Month: February 2016
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FG Shortchanges Adamawa In Appointments- Gov Bindow
By: John Johnson, Yola Gov. Jibrilla Bindow of Adamawa State has decried what he described as unjust treatment of Adamawa state indigenes in appointments at the Federal level, his government decries injustice in the allocation of appointments in the Federal civil service. Speaking in Yola on Monday while receiving members of the Adamawa State Investment…
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PDP Chairmanship Crisis Stalls NEC Meeting
By; Peter OSSAI- Abuja The Leadership crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP seems to be taking newer dimensions as the proposed National Executive Committee, NEC meeting slated for Thursday has been put on hold indefinitely. nationalTRAIL learnt from dependable sources that in National Working Committee, NWC that the meeting cannot hold because a…
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Badeh Honours EFCC Invitation
Former Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh (Rtd), has put arrangements in place to honour the invitation extended to him by the Economic and financial crimes Commission, EFCC, in furtherance of investigations into procurement in the Armed Forces under his watch. Dependable sources revealed Tuesday that Chief Badeh received the EFCC…
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Customs Releases New Export Guidelines
Stories by Mathew OMEJE, with agency report The Tin Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, (NCS), has rolled out new wood export guidelines, saying only semi-treated and fully processed wood products would be exported through its terminal. Addressing stakeholders recently, the Customs Area Comptroller Mr Yusuf Bashar said that it had to…
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NCC Bows, Agrees To Settle With MTN
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and telecoms giant, MTN may have reached an understanding as both parties have agreed to settle out-of-court on the fine imposed on MTN for not disconnecting unregistered lines according to NCC directions. Mathew OMEJE reports All seems to be well between the NCC and MTN as the Executive Vice Chairman…
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I Still Have Faith In PDP – Sen. Ibrahim Mantu
In the face of stories making the rounds that some top Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, notches may be heading for other parties, former Deputy President of the Senate, Ibrahim Mantu, says his fortunes are better guaranteed in the now opposition PDP, despite the challenges being faced by the party. He spoke exclusively to nationalTRAIL’s Jonathan…
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Lassa Fever: Emergency National Council On Health Strategise
The recent outbreak of Lassa fever obviously exposed further the poor health care system in Nigeria. It specifically told the world that Nigeria’s disease surveillance and control is still backwards. It also exposed the inefficiency of the nation’s Primary Health Care system. Above all the Lassa fever Outbreak which seems to have gotten out of…
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Wife Of President Becomes TB Ambassador
The STOP TB Partnership Nigeria, an affiliate of the Global Stop TB partnership, Geneva, has announced the acceptance of the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Hajiya Aisha Mohammadu Buhari to champion the eradication of TB in Nigeria and globally. Chairman of the Partnership, Prof. Lovett Lawson, who stated this in a press briefing in the Institute…
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Benue South Rerun: Let the Will of My People Prevail – Mark
By Lateef Bamgbose Immediate past President of the Senate, Senator David Mark has for umpteenth time stated that the forthcoming re-run election in Benue South is not a contest between the Idoma people and their neighbours but solely a decision of the former to decide her destiny. “Make no mistake about this. The rerun…
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Political Face Off: Community Petitions IG Over Use of Police
By Lateef BANGBOSHE, Abuja Accuses Borno Dep. Gov Of Fomenting Religious Disharmony The Marama Community in Hawul Local Government area of Borno state has petitioned the Inspector general of Police, Sunday Arase over the use of some policemen from the Borno state Command for arbitrary arrest of youths and Church officials in a political face…