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The prolonged medical vacation of ailing President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua without transmitting a letter to the National Assembly has now made the senate to be acutely sensitive, while the management of its resolution on the issue has put the Chairman of the Committee on Media and Information, Senator Ayogu Eze, under pressure
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We were shocked and alarmed that an al Qaeda group has offered to train and arm Nigerian muslim groups to fight perceived enemies in the country. We are, however, comforted by the swift assurance by the police that its men are ready to counter any form of terror in the country.
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Women's empowerment is an integral part of a nation's greatness and this realisation has propelled a body to empower as many women as possible. Designed as a forum to teach women skills of self-sustenance, the promoters also impart divine messages as well as ideals of patriotism to members.
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In the spirit of sportsmanship, Labour Party (LP) candidate in the just-concluded governorship election in Anambra state, Chief Andy Uba, has paid a visit to Governor Peter Obi to congratulate him for his victory.
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The promise of sundry political carrots including automatic tickets in the 2011 parliamentary elections has been fingered as the real reason behind the rejection of last Wednesday's motion seeking to compel President Umaru Musa Yar Adua to transmit a vacation letter to the National Assembly to enable Vice President Goodluck Jonathan assume the position of Acting President in line with Section 145 of the 1999 Constitution.
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The two chambers of the National Assembly have perfected plans to pass a resolution to begin to receive executive communications from Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan as acting President pending the return of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.
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Former Governor of Lagos State Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday asked the Executive Council of the Federation (ExCof) to accept Vice-president Goodluck Jonathan as acting president, saying tomorrow's meeting would be a defining moment for the country.
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Fct European Union EU Support to Reforming Institutions Programme SRIP has distributed Information Technology IT and office equipment worth 3 7 million euros about N814 million to six states of the federation in its renewed commitment to effect
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Bauchi The Police Command in Bauchi state has confirmed the arrest and detention of a member of the State House of Assembly Hon Rifkatu Baby Samson representing Bogoro state constituency for what it described as conspiracy and inciting
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Edo Edo State Governor Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has assured all ethnic groups in the state of even distribution of amenities Oshiomhole said this when Ijaw people from the state visited him in Benin city yesterday He said I want
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Ogun Nigerian Supreme Coun cil for Islamic Affairs NSCIA said it would resist the incursion of Al Queda group into the country It equally said the terrorist group has no cell in Nigeria Secretary General of the Council Dr Abdulateef Adegbite
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Contractors who have collected huge amount of money for the execution of different projects in Rivers State and abandoned the contracts have been warned to return to their various sites on or before Friday or risk arrest Governor Chibuike
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Minister of Labour amp amp Productivity Prince Adetokunbo Kayode has described the various crises which recently engulfed some parts of Nigeria as a by product of the high level of unemployment in the country He however gave the assurance that 2010
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The Federal Government has assured stakeholders in the lubricant sector of the oil and gas industry and the end users of the product that it would initiate proactive measures to ensure standardized production of lubricants in the country Minister
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World Bank Managing Director Dr Mrs Ngozi Okonjo Iweala has stated that Nigeria must de emphasise transactional leadership and embrace transformational leaders if the country must reap the dividends of democracy and tow the right path to economic prosperity She spoke
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Former Minister of Transport Lt General Jeremiah Useni rtd yesterday asked President Umaru Yar Adua to respect the country s Constitution and transmit power to his deputy Dr Goodluck Jonathan as stated in Section 145 of the 1999 Constitution Useni who
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Chairman of the Senate Committee on Defence Army Senator Ibrahim Ida PDP Katsina Central said yesterday that plans were underway by the Senate to review existing laws on the management of internal security operations by the Armed Forces Ida
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The South South Peoples Assembly SSPA has issued a 48 hour deadline to the National Assembly to pass a resolution to confirm Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as Acting President in the interest of national stability of Nigeria This the body said
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The confirmation of Mr Samuel Ukura as Auditor General of the Federation may have been put on hold in the Senate because of alleged circumvention of due process in the Presidency The process that produced Ukura was said to
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Dr Conrad Murray personal physician to Michael Jackson has been charged with involuntary manslaughter prosecutors said A criminal complaint has been filed alleging that Murray quot did unlawfully and without malice kill Michael Joseph Jackson quot Murray is expected to turn himself
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The promise of sundry political carrots including automatic tickets in the 2011 parliamentary elections has been fingered as the real reason behind the rejection of last Wednesday s motion seeking to compel President Umaru Musa Yar Adua to transmit
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The Federal Government has said that it would withdraw the operating licence of airlines which do not comply with new security regulations introduced to improve air safety at the Nigerian airports and reiterated that the 100 per cent
