories from across the world.
There were tears all around from t ... Read More
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| Ribadu tackles Atiku at IMF/World Bank forum
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| The Federal Government may have foreclosed the "family settlement" approach in its probe of Vice President Abubakar Atiku over allegations of corruption.
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Nuhu Ribadu, said in Singapore yesterday that his body would not be dissua ... Read More
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| Atiku to Obasanjo: Release auditor's report of PTDF
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| Alhaji Atiku Abubakar |
| VICE PRESIDENT Atiku Abubakar has continued the battle to save his political life by taking the war to the doorstep of his accusers.
In a press statement yesterday, the Vice President denied any wrongdoing in the handling of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) under his leadership. H ... Read More
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