President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday told PDP state governors he will run for president in next year’s elections and will make a public announcement for that on September 18, ending months of speculation as to whether he will seek the ruling party’s nomination.
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Jonathan to Run for Presidency
Halliburton Trial in Shaky Start
The trial of the six persons and corporations indicted in the $180 million Halliburton bribery scandal took off on a shaky ground in Abuja yesterday as the Federal Government asked for more time to enable it to effect service of the charges on the accused persons.
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Presidential Election to be Held on 22 January
After extensive legal and administrative brainstorming, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday released the timetable for the conduct of the 2011 general election, fixing the presidential election for January 22 next year.
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2011 – I Am in the Race, Jonathan Tells Governors
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday told governors elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that he has made up his mind to contest the 2011 presidential election.
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Coup Makers Under Attack
He may not have said it directly, but former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has sent words of caution to Ghana’s President Mills and other African leaders to stop “the glamorization of coup makers.”
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Jonathan – Why FG’s Spending Debt Relief Fund on Teachers’ Training
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday justified the decision of the Federal Government to fund the training of over 557,155 primary school teachers nationwide through the utilisation of the savings from the Debt Relief Gains (DRG), saying it is all in an effort to tackle the shortage of manpower and meet the nation’s Millennium Development Goals.
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Defection to PDP – Atiku is Finished – ACN
As the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) continues its ding-dong cum hide-and-seek over former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s registration in the party, his former party, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), said yesterday that, by his defection, the former vice-president may have hit the last nail on his coffin politically.
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INEC to Sensitise Politicians Against Violence
The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kogi, Alhaji Mohammed Ahmadu, says the commission will sensitise politicians and other stakeholders about the dangers of using violence to win elections.
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Subsidy – NLC Threatens to Shut Down the Nation
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday said it would embark on a nationwide strike if government goes ahead with its plans to withdraw petroleum subsidy.
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Persistence of Checkpoints
Apparently determined to unravel the mystery behind the persistence of checkpoints on the nation’s highways, the police authorities have fished out and are investigating 129 police officers, including four commissioners.
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Voter Registration – Why INEC Chose Foreign Firms
Ahead of the award of the contracts by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to procure the Direct Digital Data Capture Machines (DDCM), an official of the commission has explained why it preferred the services of foreign manufacturers in the purchase of the machines.
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Alloy Agu Hails Okoro, Ahmed
Youngsters Stanley Okoro and Ahmed Musa have been praised after they made their full international debuts for Nigeria in Sunday’s Africa Nations Cup qualifier against Madagascar.
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Gindiri Boys Stand Tall At 60
Sixty years after its establishment, Boys Secondary School (BSS), Gindiri, in the Central Senatorial District of Plateau State has produced great personalities that have affected lives, positively, all over the world. To celebrate the milestone and the old students, the Gindiri Old Students Association (GOSA), recently organised a special Awards Dinner and Distinguished Lecture...
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My Problem With Chime, By Nnamani
You have been having running battle with your successor in office and incumbent governor Sullivan Chime, what is really the bone of contention?
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Esso Commissions N50 Million Project at ABU
Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Ltd., a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, has formally commissioned the equipment and facilities it donated to the Geology Department, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, under its Universities Partnering Programme (UPP).
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Firstbank Bags ISO/LEC 27001 – 2005 Certification
History will be made in Nigeria’s corporate world today at Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos as Nigeria’s premier bank, First Bank of Nigeria Plc, receives the prestigious ISO/IEC 27001:2005 Infor-mation Security Management Systems (ISMS) from the British Standard Institute (BSI), a leading organization in the field of auditing management systems and processes.
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Dr. Teelhammer Vs Klitschko – I’m Ready
Wladimir Klitschko has declared himself fully ready and raring to go against the Samuel ‘Nigerian Nightmare’ Peter in their world title bout, taking place in Germany on Saturday. The younger of the Klitschko Brothers – the other being Vitali – is staking his three world heavyweight championshp belts against the Nigerian. The Ukrainian IBF,...
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Ogun Crisis – Minority Can’t Sack Majority, Says Soyinka
Following the purported removal of Ogun State House of Assembly Speaker, Tunji Egbetokun from office by nine out of its twenty six members, Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has called for the restoration of the status quo, saying it was practically impossible for a minority to sack a majority.
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Oyinlola – Salaries Take 65 Percent of Osun’s Federal Allocation
Osun State Government spends about 65 per cent of its monthly federal allocation on the emoluments of its workforce, Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola said weekend.
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