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About 20 months after the crash of the Beechcraft 1900D aircraft belonging to Wings Aviation Limited, into the hills of Bushi Village in Obalinku Local Government area of Cross River State, the Accidents Investigation Bureau has finally released the remains of the victims to their families.
The Minister of Police Affairs, Dr. Ibrahim Y. Lame, has denied the allegation of financial impropriety against his office by the Committee of the House of Representatives on Police Affairs.
Chairman of the Buhari Campaign Organisation and chieftain of the Coalition of Democrats for Electoral Reforms (CODER), Engr. Buba Galadima has clarified his position on his call for Rawlings' treatment of corrupt officials in the country, stressing that he would not have called for such a treatment without resorting to due process.
The Senate yesterday set itself on a collision course with the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in its supremacy battle with the House of Representatives over the venue of the joint session of the National Assembly to receive President Umaru Yar'Adua's 2010 budget proposal.
Three Policemen yesterday met their untimely death when they were shot by armed robbers in a bank robbery at Ibillo, Akoko Edo Local Government Area of Edo state.
Apart from former Malaysian Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohamad who will give a keynote address at this year's edition of Anyiam-Osigwe annual lecture series, Vice President Goodluck Jonathan and the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mr. Shaukat Aziz will also attend as the special guests of honour.
Minister of State for Education, Hajiya Aishatu Jibril Dukku, and the Permanent Secretary, Prof. Dapo Afolabi, yesterday summoned an emergency meeting of principals of unity colleges to deliberate on the mass failure of their students in this year's Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE).
The Code of Conduct Tribunal yesterday in Abuja issued a bench warrant for the arrest of the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu for his failure to appear before it to take his plea.
Abia State government has denied reports by some national dailies that the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC are after the wife of the State governor and some top government officials over their alleged involvement in a financial scam to the tune of N3.3billion.
As part of efforts at making the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) a profit making organisation, the council of the NSE yesterday approved the new organisational structure to run the operations of the Exchange after the exercise.
Chief Ademola Seriki, the Otun Aare of Lagos and the ebullient Minister of State for Interior is the rallying point of many heart warming ideas. And he surrounds himself with some of the brightest minds of this generation who also see him as a prototype of excellence.
Rachel Weening is an Art Education specialist who has taught children from Kindergarten to secondary level in the U.S.A, Canada and Nigeria covering different subject areas. Rachel has been involved in training teachers in Nigeria for the past one year. She currently teaches Art part time in Lagos.
First Lady, Hajiya Turai Yara'Adua, has called on policy makers to focus on issues that would reduce child and maternal mortality rate in the country.
The opposition parties in Abia State have risen in support of the state government's clamour to have the federal government pay the arrears of royalties accruing from the 64 oil wells recovered for the state and then start reflecting its new status in the monthly revenue allocation.
As part of efforts to realise the resolve of Anambra citizens to enjoy air transport services within and outside Nigeria, the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) panel review for the construction of Anambra International Cargo Airport has ended its sitting in Awka.
Politicians in Zamfara State have been advised to stop using the name of Marafan Sokoto, Alhaji Umaru Shinkafi, for their local propaganda as he remains a father figure in the state and an elder statesman at the national level.
Ebonyi Democratic Movement (EDM) has petitioned President Umaru Yar'Adua over the purported adoption of Governor Martin Elechi as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2011's general election.
For the second time in less than two years the Abia State House of Assembly has beamed its search light on the 17 local governments of the state following concerns that many of the council chairmen were not living up to expectations in discharging their statutory duties to the people.
Enugu State Government has said the task of curbing incidences of road accidents on roads and saving lives and property calls for active collaborative efforts of both motorists, pedestrians and traffic warden operators.
Former Head of State and Chairman, Global 2000, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd), has declared the country free from the scourge of guinea worm disease.
Barely two weeks after a N100 million worth of property belonging to a renowned auto dealer, Mr. Arthur Orakpo, was demolished by officials of the Enugu State government for allegedly encroaching on the water buffer zone of the Asaba River bank, a human right activist in the state, Dr John Agu, has taken a swipe at the state government's action, describing it as illegal and flagrant disregard of ...
Former First Lady of Ebonyi State and wife of the Minister for Education, Mrs. Eunice Egwu, has advised Christians to be serious in service and worship of God who she said gives everything in life and comes close to only those who truly believe and abide by his words.
An Islamic group, the Muslim Rights Watch has advised the Federal Government to stop playing politics with hajj rites, blaming previous disappointments on hajj operations on politics.
Managing Director of a real estate development firm, Bauhaus International Limited, Dr. Victor Onukwugha, has called on federal government to implement strategies that would raise the nation's per capita income and cause a reduction of construction cost of houses as a means of effectively arresting the country's rising housing deficit.
In a move aimed at reducing frequent overseas travelling of people with various kinds of ailments in Nigeria, Kwara State government has commenced the construction of a N2.2 billion ultra-modern Diagnostic Centre in Ilorin.
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