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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.
Umuchinemere Pro Credit Microfinance Bank Limited (UPMFB) Enugu, Enugu State has concluded plans to hold its annual general meeting (AGM) next month.
The Federal Housing Authority has set a target of building 100,000 housing units before the end of 2013 as part of its contribution to help tackle the problem accommodation in the country.
Chairman of the House of Representatives' Committee on Diaspora and sponsor of the controversial Media Bill, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, yesterday said the bill was not aimed at gagging the media, but to enhance it as well as the wellbeing of practitioners.
The silence of elders of the Peoples Democratic Party when members of the House of Representatives openly flouted section 53 (2) of the constitution and walked out on the Senate deputy president in Minna has been identified as the reason for the war between the Senate and the House of Representatives.
The irony surrounding the fuel market at the moment is that Nigerians cannot buy more than N1,000 worth of fuel at any given time.
The managing editor of Weekend Mail, an Abuja-based newspaper; Maximus Uba, has raised alarm over a threat to his life by the governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim.
Still basking in the euphoria of its victory over the former chairman of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Chief Bode George, in court, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may just be on its way to prosecuting another set of highly- placed Nigerians, and probably consolidate on its gains in the fight against corruption in the country.
The Road Less Travelled... Once, the venerable oracle at Delphi in old Greece was asked who the wisest man in the world was. The inscrutable, mysterious seer quipped - Socrates; because he knows he knows nothing.
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