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I awarded over N350bn road contracts –Anenih tells probe panel
OnlineNigeria.com - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
ormer Minister of Works, Chief Tony Anenih, yesterday disclosed that his tenure as Minister of Works awarded a total of N352, 080,449,699.94 just as he spent a total of N125, 839,073,412.00 before leaving office to take over General Olusegun Obasanjo’s Presidential campaigns in 2002. ... more
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Yar’Adua moves to save Nyako from impeachment
OnlineNigeria.com - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
meeting convened by President Umaru Yar’Adua in the Presidential Villa, Abuja to resolve the political crisis in Adamawa State which led to the impeachment move against Governor Murtala Nyako by the state House of Assembly on Wednesday ended in a deadlock. ... more
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Intercontinental Bank set to increase share capital to N13billion
OnlineNigeria.com - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
ntercontinental Bank Plc, one of Nigeria’s leading financial supermarkets will hold its nineteenth Annual General Meeting (AGM) Monday in Abuja, the country’s sprawling capital city where shareholders are expected to approve the creation of additional shares. ... more
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3 injured as tanker fire razes factory, storey building
OnlineNigeria.com - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
roperty worth millions of naira were destroyed on Saturday in an inferno that burnt a storey building and the factory premises of Princess Paint Nigeria Limited at Ilogbo Road, Ilogbo, Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State. No life was lost but at least three persons were said to have... more
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Anambra traders lament loss of N.2bn weekly to bad roads
OnlineNigeria.com - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
usinessmen from Anambra State have lamented the deplorable state of the Benin-Shagamu expressway and the loss of over N200 million worth of goods weekly due to the bad road.
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$1.7m fraud: ICPC quizzes Anambra govt officials
OnlineNigeria.com - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
he Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has quizzed some officials of Anambra State government, including the Head of Service (HOS), Mrs. Ngozi Melifonwu over their roles in the alleged misappropriation of about $1.7 million. ... more
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Agagu runs primordial govt– Olaiya Oni
OnlineNigeria.com - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
ounsels to the Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Agagu and Olusegun Mimiko, his major challenger at the Election Petition Tribunal, hearing a petition filed by the latter contesting the verdict of the last governorship polls in the state concluded their briefing before the panel a fortnight ago. ... more
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Shareholders endorse Sterling Bank’s N75bn offer
OnlineNigeria.com - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
hareholders of Sterling Bank Plc on Wednesday gave the bank the go-ahead to raise N75 billion from the investing public through a hybrid offer. Majority of the shareholders who spoke at the bank’s 46th Annual General Meeting in Lagos were of the view that the bank should beef up its... more
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Agony as woman laments killing of husband, son by vigilance group
OnlineNigeria.com - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
t was deep agony for Mrs Salomi Omomoh, a mother of six, as she laments the brutal killing of her first son, who she described as her only hope. Tears flow freely from the eyes of Mrs Omomoh and these tears seem unending as her husband, Mr Christopher Omomoh, had... more
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We’ll smoke out militants -Bayelsa Volunteers
OnlineNigeria.com - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
his is not the best of times for security agents in the Niger Delta, as militants and criminals masquerading as freedom fighters are on rampage in an attempt to bring the Federal Government and oil companies to their knees. ... more
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NIGER DELTA CRISIS: No end in sight
OnlineNigeria.com - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
traditional ruler in Bayelsa State, Emmanuel. Bankole Kimia says the Federal Government has misfired by drafting the military to the riverine communities of the Niger-Delta, saying the area should be demilitarized immediately for a sustainable peace to reign in the battered region. ... more
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Wasted efforts...Those who fought for June 12 never benefited –Olanipekun
OnlineNigeria.com - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
ith the memory of what has been dubbed as watershed in Nigeria’s political narrative now the exclusive of Lagos enclave, Lagos lawyer and former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) has identified the vanishing relevance of June 12 to the exclusion of those he said... more
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Niger Delta: The factors of war
OnlineNigeria.com - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
he war drums sound louder in the Niger Delta today. It seems the forces that escalate the carnage of the area are on rampage this time. Quite unlike before when the words of the warlords used to be muffled and disguised, there is some abrasion and vehemence now. What we... more
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Don’t waste your soldiers
OnlineNigeria.com - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
s the battle line is drawn between the Federal Government and the militants, following the deployment during the week of more soldiers and two naval warship, tough-talking leaders of the fighters, have condemned President Umaru Yar’Adua’s action, describing it as callous, wicked and an attempt to wipe out the Ijaw... more
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Pity, spinsters blow their chances early in life – Doc
OnlineNigeria.com - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
n apparent response to the claim by aging spinsters littering Nigerian cities, a medical practitioner, Dr. Obike Jonathan of Healthfirst Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, blames it partly on the women. He told Sunday Sun that most women squander their early years either in pursuit of career or fun. ... more
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What’s on a man’s mind when looking to get married?
OnlineNigeria.com - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
usa considers himself a late starter in his search for a spouse. He was in his late thirties when the idea of ever getting married crossed his mind. By then, he had finished university, was gainfully employed and lived in a good apartment somewhere in a choice part of Lagos.... more
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Wives material are scarce, says Pastor Ayanwale
OnlineNigeria.com - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
n his own submission, the Associate Pastor of Triumphant Christian Centre, Oregun, Lagos, Akinade Ayanwale, said, “Since it is the men that propose marriage in our society, most men are not even thinking of marriage now for financial reasons. ... more
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…Obasanjo won't step down as BoT chairman, says Oke
OnlineNigeria.com - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
lsewhere in the state, a member of the House of Representatives, Oluwole Oke, asked those agitating that Obasanjo steps down as chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees to forget the idea. ... more
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NDLEA alerts on new drug users tricks
OnlineNigeria.com - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
he National Drug Law and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has alerted the public on a new but desperate trend among users of hard drugs in Kano State, which involved the act of inhaling the dirty stench from gutters and pit toilets in a bid to get intoxicated at all costs. ... more
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Endless trial! Still in Kirikiri, 13 years after arrest over Pa Rewane’s death
OnlineNigeria.com - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
hey all have one common denominator surrounding their death – controversy. Apart from Chief MKO Abiola, winner of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election, who died in the military gulag while valiantly fighting to claim his mandate, his wife, Kudirat, elder statesman, Alfred Ogbeyiwa Rewane, Toyin Onagoruwa and a... more
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