Month: June 2016
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Bauchi Gov Swears-in First Female Chief Judge
By Sule ALIYU, Bauchi Justice Rabi Talatu Umar took over an office that had been vacant since 2014 after the retirement of Justice Ibrahim Zango. The State Governor equally swore-in 5 Advisers reminding them of Code Conduct. At a brief ceremony at the Government House Bauchi, the governor described the judge as a woman of…
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Assembly Backs Almakura On Delayed Council Polls
By Abubakar LAWAL, Lafia Indications emerged that Nasarawa State Government would not conduct elections into local government Councils due to downturn in the state’s finances. Chairman House Committee on State Independent Electoral Commission, NASEIC, Hon. Muhammadu Okpede revealed this in an interview with news men in his country home Doma, the headquarters of Doma local…
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FG inaugurates presidential committee on loans recovery
By Precious Enwenede, Abuja A Presidential Inter-Agency Committee on recovery of loans granted to commercial banks and corporate organizations by Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has been set up by the Federal Government. This was revealed in a statement made available to the media on Monday by Comrade Salihu Othman Isah, spokesman of the…
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Boko Haram Recruiter, Arms Supplier Arrested In Borno
As FG Seeks Return of 80,000 Refugees In Cameroon The Commandant of the NSCDC in Borno State, Ibrahim Abdullahi, stated this in Maiduguri weekend. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps on Sunday said it had arrested a 56-year-old Boko Haram kingpin in Askira Uba Local Government Area of Borno State. The Commandant of the…
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Real Reasons Army Sacked 38 Officers
Some Are Too Rich, Others Too Corrupt How Politicians Nailed Some, Boko Haram Suspects Implicated Others, More Heads To Roll By Sam ADEGBE, Abuja Although retired compulsorily and without the usual courtesies, 38 officers of the Nigerian Army cannot challenge their sack before the courts given the enormity and proofs of the offences for which…
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I remain the PDP Chairman- Sherrif
The former Borno Governor, Ali Modu sherrif insist he still remain the PDP Chairman. In a press statement by his Special assistant on Media, Inuwa Bwala Reads: PRESS RELEASE Our attention has been drawn to the activities at the National secretariat of the PDP to the effect that some individuals masquerading as leaders have handed…
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Change Process Must Not Confuse Us – APC Chieftain
Jok Alamba was a Former Chairman of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau state and a key Leader in the All Progressives Congress (APC). In this interview, he expressed confidence in the Governor Simon Lalong / President Muhammadu Buhari administrations as they clock one year in office. Raymond GUKAS sent excerpts: What are your…
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Pension Funds Hit N5.4trn
Nigeria’s pension funds has hit nearly N6 trillion with approximately seven million contributors. The Director-General, National Pension Commission, (PenCom), Mrs Chinelo Anohu-Amazu who disclosed this revealed that the pension funds has put the nation on a high pedestal in terms of worker’s welfare in the continent. She said that the funds was not below N5.4…
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Avoiding Road Traffic Accidents In Nigeria
In general, accident is described as an unplanned, unexpected, and undersigned (not purposefully caused) event which occurs suddenly and causes injury or loss, a decrease in values of the resources, or an increase in liabilities. As a technical term ‘accident’ does not have a clearly defined legal meaning. In insurance terminology, an accident is the…
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El-Rufai launches N4,000 Per Bag Kaduna branded fertilizer
By Lola SERIKI- IDAHOSA, Kaduna Governor, Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, during the weekend flag –off the sales branded fertilizer products at 4,000 naira per bag to farmers in the state for the 2016 farming season, saying that Kaduna has succeeded in pulling out of waste and fraud of fertilizer subsidy. The governor, who warned against…