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Minister rallies support for Jonathan to secure PDP ticket
from compass news , about 9 hours agoTHE Minister of State for Works, Mr. Chris Ogienwonyi, has urged Nigerians to support the presidential ambition of President Goodluck Jonathan, saying that with his track record of achievements since assumption of office, he is determined and capa...
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Four killed, scores injured in Ibafo auto crash
from compass news , about 9 hours agoAT least, four persons were feared dead and scores injured yesterday, when three fuel-laden trucks, a Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) and five other vehicles collided in Ibafo, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
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DMO DG: Nigeria still re-paying loans obtained 50 years ago
from compass news , about 9 hours agoNIGERIANS were yesterday told that the Federal Government was still re-paying the loans obtained shortly after Nigeria attained independence 50 years ago.
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Assembly drills Plateau commissioner over alleged diversion of N3.7 billion
from compass news , about 9 hours agoBARRING any last minute change of plans, the Plateau State House of Assembly will this week grill the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Chris Hassan, to know what the state government has been doing with the funds accruing...
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2011: Jonathan, Babangida split Igbo in US
from compass news , about 9 hours agoIT was meant to be the 16th annual convention of the World Igbo Congress (WIC), but supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan and former military President, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), turned the venue of the event in Philadelphia, the United...
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AES, Oando, MRS set to bid for power privatisation projects
from compass news , about 9 hours ago•As Federal Government seeks $10 billion from foreign investors PLANS by the Federal Government to privatise the power sector, has attracted top Nigerian bidders, and foreign investors.
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At last, Adesida takes seat as 46th 'Deji'
from compass news , about 9 hours agoNOT even the heavy downpour, yesterday, could stop residents of Akure, the Ondo State capital from trooping out to witness the traditional coronation of their monarch, the Deji of Akure, Oba Adebiyi Adegboye Adesida.
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Amaechi, Yuguda, Ohakim, Goje: We don’t fear EFCC
from compass news , about 9 hours agoAS operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) intensify their efforts to bring alleged corrupt politicians to book, some governors, whose states have been targeted by the anti-graft agency, have declared that they have no re...
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Mimiko denies winning at tribunal with fake report
from www.guardiannewsngr.com , about 16 hours agoONDO State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko, has dismissed as baseless, afterthought and politically-motivated fabrication, last week’s allegation by his predecessor, Olusegun Agagu, that he carried the day in his suit over the 2007 elections because he ...
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Local content must count in Nigeria’s oil sector, says govt
from www.guardiannewsngr.com , about 16 hours ago• NDDC urges manpower building PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan at the weekend in Abuja, inaugurated the Governing Council of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) with assurance that the initiative will boost capacity building ...
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All politicians’ summit underway on state of the nation
from www.guardiannewsngr.com , about 16 hours ago• ACN seeks succour for NigeriansAN All Politicians’ Summit akin to the one held during the military rule, which gave birth to the present democratic dispensation in 1999 is under way. The summit, according to the organisers, is prompted by Nigeri...
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Border agency to tour states
from www.guardiannewsngr.com , about 16 hours agoTHE Executive Secretary of the Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA), Mr. Numoipre Wills, yesterday said that the agency had concluded an arrangement to commence a familiarisation tour of border communities in Lagos, Oyo and Ogun states. Th...
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Govt dissolves FMBN Board
from www.guardiannewsngr.com , about 16 hours agoTHE Federal Government has dissolved the board of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria.? In a statement yesterday in Abuja, the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Chief Nduese Essien, said that the dissolution of the board which wa...
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Double taxation has impoverished Lagosians, says PDP
from www.guardiannewsngr.com , about 16 hours agoPIQUED by what it called “double taxation” in Lagos State, the state’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chapter has faulted the policy, saying it has further impoverished Lagos residents. Speaking to journalists at Ikeja, Lagos yesterday, the party’...
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ACN, ex-Speaker blame Alao-Akala for LAUTECH crisis
from www.guardiannewsngr.com , about 16 hours agoCRITICISMS over the takeover of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) by the National Universities Commission (NUC) continued yesterday as the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and a former Speaker of Oyo State House of Assembly, A...
