Champagne Nigeriana
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- Published on Sunday, 05 May 2013 13:55
- Written by Prince Charles Dickson
A ninth-grade teacher wanted to demonstrate the evils of liquor to his young students. He produced a glass of water, a glass of vodka, and two worms. "Now class, observe closely," he said as he dropped one of the worms into the glass of water. The worm wriggled about in the water, perfectly happy. The teacher dropped the
Governor Gabriel Suswan is an Idoma man
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- Published on Sunday, 05 May 2013 13:08
- Written by Ameh Comrade Godwin
Yes, I can say it again, Governor Gabriel Suswam is an Idoma man and I have no regrets over that, my words are already out, and can not be eaten, I will stand by my conviction. Those who have been following me in this journalistic evangelism would discard baseless sentiments, by agreeing with my instincts. I definitely don’t write to
President Jonathan Leads Economic and Investment Mission to South Africa, Namibia
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- Published on Sunday, 05 May 2013 12:25
- Written by Admin
State House Press Release - In continuation of his efforts to promote rapid national economic growth and development, President Goodluck Jonathan will lead key members of Nigeria’s Economic Management Team to this week’s World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town where regional and global leaders will assemble to
Emulate Late President Yar’adua’s Commitment to Due Process and Rule of Law, President Jonathan Urges Nigerians
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- Published on Sunday, 05 May 2013 12:10
- Written by Admin
State House Press Release - On this third anniversary of the passage of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, President Goodluck Jonathan remembers with an undiminished feeling of great personal loss, the fulfilling partnership he enjoyed with the late President at the helm of Nigeria’s ship of state. As always, President Jonathan continues to
TRAGEDY! Quack Nigeria hospitals claims another fine journalist
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- Published on Saturday, 04 May 2013 23:33
- Written by Ogbuefi Blogs
"When I read of Pini Jason's demise", began Nebukadineze Adiele, "the first thing that struck my mind was "the same Abuja hospital that took Godson Offoaro from us". Indeed the quackery of hospitals and doctors in Nigeria is lamentable and disappointing -- people die easily and frequently over preventable medical mishaps. My cynical mind
Pressure mounts on Peter Obi as Anambra House begins probe
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- Published on Saturday, 04 May 2013 23:07
- Written by elombah.com
Anambra state governor, Peter Obi is coming under inreasing pressure to account for the billions of Naira due for the states' local government areas just as the Anambra State House of Assembly passed a resolution mandating the Auditor-General for Local Governments to submit to the Assembly within fourteen days the 2011 and 2012
Fulani/Jukun clashes kill 40 in Taraba state
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- Published on Saturday, 04 May 2013 22:39
- Written by Admin
Clashes between rival ethnic groups have killed at least 40 people in north-eastern Nigeria’s Taraba state since they erupted Friday, police said. Members of the Jukun ethnic group were marching through the small commercial town of Wukari to a funeral when an argument broke out with local Hausa and Fulani youths, which quickly
Fayemi nominates Modupe Adelabu Deputy Governor Ekiti State.
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- Published on Saturday, 04 May 2013 22:18
- Written by Admin
A Professor of Education from the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Mrs. Modupe Adelabu, has been nominated Deputy Governor of Ekiti State. The governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, in a letter dated May 3, and addressed to Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Dr Adewale Omirin, requested the house to consider Prof.
Pini Jason is dead!
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- Published on Saturday, 04 May 2013 22:05
- Written by elombah.com
Celebrated columnist, Pini Jason is dead! The former publisher of The Examiner in Lagos and columnist with Vanguard newspapers died this morning after developing omplications from an adominal surgery. Chief Pini Jason Onyegbadue, aged 65 used his last published work to mentor the younger generation of writers. In the last of his
Interview with Chairman APC Youth Forum
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- Published on Saturday, 04 May 2013 14:04
- Written by Abu Sidiq
At the Ladi Kwali hall of Sheraton Hotels and Suites, Abuja, the youth wing of the All progressive Congress held their Maiden Conversational Conference, which served as a platform for its members from all over the country to interact with party elders. In attendance were dignitaries such as Chief Audu Ogbeh, General Buba Marwa, Hon.
Trilogy on Biafra, Nzeogwu & Igbo coup: Damola Awoyokun, Too Small To Be A Hercules
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- Published on Saturday, 04 May 2013 13:55
- Written by Mazi Chike Chidolue
When I read your trilogy on Biafra, published in The NEWS Magazine of 25, February, 4 and 11 March 2013, based on 21,000 pages of American Secret Files, as you claimed,
“No More Accidents on The Throne Of Governance”, Says Audu Ogbeh As Youths Converge For APC
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- Published on Saturday, 04 May 2013 13:30
- Written by Abu Sidiq
All roads led to the Ladi Kwali Hall at Sheraton Hotels and Towers as youth members of the merging parties which make up the All Progressives Congress held their maiden conversational conference, an intergenerational conversation between party elders and the youths.
Question for Awolowo: All Is Fair In War And Love?
