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Alleged forgery: ICPC begins probe of N’ Assembly Clerk
OnlineNigeria.com - Monday, June 30, 2008
he Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has begun to probe the allegation of forgery brought against the Clerk of the National Assembly, Alhaji Nasir Arab. ... more
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Militants kill 4 soldiers, 2 civilians in Bonny
OnlineNigeria.com - Monday, June 30, 2008
our soldiers and two civilians were killed on Saturday night in another bloody clash with militants on oil rich Bonny Island in Rivers State. The militants stormed the island at about 7.00p.m Saturday night with sophisticated arms in speedboats, spreading panic among ... more
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Intercontinental Bank (UK) Plc set to commence operations
OnlineNigeria.com - Monday, June 30, 2008
he Financial Services Authority (FSA) of the United Kingdom (UK) has licensed Intercontinental Bank (UK) Plc, a subsidiary of Intercontinental Bank Plc, as a full-fledged bank offering wholesale banking services in the United Kingdom. FSA, the UK’s apex financial services authority, is one of the strictest financial services regulatory authorities... more
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N30.9 bn withdrawal: Transport ministry debunks Senate committee’s allegations
OnlineNigeria.com - Monday, June 30, 2008
he Federal Ministry of Transportation at the weekend debunked allegations by the Senate Ad-Hoc Committee probing the transportation sector that the sum of N30.9 billion was withdrawn and disbursed by the ministry in December ... more
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$480m AFC Probe: Pressure mounts on panel to nail Soludo
OnlineNigeria.com - Monday, June 30, 2008
he committee set up by the Federal Government to investigate how Nigeria invested $480 million in the African Finance Corporation (AFC) appears to be embroiled in crisis, following the allegation of a predetermined attempt within the panel to rubbish the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Professor Chukuma ... more
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Teachers begin indefinite strike
OnlineNigeria.com - Monday, June 30, 2008
rimary and secondary school teachers across the country will today commence an indefinite strike action to press for the implementation of the Teachers Salary Structure (TSS) which has for sometime set off a battle between the teachers and the Federal ... more
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New Spring Bank board recovers N13 bn insider-related loans
OnlineNigeria.com - Monday, June 30, 2008
anaging Director/Chief Executive Officer of Spring Bank, Dr. Suleyman Ndanusa has announced the recovery of over N13billion insider-related loans since the take over by the interim management board. ... more
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U.S Agents Foil N252b Scams In Lagos
OnlineNigeria.com - Monday, June 30, 2008
ecret agents of the United States Postal Service have smashed a record scam running into $2.1 billion (about N252 billion) in ... more
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Fake Cross-Border Soldiers Arrested
OnlineNigeria.com - Monday, June 30, 2008
wo fake cross-border soldiers have been arrested by the police in ... more
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Girl, 11 Raped By Uncle
OnlineNigeria.com - Monday, June 30, 2008
n 11-year old Romanian girl will be brought to Britain for an abortion after she was raped by her teenage uncle. Florina Vranceanu is 20 weeks pregnant but the law in Romania allows terminations only up to 14 weeks. ... more
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The Power of Fiction
allAfrica.com - Monday, June 30, 2008
PART from science and technology, religion is the greatest force shaping contemporary society. In Europe, there is a palpable decline of religion, which began more than a century ... more
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Nobel Prize Politics - Chinua Achebe, a Shameful Omission - Annie Gagiano
allAfrica.com - Monday, June 30, 2008
nnie Gagiano is a Professor of English at Stellen bosch University, South Africa. She obtained her B .A(Honours), M.A as well a D. Lit from the same university, where she has been teaching in the Department of English for over three decades now (1967). As one of the earliest scholars... more
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Okiro Petitioned Over Missing Seven Youths, 10 Years After
allAfrica.com - Monday, June 30, 2008
EVEN women, all widows in Nteje in Oyi local government area of Anambra State have urged the Inspector General of Police, Mr Mike Okiro to order the investigation of the circumstances that led to the mysterious missing of seven youths from the area in 1999. The names of the missing... more
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As PDP Crisis Deepens Faction Drags Ogbulafor to Court, Petitions Yar'Adua
allAfrica.com - Monday, June 30, 2008
N spite of the endorsement by the Chief Jim Nwobodo-led South East Action Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of the Vita Abba-led faction as the authentic executive of the party in Enugu State, the crisis which factionalised the party is far from being ... more
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Youths in Kano Inhale Gutter Odour to Get Drugged
allAfrica.com - Monday, June 30, 2008
ATIONAL Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kano State Command said thousands of youths in the state inhaled gutter odour, sniff bicycle solution as well as take overdose of Benzyl cough syrup to get drugged, just as 558 suspects were so far arrested in the past six ... more
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How Safety Fears Delays Country's Nuclear Plant Installation
allAfrica.com - Monday, June 30, 2008
IRECTOR general ofthe Nigeria Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA), Babatunde Shamshideen Elegba, has disclosed that the only obstacle hindering the installation of nuclear plant in Nigeria is fear of its security and ... more
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Yar'Adua Need Not Declare War On Militants - JRC
allAfrica.com - Monday, June 30, 2008
POKESPERSON of the Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC), which comprises the fighting units of the Movement for Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND), the Reformed Niger -Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (R-NDPVF) and some other militia groups in the Niger-Delta, Cynthia Whyte, says the Ijaw struggle is community-driven and backed by higher spiritual... more
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'How Community Based Groups Can Curb Corruption'
allAfrica.com - Monday, June 30, 2008
HAIRMAN of a coalition of over 200 non-governmental organizations working to ensure transparency and accountability in Nigeria's extractive industry, Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Nigeria, Rev. David Ugolor, has said that community-based groups in the country have the potential to check corruption in the country if adequately ... more
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Osun Tribunal Reserves Judgment
allAfrica.com - Monday, June 30, 2008
S the Osun State Election Petitions Tribunal led by Justice Thomas Naron, reserved judgment in the petition filed by the Action Congress (AC) governorship candidate in the state, Engineer Rauf Aregbesola, after the adoption of final written addresses by counsel to the parties, a fresh application, seeking leave to bring... more
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Minister Clarified Controversies Over New Technology.
allAfrica.com - Monday, June 30, 2008
espite the uncertainty surrounding the use of Stem Cell transplantation therapy in Nigeria , the Federal Government Friday inaugurated the first technical national committee to articulate and produce a blueprint on the research and application of the new ... more
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