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21/12/2010 05:32
N170M FRAUD: JUDGE GRANTS OGBULAFOR’S REQUEST FOR SEVERANCE OF TRIAL
The Federal Capital Territory High Court on Monday granted an application for severance of trial filed by former Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, Vincent Ogbulafor, in the corruption case filed by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission against him, the...
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21/12/2010 05:08
RMAFC TO BREAK REVENUE FORMULA JINX
Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, yesterday, said it would review the subsisting revenue formula to ensure a fair and just distribution of the resources to all tiers of government.
The disclosure came as erstwhile Vice-President and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,...
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21/12/2010 05:05
NIGERIAN DIES ONBOARD ADDIS ABABA-LAGOS FLIGHT
A Nigerian, Hajiya Zainab Suleiman, 62, on Sunday died onboard an Ethiopian airlines flight from Addis Ababa to Abuja.
The deceased’s husband, Alhaji Suleiman Abdulra’uf, who is a businessman based in Kano, told the News Agency of Nigeria correspondent in Addis Ababa that they were returning...
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21/12/2010 05:02
OSHIOMHOLE TACKLES CANCER WITH ULTRA-MODERN HOSPITAL
Bereaved Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, yesterday, laid the foundation for the building of a brand new hospital that would be equipped with state of the art equipment, which includes a cancer screening unit. It will be located at the Central Hospital, Benin City.
The Governor who was at...
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21/12/2010 04:57
FASHOLA ADVISES ESTATE ALLOTEES TO APPLY FOR DOCUMENTS
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has asked buyers of property in government estates in the state yet to apply for registered title documents to take advantage of the government’s ongoing initiative and revive ‘their dead assets.’
He said this on Monday during the formal...
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21/12/2010 04:55
BOY, 18 BAGS 3 MONTHS JAIL TERM FOR STEALING
An Abuja Magistrate court sitting in wuse zone 2 yesterday slammed 3 months imprisonment on an 18-year-old boy, Thompson Faasama for stealing and mischief by fire.
Thompson Faasama, a cleaner with Assorted Foods Ltd Abuja was caught red-handed with N517,095 money belonging to his company and...
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21/12/2010 04:51
2011: MORE MINISTERS TO RESIGN
Barely a week after former minister of information and communications, Professor Dora Akunyili, quit the federal cabinet, there are strong indication last night that morer ministers may quit. President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice...
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21/12/2010 04:45
FORGET LAGOS, ACN TELLS JONATHAN
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described as a pipe dream and an unnecessary dissipation of energy President Goodluck Jonathan’s exhortation to his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to win Lagos in the 2011 general elections. In a...
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21/12/2010 04:41
ETO'O RECLAIMS GLO-CAF AWARD
Lions of Cameroon captain, Samuel has been named Africa best player for the year under review by CAF.
In a ceremony at the Egyptain capital, Cairo, on Monday Eto'o beat Ghana's Asamoah gyan to become the most decorated winner of the...
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21/12/2010 04:39
CUSTOMS YET TO GET ORDER ON UNBANNED GOODS
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) yesterday declared that it was yet to receive any directive from the Federal Ministry of Finance to relax its action on import prohibition of certain goods into the country.
Also, All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP) has urged the Federal Government to develop a...
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