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The
quest by Dr Andy Uba, PDP gubernatorial candidate in
the controversial April 2007 election, to mount the
governorship saddle in Anambra State at the expiration
of Governor Peter Obi’s tenure is a mere pipe-dream,
as there is no provision for the concept of governor-in-waiting,
in the Nigerian Constitutio|
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Presidency
directs Soludo to re-present naira redenomination
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Local: 02:00am GMT:01:00am
After nearly a year
after its suspension, the Strategic Agenda
for the Naira mooted by the Central Bank
of Nigeria (CBN) may now get the approval
of the Federal Government. The CBN policy
intended to restructure the naira by dropping
two zeros to the left from the currency
and issuing more coin denominations was
greeted with criticisms|
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Taye
Taiwo’s house burgled
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Local: 02:00am GMT:01:00am
These are indeed trying
times for Super Eagles’ players, as
one sad event after the other keeps rearing
its ugly head. First, it was Emmanuel Okoduwa,
who was robbed at gunpoint while returning
from the international airport in Lagos after
missing his flight and again, Joseph Yobo’s
elder brother’s (Norum) kidnap in Port
Harcourt over the weekend||
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Jefferson case: Atiku deserves apology
Following the confession by United States
congressman William Jefferson that former Vice
President Atiku Abubakar never asked him for any
bribe as he had led the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) to believe, the Action Congress (AC) has
asked former President Olusegun Obasanjo to tender
an unconditional apology to former VP|
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Yakassai
berates N’Delta leaders
Elder statesman and second republic political
adviser to former President Shehu Shagari, Alhaji
Tanko Yakassai, has fired back at the leaders
of the Niger Delta states, saying their disposition
in the current efforts at ensuring genuine peace
and end to the crisis in the area is less than
commendable |
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BIG SHAME
Baba Biliki’s lifelong dream
has always been to become a landlord in
Lagos. So, when a friend contacted him about
some expanse of land on sale at Idimu, a
Lagos suburb, he thought his dream was about
to be realized.| Read
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If
PDP continues to come through the backdoor
The member representing Anaocha/Njikoka/Dunukofia
federal constituency in the House of Representatives,
Iyom Uche Ekwunife has said that the internal
democracy in the Peoples Democratic Party|Read
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NCC
assures end to GSM phone theft by Dec.
The
menace of mobile handset thefts in Nigeria
will soon be over as the Nigerian Communications
Commission, NCC, announced that the handset
anti-theft system that would render any
stolen mobile phone handset in the country
useless|
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DAMOLA'LL RULE THE WORLD
Former queen of the track, Mary
Onyali-Omagbemi, can now heave a sigh of
relief after seeing a worthy successor in
the United States of American scholar and
sprint star, Adedamola Osayomi, the new
sprint Amazon.|
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Senate
splits over investment bill
For
the first time in the over one year existence of
the present sixth Senate, a major division took
place among senators on Tuesday over the suitability
of a Bill for an Act to establish the “Nigeria
Investment Fund for future Generation and other
Matters incidental thereto.”|Read
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Alake
wades into Ogun political crisis
The
solution to the face-off, between the executive
and the legislature in Ogun State, appears to be
in sight as the paramount ruler of Egbaland, Oba
Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo on Tuesday in Abeokuta, waded
into the political impasse saying, “the crisis
will soon be resolved amicably.”|Read
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Enugu
guber: Anxiety, tension as A’Court fails to
sit
The pervading tension in Enugu over the
long overdue ruling on the governorship electoral
appeal reached a frightening dimension on Tuesday,
when the judges failed to turn up at the Enugu Appeal
Court, venue of the sittings |
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World
Bank’s investments in Nigeria now $2.6bn,
says FG
Federal
Government yesterday put the total World Bank’s
investment lending at $2.6 billion. Speaking while
signing a $60 million financing agreement of the
World Bank-assisted Kaduna State Rural Access and
Mobility Project|Read
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JAMB
pegs cut-off marks at 170
There will be no admission for candidates who scored
less than 170 in the last Universities Matriculation
Examination (UME) following the decision of the
Joint Committee on Admission to peg the national
cut-off point at 170| Read
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Ekiti
speaker impeached
Speaker of Ekiti House of Assembly, Femi Bamisile,
was on Tuesday impeached in a controversial circumstance.
The drama leading to the ouster of Bamishile began
immediately Hon. Funminiyi Afuye, representing Ikere
Constituency 1 served the clerk of the House notice
of vote of no confidence on the speakerl| Read
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Streetlights
for Lagos – Ibadan expressway
The plan to address security and safety concerns on the Lagos
– Ibadan expressway with the illumination of the about
124 – kilometre stretch is good thinking by the Federal
Government. The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mr. Tunde
Ekunsumi, who disclosed the plan in Lagos, last month, said
N50 million had been earmarked for the project|
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