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PDP: Claims of govs’ looming defection amid a challenging reconciliation
By Henry Umoru …Anenih’s BoT to the rescueWhen the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, came on board on March 24, 2012 alongside the present members of the...
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Yero’s 100 days: Self-kudos amid knocks
By LUKA BINNIYAT A motley crowd of largely unruly youths carrying screaming banners hailing Governor Mukhtar Ramallan Yero of Kaduna State took over the Murtata Sqaure, Kaduna, on Tuesday, at a...
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I have no problem with PDP govs – Tukur
By Henry Umoru *‘My findings on the multiple crises in ruling party’ Alhaji Bamanga Tukur is the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He was General Manager, Nigeria Ports...
View ArticleNDDC streamlines contracts to end abandonment of projects
BY LEKAN BILESANMI The Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has streamlined the complex contract system in the commission which “in the past had spawned several ‘toxic projects’ –...
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LG autonomy: Governors can’t stop the wish of Nigerians – ALGON President
BY CLIFFORD NDUJIHE SHORTLY after organizing a three-day national conference of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) at Nike Lake Resort, Enugu, last December, ALGON President, Ozo...
View ArticleChurch collapse: Survivors lament neglect, one year after
BY PETER DURUMAKURDI — One year after the church collapse that claimed 23 lives in Adamgbe, Vandeikya Local Government Area of Benue State, survivors and victims of the tragedy have continued to live...
View ArticleIkotun communities task govt on roads, drainages
LAGOS — Residents of Ijeododo, Ijegamo, Okerube, Fagbile and Abaranje in Igando/Ikotun Local Council Development Area, Lagos, have appealed to Governor Babatunde Fashola to construct roads and...
View Article500 Delta Steel pensioners die awaiting benefits
By Johnbosco AgbakwuruABUJA — No fewer than 500 retired staff of the Delta Steel Company Limited, DSCL, have died since 2005 while awaiting their entitlement, Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP, has...
View ArticleAPGA youth leader escapes attack by gunmen
By TONY EDIKE ENUGU — National Youth Leader of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Mr. Ikechukwu Chukwunyere, said he narrowly escaped being attacked by unknown gunmen in Enugu shortly after...
View ArticleOne killed in PDP, ACN clash in Ekiti
By Gbenga AriyibiAdo Ekiti — One person has died while many others sustained serious injuries in Erijiyan Ekiti in Ekiti West Local Government Area of Ekiti State during a fight between members of...
View ArticleWatch your utterances, CAN tells Muslim leaders in Delta
By VICTOR AHIUMA-YOUNG ASABA — CHRISTIAN Association of Nigeria, CAN, Delta State Chapter, has called on leaders of the Muslim community in the state to watch their utterances in order not to...
View ArticleOrji accuses Works Minister of neglecting federal roads in Abia
By ANAYO OKOLI UMUAHIA — GOVERNOR Theodore Orji of Abia State has accused the Minister of Works, Mr. Mike Onolememen, of deliberately refusing to visit the state to attend to dilapidated federal roads...
View ArticleCNS tasks oil firms on pipelines security
By Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa—The Chief Navy Staff, Vice Admiral Dele Ezeoba, has challenged oil exploration companies to provide first line security that would ensure the integrity of their pipelines....
View ArticleAppeal Court declares Obahai sole ruling family of Ogwashi-Uku
By INNOCENT ANABA The Court of Appeal sitting in Benin, Edo State, has declared the Umu Obi Obahai royal family of Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State, as the only family qualified to produce the Obi of...
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Lighter buys new Bentley Continental GT
If you follow Lighter at all, you know he’s all about his music, cars, his money and his fans especially the female ones. The Trippin On Dollar (TOD) Records) CEO has dropped some serious cash on a...
View ArticleOruku, Umuode communal crisis deepens
BY TONY EDIKEENUGU— Fighting continued in the war-torn communities of Oruku and Umuode in Enugu State throughout Thursday night as residents reported sounds of heavy shootings from mid-night till the...
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Northern leaders to Jonathan: Stop using Boko Haram to blackmail us
By SONI DANIEL, REGIONAL EDITOR, NORTH ABUJA — Northern leaders, yesterday, frowned at what they described as a desperate attempt by President Goodluck Jonathan and his administration to blame the...
View ArticleWoman who tortured, poisoned husband arrested
PORT HARCOURT — Late Chief Kingsley Wobo’s wife, Charity, who allegedly poisoned and tortured him to death in Mboshimini Community, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State has been arrested...
View ArticlePolice nab Lagos airport robbers
By Ifeanyi Okolie LAGOS—LAGOS State Police Command’s manhunt for the robbery gang that, three weeks ago, raided Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos, killing two policemen and injuring several others, has...
View ArticleSmoking immediately upon waking heightens risk of lung, oral cancer
By Sola Ogundipe The sooner a person smokes a cigarette upon waking in the morning, the more likely he or she is to acquire lung or oral cancer, according to Penn State researchers. “We found that...
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