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Niboro said: “The appointments which take immediate effect are, however, subject to the confirmation of the National Assembly, in line with provisions of the Armed Forces Act section 18, cap A20, laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
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PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has approved sweeping changes in the nation’s Armed Forces, with the sacking of all service chiefs, Inspector General of Police, IGP, and Director-General of the State Security Service, SSS.
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THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday, fixed January 22, 2011 for the presidential elections, according to the time table of activities for the 2011 general elections.
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The much awaited trial of six persons accused of complicity in the $ 180 million Halliburton scam could not commence yesterday as scheduled, as the Federal Government failed to produce the accused persons for arraignment before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.
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CHAIRMAN of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, yesterday, said the greatest challenge facing the commission was the short time within which to compile voters register and conduct the polls.
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SHEIKH GUMI’s RELEASE will sustain Nigeria’s relationship with Saudi Arabia, IBB
FORMER Military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida said yesterday that the release of Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi in far away Saudi Arabia will further help cement and sustain the existing...
Sylva debunks plot to deceive Jonathan
The Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Timipre Sylva, yesterday dismissed as misplaced, claims by some politicians in the state that his administration had plotted to deceive President Goodlcuk Jonathan through...
2011: Nigerian-Americans mobilise support for Jonathan
BARELY 24 hours after a group in began the mobilisation of Nigerians in Europe to support President Goodluck Jonathan, Nigerians-Americans in Chicago have resolved to support the President,s bid...
CAN, ACF condemn Boko Haram’s attack on Bauchi prisons
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, and the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, have condemned the attack on Bauchi Prisons by members of the notorious Boko Haram sect, just as Governor...
Stakeholders kick against wares for rice importation
Federal Government's grant of duty waivers to an importer to bring more...
Is Dame Jonathan the weak link?
In recent times, bashing of the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan seems...
Barrister alive in German Hospital!
Mr Fuji, Alhaji Sikiru Ainde Barrister lives and not dead as...
N1.3bn scam: Lulu, Ogunjobi, others to spend Sallah in prison
Former president of the Nigeria Football Federation, Sani Abdulahi Lulu and his ‘co-conspirators’, Amanze Uchegbulam, Taiwo Ogunjobi and Bolaji Ojo-Oba are to spend the sallah...
Egwero ‘gone in 10.10 seconds’ at ECOWAS Games
Nigeria's up and coming sprinter, Ogho-Oghene Egwero yesterday blew away the field at the ECOWAS Games holding in Abuja, when...
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Technology
VOTERS’REGISTRATION:What INEC must do to avoid 2007 pitfalls, ADEOYE
By Emmanuel Elebeke Recently, the whopping sum of N87 billion was approved and released to the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) to organize election next year. Part...
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Crime Alert
ROBBERY ATTACK: Suspect names Naval personnel
The robbers numbering over eight, as gathered, stormed a Bureau-de-Change office in a Lagos marked vehicle, where they carried out the operation unmolested. Attempts by...
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Metro
Cholera outbreak: When water becomes an enemy
“It is a shame that despite the simplicity of the cure, hundreds and sometimes thousands of people in Nigeria die every year from this disease....
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Special Reports
New Inspector-General of Police, Service Chiefs
Assistant Inspector-General of Police Zone 9, Umuahia, Afiz Ringim, the new Inspector-General of Police, who was posted to the zone on August, 28, 2009, was...