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- Published on Saturday, 04 May 2013 13:26
- Written by Mazi Chike Chidolue
Chief Obafemi Awolowo during the Biafra-Nigeria war orchestrated an old maxim- All Is Fair In War And Love - adding the hardy Awolowo blend - Starvation is a legitimate weapon of warfare! What Chief Awolowo meant was that in war, no weapon is considered dangerous. The title of this article and what follows immediately have been
Oshiomhole Versus Igbinedion
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- Published on Friday, 03 May 2013 22:24
- Written by SOC Okenwa
As an Igboman who spent close to a decade schooling in Benin city, Edo State capital, I make bold to declare that Benin city is my second home after Ihiala, my hometown in Anambra state. During my last trip home last December I had spent more time in Benin than Ihiala, Lagos and Port Harcourt because I had my teenaged roots there. I know
Kano Bus Park Blast Scene to be Converted to Islamic School-as Igbo community cries foul
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- Published on Friday, 03 May 2013 22:21
- Written by Obinna Akukwe
The Kano State Government is bent on converting the scene of the bus station bomb blast into an Islamic school. Governor Rabiu Kwakwanso had earlier told the Igbo traders and transporters who built and developed the park to relocate to another place to give way to another Islamic school in the place. The governor, to buttress the
Boko haram Gunmen destroy ALL public buildings in Marte, Borno state
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- Published on Friday, 03 May 2013 22:13
- Written by Admin
Gunmen in their hundreds in a convoy of 50 Hilux vans attacked Marte Local Government Area of Borno State, yesterday evening, where they succeeded in burning down all public buildings like schools, hospitals/clinics, police stations and all telecommunications masts in the council headquarters. Marte is about 150 kilometres from
Dr. Shettima Ali Monguno not yet released by kidnappers
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- Published on Friday, 03 May 2013 21:42
- Written by Admin
Dr. Shettima Ali Monguno has not been released by kidnappers, elombah.com can confirm. The former Nigerian oil minister was kidnapped Friday by gunmen who stormed his vehicle outside a mosque in the restive city of Maiduguri, a stronghold of Islamist group Boko Haram. Shettima Ali Monguno, 87, served as Nigeria's oil minister in
Forum advocates amendment of Police Service Commission Act
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- Published on Friday, 03 May 2013 21:32
- Written by Odoh Diego Okenyodo
PRESS RELEASE - Participants in the 7th Policing Executive Forum held on Tuesday, 30th April 2013 have proposed amendment of the Police Service Commission Act to make the Commission more effective in the discharge of its duties. They called on the National Assembly to begin the process of amending the Police Service Commission Act in
Forum calls for an Independent Police Service Commission
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- Published on Friday, 03 May 2013 21:28
- Written by Admin
Communiqué Issued At The End Of Policing Executive Forum On External Accountability And The Police Service Commission Organised By CLEEN Foundation Held At The Bolton White Hotels And Apartments Abuja, Tuesday, 30th April 2013
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Ex-Minister Ali Monguno, 87, kidnapped
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- Published on Friday, 03 May 2013 15:52
- Written by elombah.com
Former Petroleum minister, Shettima Ali Monguno, has been kidnapped by unknown h=gunmen in Maiduguri, the Borno State. Mr. Monguno, 87, was kidnapped by gunmen as he left the mosque after Jumat prayers on Friday, in the Mafoni Ward area of the city. Mafoni is a stronghold of Boko Haram Islamic sect. The reasons for Mr.
JAMB Releases 2013 UTME Results
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- Published on Friday, 03 May 2013 13:03
- Written by elombah.com
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB has released the 2013 UTME results. Speaking At A News Conference In Abuja today [Friday] Jamb Registrar Prof.Dibu Ojerinde Said: “the results of 68,309 candidates from various centres are undergoing further screening to ascertain the culpability of 12,110 candidates’ results. A total of
Mimiko floors Akeredolu at Ondo Election Tribunal
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- Published on Friday, 03 May 2013 12:59
- Written by elombah.com
From Ondo State comes a report that the governorship election tribunal sitting in Akure and presided over byJjustice Andovar Kakaán has refused the prayer of chief Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) ACN candidate which seeks to nullify the election of Mr Olusegun Mimiko of Labour Party who won the 20th October, 2012 governorship
IGP MD Abubakar Decorates Nine (9) Newly Promoted Commissioners of Police
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- Published on Friday, 03 May 2013 09:21
- Written by CSP Frank Mba
Press Release - The Inspector-General of Police, IGP MD Abubakar, CFR, NPM, mni, today 2nd May, 2013, at Force Headquarters, Abuja, officially decorated Nine (9) senior Police Officers recently elevated from the ranks of Deputy Commissioners of Police to the substantive rank of Commissioners of Police, with their new ranks.
These Cowards!
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- Published on Friday, 03 May 2013 00:10
- Written by Olusegun Dada
Let me put it this way: I have seen many things in my life. I have seen certain people who treat passivity as some kind of heroic action. There are people who say, “I just want my job, my family, and my religion and I will leave politics out of my life.” Passivity isn’t heroic, it’s cowardly! It’s the lazy man’s easy way out. But I see it beyond
The Trouble with Nigeria: Chinua Achebe’s Testament of Bad Leadership
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- Published on Thursday, 02 May 2013 23:20
- Written by Lawrence Chinedu Nwobu
In his book “the trouble with Nigeria” Chinua Achebe (1930-2013) declared that “the trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership. There is nothing basically wrong with the Nigerian character. There is nothing wrong with the Nigerian land or climate or water or air or anything else. The Nigerian problem is the unwillingness or
Peter Obi jittery as House demands 2011 & 2012 Audited accounts of 21 LGAs of Anambra State
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- Published on Thursday, 02 May 2013 23:15
- Written by Elombah.com
There was palpable tension in government house, Awka today as the Anambra State House of Assembly passed a resolution mandating the Auditor-General for Local Governments to submit to the Assembly within fourteen days the 2011 & 2012 audited accounts of the 21 Local Government Areas which includes the State and Local Government
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