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Senate President David Mark has charged security operatives to put necessary measures to dismantle the cartels in the oil, energy and transportation sectors which are holding the nation to ransom in order to ease the pains of Nigerians.
Apart from names, there are many other features of personal characteristics that people share in common. Like the rest of us, leaders too may share a lot in common in terms of personal characteristics or style.
Politicians generally have a credibility problem arising from the inclination to make pledges and promises, sometimes fully aware that they cannot, or are unwilling to honour such promises.
The FCT Joint Campus Committee of the National Association of Nigeria Students has criticized the recent closure of secondary schools in the Federal Capital Territory for seven days in order to accommodate participants for the 2009 Abuja Carnival in the schools' hostels.
The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has issued Independent Power Plant (IPP) generation licenses to Dangote Industry Power Limited (DIL), Wedotebary Nigeria Limited and Coronation power and Gas Limited.
Dangote Group of Companies has supported the on-going Abuja Carnival with N20 million as part of its social responsibility in promoting Nigeria's tourism potentials, the company's General Manager Alhaji Isa Tata Yusuf said yesterday.
Cross River State and Oceanic Bank Plc are partnering to develop the state, a statement from the bank said.The statement said Governor Liyel Imokhe made the promise at the weekend in Calabar when he received the Managing Director of the bank, Mr. John Aboh in his office.
A 32-year-old man, Terso Tuhuba, has appeared before an Abuja Upper Area court for allegedly impersonating an Army officer.Terso, of no fixed address, was arrested by Police Corporal Baba Danladi and another officer attached to Nyanya Police Station, while on patrol along Nyanya Tipper Garage.
Janet's (not real name) disdain for the sachet water, popularly known as 'pure water', possibly began right from her undergraduate days at the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma.
National Productivity Centre (NPC) yesterday commenced training of workers in the hospitality business in order to promote productivity and quality of service in the industry.
The National Assembly fiasco that led to the postponement of the budget presentation by President Umaru Yar'adua last week has been described as a clear indication of a total collapse of the Yar'adua PDP government.
The Newspaper Proprietors' Association of Nigeria (NPAN) has rejected the current attempt by the National Assembly to enact a modified version of the obnoxious press council bill, describing the move as an attempt to take the nation back to the dark ages.
Guus Hiddink and Roberto Mancini, two of the top candidates whose names have been bandied around for the Nigeria job, are set to snub the country.
There are no records to account for this country's massive but haphazard importation of petroleum products, according to an official survey carried out last week.
Underground plot to get the consent of Kano State Governor Ibrahim Shekarau by over a dozen gubernatorial aspirants in the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) is causing serious rumble within the party.
The British High Commissioner, Bob Dewar yesterday at the Old Karu Orphanage Home declared the commission's intention to assist Nigerians, especially the less privileged and vulnerable ones.
Nigerian engineers have been urged to live up to expectation to enhance technological development and stem the tide of rampant building collapse in the country.
The National Orientation gency (NOA), Katsina State chapter has urged the state's House of Assembly to enact legislation that will streamline punishment to people that fail to maintain or misuse public infrastructure and facilities in their domain.
WIFE of the general overseer of Christ Redemption Bible Church and national president of Redemption Virtuous Sisters, Pastor Martha Ogundare, has said it is time for Nigerians to have a rethink and seek the face of God for total cleansing from corruption and other problems afflicting the nation.
The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) sitting in Abuja, yesterday, issued a bench warrant for the immediate arrest of the pioneer Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, for refusing to appear before it yesterday to answer to criminal allegations preferred against him by the federal government of Nigeria.
Recent protest to President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua by FinBank Plc and a receiver manager appointed by it against the Inspector-General of Police, Ogbonna Onovo for allegedly breaching a court order on an oil firm, Aquitane, sent shock waves all over the country and beyond.
Agunwa Anakwe, a lawyer and Speaker of the House of Representatives in the Third Republic, rarely speaks to the media. He is by his own admission taciturn and almost shy, preferring to work in the field and behind the scenes. Often described as ruthlessly efficient and always strategic in planning, he was the Director General of the Chris Ngige Campaign Organisation in 2007.
For some time now, there has been recurring crises in autonomous communities in Imo State,and in some cases, precious lives were lost. Our Correspondent, Chidi Nkwopara, cornered the Chairman of Imo State Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Cletus I. Ilomuanya, to speak on this and other crucial issues. Please read on.
Concerned about the killing of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in parts of the country, President Umar Yar'Ardua has directed security agencies to ensure adequate security for them.
There are few doubts to the fact that the Senate of the fourth republic has never been as stable as it is now under the command of Senator David Mark.
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