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In a bid to arrest the slump in the country s power generation the federal government yesterday met with chief executives of oil and gas companies in Abuja to see how to resolve the gas supply crisis which has
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Few people will have any problem with the timely intervention last week of the Yakubu Gowon Shehu Shagari led Eminent Elders Group in the deepening political crisis over the refusal of incapacitated Umaru Musa Yar Adua to allow an orderly transfer
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The Bureau of Public Enterprises BPE said yesterday that it would open financial bids for the privatisation of Nigerian Telecommunications Plc NITEL and its mobile arm M tel on February 16 2010 This followed the closure of the submission of
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Former Governor of Lagos State Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday asked the Executive Council of the Federation ExCof to accept Vice president Goodluck Jonathan as acting president saying tomorrow s meeting would be a defining moment for the country ExCof is
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In the spirit of sportsmanship Labour Party LP candidate in the just concluded governorship election in Anambra state Chief Andy Uba has paid a visit to Governor Peter Obi to congratulate him for his victory Senate President David Mark and
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Hope for an enduring solution to the protracted fuel crisis in the country has been rekindled as the Federal Government has released the First Quarter 2010 Import Permit for Premium Motor Spirit PMS otherwise called petrol This is
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The two chambers of the National Assembly have perfected plans to pass a resolution to begin to receive executive communications from Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as acting President pending the return of President Umaru Musa Yar Adua THISDAY learnt a
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Governors of the 36 states of the Federation will today storm the National Assembly to lobby the lawmakers to pass a resolution urging President Umaru Musa Yar Adua to send a vacation letter to the assembly so that Vice President
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banking GTBank UK the United Kingdom subsidiary of Guaranty Trust Bank recently introduced a mortgage product for customers in the UK and Anglophone West Africa seeking to take advantage of the numerous opportunities inherent in the UK
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e BANKING The United Kingdom UK Financial Services Authority FSA has given approval to eTranzact to operate as a payment services provider in the UK A statement by eTranzact said that by this approval eTranzact as a regulated
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banking Investors in the banking sector have expressed dismay at the ongoing banking reforms insisting it might erase returns on investments The National Chairman of Progressive Shareholders Association of Nigeria PSAN Mr Boniface Okezie said there is barely
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BANKING An European bank the European Investment Bank EIB said yesterday that it had expressed interest in three of Nigeria s commercial banks and will on Thursday unveil details of its proposed relationships with the banks EIB which declined
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Blue chip stocks fell for the second day at the stock market yesterday as profit taking by some investors persisted leading to a further fall in the market indicators The Bull Run witnessed at the market for the first
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Federation s Cup In line with the Memorandum of Understanding MOU entered into by both parties Oceanic Bank last weekend fulfill its own side of the agreement with N18m lifeline to the Delta State Football Association to organise
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With less than 150 days to the kick off of 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa ValuCard Nigeria Plc courtesy of Visa International has taken the first round of draws for the ValuCard Hopes amp amp Dreams promo
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COACHING SUPER EAGLES Former Super Eagles Coach Christian Chukwu last night disagreed with the Nigeria Football Federation s NFF policy of throwing Shaibu Amodu s job open to foreigners He slammed the move desribing it as ill advised A number
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President of the Nigeria Football Federation Alhaji Sani Lulu Abdullahi has shed light on the reason behind the Federation deciding to go for an expatriate technical adviser for the national football team the Super Eagles At a breakfast
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Anambra A pro democracy group Forum for New Media and Democracy has applauded the conduct of the Anambra State governorship election which returned Peter Obi to power While congratulating Obi and commending the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC for
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Energy Royal Dutch Shell said it is targeting a further underlying cost reduction of at least 1 billion and a reduction of some 1 000 employees in 2010 as part of the plans to lay off 5 000 employees from
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Agric Nigeria s research on yam improvement in West and Central Africa WCA involving Cameroon Benin C ocirc te d Ivoire Ghana Nigeria and Togo has received about US 1million about 750 000 lifeline thanks to the European Union African Caribbean and Pacific Science and
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Energy Rivers State Government has endorsed Masters Energy Tank Farm in Port Harcourt saying the project is not only a huge investment that will boost the economy of the state but will also enhance operation in the
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Energy Managing Director Mobil Oil Plc Mr Adetunji Oyebanji has said that the only way to get private operators to build refineries in Nigeria is if the downstream petroleum industry is fully deregulated He stressed that the
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Industry The Ambassador of Japan to Nigeria Mr Toshitsudu Uesawa has called for speedy implementation of bilateral trade and investment agreements signed between the two countries Uesawa According to sources made the call last weekend in Abuja when
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Energy Nigeria has overtaken Saudi Arabia as the third largest exporter of crude oil to the United States of America according to latest report by the US Energy Information Administration EIA the official energy statistics of
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Energy There are indications that as part of the new strategy to tackle the lingering fuel crisis in the country the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC has given a directive that all depots should load only fuel
