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MEND leader, Jomo Gbomo arrested in Angola

MEND leader, Jomo Gbomo arrested in Angola

The presumed head of the Niger Delta militant body, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, who goes under the name of Jomo Gbomo, has been arrested in Angola, sources said yesterday. Security sources who...

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No plan to arrest Odili – EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said it does not have immediate plans to arrest the former governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili, for alleged corrupt enrichment and money laundering. A source in...

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Oyo begs workers to resume talks

Despite its public pronouncement sacking its entire workforce, the Oyo State government has started sending emissaries to the leaders of the striking members of the state public service to accept the government’s...

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Tribunal Admits Gazette Indicting Alao-Akala

Tribunal Admits Gazette Indicting Alao-Akala

The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, yesterday admitted as evidence the state government's gazette indicting Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala for corruption during his 11-month...

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Reps Exchange Blows

Reps Exchange Blows

The public investigation by the committee probing the award of N628 million contract for the renovation of the official residences of Speaker Patricia Etteh and her deputy, Hon. Babangida Saidu Nguroje, was yesterday...

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I Was Misled, Etteh Tells Panel

I Was Misled, Etteh Tells Panel

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mrs. Patricia Olubunmi Etteh yesterday told the nine-man panel set up to probe the renovation of her official residence and that of her deputy, Hon. Babangida Nguroje, that...

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Attaining MDGs in Nigeria, a mirage

The House of Representatives said on Monday that the possibility of Nigeria achieving the eight objectives of the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals by 2015 might be a mirage. The House expressed fears...

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AG: I Can’t Be Intimidated

AG: I Can’t Be Intimidated

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Mike Aondoakaa (SAN), yesterday took up issues with those who berated him over the sour relationship between him and the Economic and Financial...

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Ezekwesili seeks good governance in Africa

Eminent Africans, including the Vice President of the World Bank for Africa, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili, have called on countries on the continent to deliver good governance, which they described as the key to economic...

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Dispense justice with fairness – Fashola

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), on Monday urged the state judiciary to dispense justice with fairness. He said that was the greatest legacy the judiciary could give to the society.Fashola spoke at...

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NYSC to mobilise all qualified graduates

The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Yusuf Bomoi has assured that all graduates qualified to take part in the next orientation will be mobilised. Bomoi, in an interview...

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NNPC in Major Management Shake-up

There has been a major shake-up in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) where its top management staff were reposted en mass. Also affected are subsidiaries of the establishment. This is coming only a few...

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