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| FG to honour Abiola – Tinubu
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| The Federal Government may have decided to honour the winner of June 12, 1993 presidential election, the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, in recognition of his role in Nigeria‘s democratic structure.
A former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who made this known at the 10th y ... Read More
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| Nigeria loses 30% of budget revenue to N’Delta crisis
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| The Federal Government on Monday said it was losing about 30 per cent of its revenue projection for 2008 to the lingering crisis in the Niger Delta.
The Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Remi Babalola, made this known at the opening of a two-day national conference on the Financing of his admini ... Read More
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| Yar’Adua Seeks Concerted Efforts against Trade in Stolen Oil
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| The Federal Government would soon send a proposal to the United Nations for decisive action to be taken by the international community to clampdown on illicit trade in stolen crude oil.
In a press statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Communications, Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi, th ... Read More
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| THISDAY Festival: Jay Z, Campbell to Visit Kids
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| American pop star, Jay Z, and British supermodel, Naomi Campbell, will spend a day with the underprivileged children in Abuja, as the build-up to the 2008 edition of THISDAY Music and Fashion Festival continues.
The stars are showing their commitment to the African child by devoting time to the chi ... Read More
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| Pilgrims brave rain as pope celebrates open-air Easter mass
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| Pope Benedict XVI |
| VATICAN CITY (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday celebrated Easter mass before tens of thousands of pilgrims huddled under a sea of umbrellas in St Peter's Square on the holiest day of the Christian calendar.
Rain pelted the flower-bedecked square throughout the mass celebrating the Resurrection ... Read More
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| Oshiomhole: Human Capital Devt, My Priority
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| Adams Oshiomhole |
| Action Congress candidate in last April’s governorship election in Edo State, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, who was declared winner on Thursday by the election tribunal, has said he would accord priority to human capital development.
He told newsmen yesterday in Benin that the idea was to raise the standard ... Read More
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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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| TERROR TACTICS DESCRIBED AT TAYLOR TRIAL
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| AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Charles Taylor rewarded militia fighters who killed babies during West Africa's civil wars and called one woman's unborn child an "enemy" who must die, a former militia commander testified Wednesday.
During a grim day at Taylor's war crimes trial in The Hague, Joseph "Zi ... Read More
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| BLACK PEOPLE, PLEASE, READ & HEED. POIGNANT!!
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| The sad thing about this article is that the essence of it is true. The
truth hurts. I just hope this sets more Black people in motion towards
making real progress. Chris Rock, a Black comedian, even joked that Blacks don't read.
Help prove them wrong! Read
This is very deep. This is a heavy ... Read More
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| EFCC Slams Fresh Charges on Igbinedion
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| It emerged yesterday that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may arraign former governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, at the Federal High Court, Enugu, Enugu State, today.
Igbinedion, who had been in the custody of the commission in Lagos since Monday, is expected to be fl ... Read More
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| THE GREAT PETROL SCAM an Article by a Nigerian Road User
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| I have often wondered in amazement about the Nigerian’s ability to accommodate pain and suffering without complaint or protest. We really must be very tolerant people, or maybe we are just plain docile or dumb? Millions of Nigerians and transporters alike are being cheated daily at the petrol pumps ... Read More
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| EFCC Closes in on Igbinedion
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| The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday filed a 142- count charge against former Edo State governor, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, before a Federal High Court in Kaduna.
This is coming on the heels of a warrant of arrest against the former governor by a Federal High Court in Abuja ... Read More
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| African Union head meets Kenya's feuding parties
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| NAIROBI (Reuters) - African Union chief John Kufuor shuttled between Kenya's president and opposition leader on Wednesday to try to break a political impasse behind post-election turmoil that has killed 500 people.
Kufuor, Ghana's president, met President Mwai Kibaki first at State House before ... Read More
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| 2007: The Best and The Worst
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| S’Court: Deepening Democracy
Nigeria’s current romance with democracy is often dubbed “fledgling” partly because of the way previous experiments were abridged unceremoniously by the military. However, since the return to the democratic form of government in 1999, the Supreme Court of Nigeria has em ... 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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| Photo: Sun News Publishing |
| 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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