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Contrary to some Jesus warns us not to see the events taking place in Haiti as somehow he wrath of an angry God Evil came into the world not by God s willing it but through the devil and
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When at his swearing in as governor for a second term of four years in May 2007 the Ogun state governor Otunba Gbenga Daniel promised Ogun state citizens a secure future he did not reckon with enormous
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We were shocked and alarmed that an al Qaeda group has offered to train and arm Nigerian muslim groups to fight perceived enemies in the country We are however comforted by the swift assurance by the police that
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When will Plateau State be in the news for the right reasons When will the orgy of killings stop in this part of Nigeria Has Jos become accepted as Nigeria s version of the once notorious killing fields of
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Given the consistently poor record of past administrations in the administration of excess revenues from petroleum product price increases Nigerians are cynical about the promise this time around that the surplus realised from the proposed deregulation would be
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There were snapping lights and lighthearted camaraderie One would have been forgiven for thinking this was the grand finale of just another event But for those of who have watched closely what was considered a long winding drama with
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Women s empowerment is an integral part of a nation s greatness and this realisation has propelled a body to empower as many women as possible Designed as a forum to teach women skills of self sustenance the promoters also impart
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Sim Lake a District Judge in the United States of America USA recently convicted two former executives of Willbros International for bribing some Nigerian officials to secure the Eastern Gas Gathering System contract in the Niger Delta between
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Sufuyan Ojeifo writes that the prolonged medical vacation of ailing President Umaru Musa Yar Adua without transmitting a letter to the National Assembly has now made the senate to be acutely sensitive while the management of its resolution
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The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC last Saturday conducted the gubernatorial election in Anambra State which returned Governor Peter Obi as winner Charles Ajunwa who covered the exercise reports that beyond the success registered at the governorship
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The Central Working Committee CWC of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association PENGASSAN will this week hold an emergency meeting to review its actions and take decision on Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited operator of the Nigerian
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Disengaged workers of Intercontinental Bank Plc who are agitating over the refusal by management to pay their terminal benefits may soon heave a sigh of relief as the bank s management has set in motion machinery to review their
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National President Textile Garment and Tailoring Senior Staff Association of Nigeria TGTSSAN Comrade Yakubu Jerekeri has called on the Federal Government to ensure that funds for the revival of the textile industry are disbursed to the right beneficiaries
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Viramsun Nigeria Limited sole distributors of Balkrishna otherwise known as BKT off highway tyres has said the introduction of Earthmax radial tyre profile to the BKT product range is a demonstration of the manufacturer s persistence and intensive market research
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The Federal Government has been called upon to start running the foundry section of the Ajaokuta Steel plant in order to spur industrial activities in the moribund complex The call was contained in a paper titled Ajaokuta Steel Complex
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The Nigerian Export Promotion Council NEPC in collaboration with Koinonia Ventures Limited KVL an export service consultants based in Lagos Nigeria have concluded plans to hold the first ever national non oil exports conference exhibition and awards billed for April
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An arm of Dangote Industries Dangote Pasta Limited has introduced a new variant of pasta spaghetti which is fortified using the actilease technology Actilease is a micro encapsulation system which helps formulators reduce costs and target nutrients to the part
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The Delta State Government and ARCO Petrochemical Engineering Company Limited have concluded arrangements to facilitate the construction of a N50 billion Warri Industrial Business Park WIBO in the state Managing Director and chief executive officer of ARCO Mr Alfred
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The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by the single largest shareholder in Agip Nigeria Plc Otunba Adekunle Ojora and other shareholders in the company led by the late Chief Akintunde Asalu against Unipetrol Nigeria now Oando
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The Managing Director of First Bank Plc Mr Olabisi Onasanya has said that bankers in the country are not afraid of risks associated with the downstream sector of Nigeria s oil and gas industry Onasanya made this known
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Renewable energy development in West Africa is set to get a major boost with the coming together of Renewables Academy RENAC of Berlin and Oil amp amp Gas Soft Skills to deliver world class training in renewable energy solutions
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Apparently elated by Total Group s success in its diversity vision Total Nigeria Plc has undertaken a number of actions to advance gender diversity According to a statement by the company the steps taken include the appointment of a
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The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta MEND an umbrella group of the militants in the oil rich region has warned that oil investors and ex militants will be throwing their money down the drain if they invest
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Industrial Relations The Trade Union Congress TUC has called on the National Assembly and the Labour Ministry to carry out a critical review of the nation s labour laws in order to align the country s labour laws with