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Headline News
Impending shake-up:Mad rush in Senate for juicy Committees... as Akume’s loyalists panic
Still basking in the euphoria of his victory at the Appeal Court in Jos, Senate President, Senator David Mark is set to dissolve the present standing committees in the senate and reconstitute new ones.....read more
Church in Lugbe set to burn condoms
As if it has something personal against condoms, a leading Pentecostal church in Lugbe, a sprawling community situated along the Nnamadi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja has vowed to set cartons of condoms ablaze as one of the highlights of a major ce....read more
Anyaoku condemns abuse of Nigeria’s oil revenue
The Nigerian Government including Niger-Delta Governors has been challenged to explain to Nigerians how the huge export from oil revenue is benefiting the masses.....read more
Dorben Polytechnic Abuja clears air on approval status
Rector of the Abuja School of Accountancy and Computer Studies located at Bwari, in the FCT, Dr. [Mrs] Doris Ekwere has said that all necessary arrangements have been concluded for the institution to become a fully fledged Polytechnic to be renamed Dorben....read more
NBA discloses seven-point Agenda
The Nigerian Bar Association has revealed a seven-point agenda which is engineered towards making the bar more vibrant. This was unveiled at the recently concluded Annual General and Delegates’ Conference of the body in Abuja by the in-coming President of....read more
Minister calls for greater commitment to women advancement
Women Affairs and Social Development Minister, Hajiya Saudatu Usman Bungudu, has called on all stakeholders in women development in the country to make a commitment to the implementation of the National Gender Policy, using a newly-developed Strategic Fra....read more
China Games, 'a broadcast record'
The recently concluded Beijing Games seems to be the most widely broadcast event in Olympic history, according to the International Olympic Committee.....read more
Fraud halts US refugee programme
The United States has suspended a programme aimed at reuniting refugees from Africa with relatives in the US because of widespread fraud.....read more
Private Security Outfits: The Weeping Boys?
The article “High incidence of bank robbery and Private Security Outfits” in some of the dailies is worthy of note and comment since no refutal has been received from appropriate quarters recanting the statements in that articles since date of publicatio....read more
Why Yar’Adua dropped service chiefs…the Niger-Delta Question
Last week, President Umaru Yar’Adua in a major shake–up dropped the country’s most senior military officers and replaced them with a new team which he hopes will prove more effective in containing any insurgency undermining oil production in the Niger Del....read more
6 escape death after beans meal in Mararaba
Beans, rated as one of the best sources for second class proteins and served as a special delicacy in many homes in Nigeria has suddenly became poisonous as a family of six was hospitalized in a private hospital after consuming what was suspected to be hi....read more
Karu landlords kick against imposition of tenement rate
Against what has been described as illegal imposition of levies on residents by Karu Local Government authorities of Nasarawa State, landlords in some border settlements to the F C T have vowed not to remit any money to the authorities under the guise of....read more
NEITI to host int’l conference in Abuja
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, has concluded arrangements to host the maiden edition of the West African Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, EITI, in Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria.....read more
Confidence in NDDC Restated
The Former Chairman of the Senate Committee on Niger Delta, Senator Patrick Osakwe, has commended the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, for what it has done and plans to do to facilitate development of the region.....read more
Nigerian Fishing Industry faces imminent collapse
The Nigerian Fishing Industry – a non oil sector that earns Nigeria over 65 million U.S Dollars in export annually faces imminent collapse if urgent measures are not taken to mitigate the cost of diesel used by commercial fish farmers.....read more
FCT Med. Assoc. Chairman pledges to uphold unity
The newly elected Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association in the Federal Capital Territory, Dr. Jerry Oguzie, has promised that his Administration would carry all members along irrespective of status to ensure and reinforce unshaken unity among them....read more
3 million Benue residents risk river blindness
At least three million residents of Benue State are at a risk of being infected by river blindness, if the State Government fails to put preventive measures in place urgently.....read more
Group advocates salaries for jobless Nigerians
A Non-Governmental and faith based organization, Jesus Club, has advocated for the urgent commencement of a social security scheme to cater for unemployed Nigerians.....read more
Nigeria to save N11.5b from essential oil import
The National Research Institute for Chemical Technology of the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology has developed prototype equipment for the extraction of essential oils such as Eucalyptus, Citronella and Lemon grasses from plants.
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Countries to provide codes for fire arms
All member states to the Regional Centre on Small Fire Arms, RECSA, are expected to have marked all fire arms in each state’s possession with country code numbers by December 30, 2008.....read more
ILO donates project vehicle to ministry
As a practical demonst-ration of its commitments to support the efforts of the Federal Government in combating Child Trafficking in the country, the International Labour Organisation, ILO, has donated a project vehicle to the Federal Ministry of Women Aff....read more
China Games, 'a broadcast record'
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Immigration to establish e-passport help centres...denies allegation of multiple payments
Against the backdrop of complaints in some quarters alleging extortion of money from applicants by operators of cyber-cafes in the processing of e-passports, Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS is exploring ways of introducing help centers across its offices....read more
Go, sin no more…Atiku group tells Ribadu
In spite of the alleged role played by the embattled former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu to ensure that the former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar was disqualified in the controversial April 2007....read more
EFCC trains civil defenders to fight corruption, economic crimes
Not less than 140 officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC have benefitted from a recent training by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in Advance Investigation and General Techniques of prosecution, to enable them p....read more
National Consciousness Forum thumbs-up Yar’Adua on corruption
A Non-Governmental and Non-Partisan organization known as National Consciousness Forum, NCF, has thumbed-up President Yar’Adua’s commitment to the fight against corruption which it said has eaten deep into the fabric of the society.....read more
Nigeria to save N11.5bn from essential oil import
The National Research Institute for Chemical Technology of the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology has developed prototype equipment for the extraction of essential oils such as Eucalyptus, Citronella and Lemon grasses from plants.....read more
Fear rife as crime wave engulfs Nigeria Highways
After a series of major robberies that have led to the loss of millions of naira by Nigerian travelers business people are worried that the Government is not doing enough to ensure the highways are free and safe.....read more
CDC dissolves Anambra, Enugu Caretaker Committees
The National Executive Committee, NEC, the highest decision body maker of the Congress for Democratic Change, CDC has dissolved the Caretaker Committees of the party in Anambra and Enugu states.....read more
Make bribery findings public
Recently, the former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Power, Honourable Ndidi Elumelu, told reporters that his committee has submitted findings into the much-publicized controversy surrounding NIPP contracts to the Speaker of the Hous....read more
Council chairman
In order to ensure a hitch-free 2008 Hajj operation for the Federal Capital Territory contingent in Saudi Arabia, the FCT Minister, Dr. Aliyu Modibbo has appointed a 3-man committee to form the FCT 2008 Hajj Operation Team.....read more
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