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New climate change deal is anti-rural poor, say experts
from www.guardiannewsngr.com , about 16 hours agoTHE plan by governments across Latin America to begin the implementation of a new scheme aimed at mitigating climate change by curbing carbon emissions from the destruction of tropical forests will harm the rural poor, according to experts. The ex...
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UNICEF, WHO join bid to check cholera
from www.guardiannewsngr.com , about 16 hours agoTHE United Nations Educational Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Health Organisation (WHO) and other partners are supporting the Federal and state governments in the country as they strive to contain the cholera outbreak in 11 states. Government off...
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UNEP apologises to Ogoni for oil spill
from www.guardiannewsngr.com , about 16 hours agoTHE United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has described the impact of oil spill in the Ogoni environment as serious and has apologised for the report credited to its officials saying that 90 per cent of spill in the area is caused by sabotag...
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Minister, activist mobilise women, others for polls
from www.guardiannewsngr.com , about 16 hours agoAHEAD of the 2011 polls, the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Josephine Anenih, has urged female political aspirants not to compromise integrity and dignity in their quest for office. Even as they keep aspiring for the attain...
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Akure monarch ascends throne, pledges peaceful reign
from www.guardiannewsngr.com , about 16 hours agoHUNDREDS of indigenes of Akure, the Ondo State capital, defied a heavy downpour at the weekend to usher the new monarch, Oba Adebiyi Adegboye Adesida, into the palace as the rites of ascension to the throne of the Deji climaxed. Although the rain ...
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Borno releases N100m for anti-cholera drugs
from www.guardiannewsngr.com , about 16 hours ago• Jigawa records seven deaths TO assist victims of cholera and other water-borne diseases in Borno State, the government has approved the release of N100 million for the procurement and distribution of drugs to the 26 cholera treatment centres....
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Presidential aide tasks female politicians on maternal mortality
from www.guardiannewsngr.com , about 16 hours agoTO stem the tide of maternal mortality and move towards the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a Senior Special Assistant to the President, Dr. Amina Az-Zubair, has urged women politicians to use their campaign machinery to amp...
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CAN, others urge respect for clergy
from www.guardiannewsngr.com , about 16 hours agoTHE Imo State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), a renowned preacher, Rev. Uma Upkai and other personalities have appealed to security agencies in the country to always treat the clergy with dignity. The appeal came against the...
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Police warn criminals to quit Kwara
from www.guardiannewsngr.com , about 16 hours agoKWARA State Police Command at the weekend declared the state "a dangerous ground "for robbers and perpetrators of other heinous crimes, noting that they would do all within their power to flush them out of the state. The Command spoke while paradi...
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PDP chief faults Lagos over hike in BRT fares
from www.guardiannewsngr.com , about 16 hours agoLAGOS State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the recent hike in fares charged by the state government-owned Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) on its routes in the metropolis. It said the Action Congress of Nigeria (CAN)-led Lag...
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Police parade 50 robbers, kidnappers, others in Ondo
from www.guardiannewsngr.com , about 16 hours agoIN what its Commissioner, Balla Magaji Nasarawa, described as “harvest of criminals and an arsenal that can service a small army,” the Ondo State Police Command recently paraded 50 suspects who were arrested at various locations in the state for o...
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Don canvasses more centres for varsity education
from www.guardiannewsngr.com , about 16 hours agoA UNIVERSITY teacher, Professor Francis Egbokhare, yesterday deplored the incessant struggle for university admissions by many secondary school certificate holders in the country and urged the Federal Government to establish more centres to addres...
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Retention Of Nigeria’s Obiakor At UN Mission Raises Questions
from www.guardiannewsngr.com , 1 day agoEMERGING facts on Lt. General Chikadibia Isaac Obiakor, the Nigerian military officer at United Nations headquarters as an outgoing military adviser, have shown that he has now been offered an extended six-months stay on UN staff, but not in his...
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Sale Of Weak Banks Stirs Fresh Controversy
from www.guardiannewsngr.com , 1 day agoAllegation Of Fraud In Rescued Bank HIGH-LEVEL permutations and realignments now trail bidding process for the rescued banks under the superintendence of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This is happening, as three of the new Tier 1 banks in N...
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ANPP crisis deepens as faction heads for court
from compass news , about 9 hours agoTHE crisis rocking the national leadership of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) has continued to fester.
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