From the monthly archives: July 2011

Chime promises to lift Enugu Sports Club 

On July 27, 2011 · In Sports

GOVERNOR Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has said his government will offer necessary assistance to the Enugu Sports Club in its efforts to develop and promote sports and sporting activities in the state.

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Soldiers kill suspected Islamist sect member

On July 27, 2011 · In News

Soldiers on patrol in the troubled northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri killed a suspected member of an Islamist sect in a shootout on Tuesday, the military said.

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Minimum wage, maximum trouble

On July 27, 2011 · In Talking Point

IT was supposed to be a fight tothe finish between organised labour, led by the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress on the one hand, and government both at the state and federal levels, on the other hand.

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Orji accuses monarch, community of aiding illegal oil bunkering

On July 27, 2011 · In News

Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State has accused a top traditional ruler and his people in Ukwa West Local Government Area of aiding illegal oil bunkering in their area.

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9 Nigerian banks make Top 1000 World Banks ranking

On July 27, 2011 · In News

Nine Nigerian banks have made the list of the Top 1000 World Banks Ranking by Tier One Capital in the 2011 edition by The Banker magazine as published in its current edition.

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Road accident kills 5 in Kaduna

On July 27, 2011 · In News

Road accident kills 5 in Kaduna

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Probe of BPE: Senate ‘ll not succumb to blackmail – Mark

On July 27, 2011 · In News

SENATE President, David Mark, said yesterday that the Senate was too big to target an individual in its attempt to carry out an investigation. He also warned that those who had questions to answer must not cry wolf.

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F/Eagles ready to sparkle at Columbia W/ Cup – Green

On July 27, 2011 · In Sports

Nigeria Football Federation technical committee chairman, Barrister Chris Green has allayed that the Flying Eagles will not excel at the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Colombia.

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Jonathan wants single, longer term

On July 27, 2011 · In Headlines
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The Presidency yesterday confirmed Vanguard’s report last Monday on a proposed constitutional amendment to restrict the Presidential and gubernatorial tenure to a single six-year term. Vanguard had also reported that President Jonathan and the incumbent governors will not benefit from the proposed single tenure.

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ICT: Confusion among stakeholders over new ministry

On July 27, 2011 · In Technology
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NIGERIAN ICT stakeholders had clamoured for the creation of an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) ministry, given the speed of development that convergence has brought into the world economy.

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Anambra: Gender bill for what? (2)

On July 27, 2011 · In Viewpoint

AGAIN, infuriated by the composition of the defunct national conference on political reforms – 31 women out of 400 delegates-our women had resorted to court action, to compel the then President Olusegun Obasanjo to reconstitute the conference with at least 200 women.

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Lamido swears in 15 commissioners

On July 27, 2011 · In News

Governor Sule Lamido has sworn in 15 new commissioners as members of the state executive council. He said their appointments were based on merit and not just ‘’for political patronage.’’

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Fresh outlook for Nigeria’s powerful Club 36

On July 27, 2011 · In Politics

The first of the quarterly one day national crusade against polio holding on August 13, 2011 could perhaps reconstruct impressions about the powerful Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF.

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Use technology to help achieve MDGs – Microsoft boss, others urge

On July 27, 2011 · In Technology

At the just concluded world’s premier student technology competition, Imagine Cup 2011 held in New York , the United States of America, speakers rose from the event saying that attainment of Millennium Development Goals, (MDGs) by the year 2015 deadline requires urgent assignment by the creative students who showcased their products at the event that had about 400 technology wiz kids from 70 countries around the world.

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