Friday, March 8, 2013

Nasarawa Govt. Donates Office, Vehicle To WAEC



Nasarawa State Government on Friday donated a building and a new Peugeot vehicle to support the West African Examination Council (WAEC) to establish its presence in the state. The office donated is situated on Al-Makura St.in Lafia. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Hajiya Zainab Abdulmuminin, presented the keys of the new office and vehicle to the WAEC's Zonal Coordinator, Mr Basi Nyam, on behalf of the government.

Mobile Court Convicts 32 Motorists In Ogun


A Mobile Court in Sagamu, Ogun, on Friday convicted 32 out of 38 motorists arrested by the Federal Road Safety Commission for various traffic offences. The motorists were arrested by the commission on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The FRSC’s prosecutor, Mr Uzoma Enwerenzo, told the court that the offenders violated various traffic rules and regulations on the highway such as, over speeding and driving without spare tyre.

New APC Logo May Tear Merger Apart-Source


The search for an opposition Coalition partners in the All Progressives Congress, APC, who registered a new party early Wednesday in Abuja when nine of the 11 governors in the group adopted a logo, a slogan, and a motto for the proposed party is on the verge of collapse if issues are not brought to the table early. But some reliable sources have said that the merger is heading to the rocks as some of the alterations in the new logo has not been to the betterment of all involved.

Boko Haram: Jonathan Indicts Borno Elders


President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday lost his cool and descended on elders of Borno state over their insistence that the military Joint Task Force (JTF) be withdrawn from the state, following allegation of atrocities committed by the soldiers in revenge of the killing of their members.

El-Rufai, Tinubu To Attend Abaji ACN Campaign Flag-off Tomorrow


Former minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir el-Rufai and the national leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, are among dignitaries that will attend the campaign flag-off of the chairmanship candidate of ACN in Abaji area council, Alhaji Abdulrahman Ajiya, holding in Abaji on Saturday.

Oil theft, pipeline vandalism may mar 2013 budget - Okonjo-Iweala





OIL theft, pipeline vandalism and intense competition from newly emergent oil producing countries in Africa are some of the factors that may hamper the oil revenue projection in the 2013 budget. The Coordinating Minister for the economy and the Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the Director General, Budget Office, Dr Bright Okogu made this revelation Thursday in Abuja at a press briefing on the 2013 budget recently signed into law by President Goodluck Jonathan.

Kogi Builds 1000 Housing Units For Flood Victims

Kogi State government says it has commenced the construction of 1000 housing units for the victims of last year’s flood that affected the state. The government added that the state required over 200,000 housing units to be able to rehabilitate those whose houses were submerged and is soliciting assistance from the federal government and the international bodies to help cushion the effect of the flood.

NECO Records Over 50% Improvement In Credit Pass Above In Major Subjects


The National Examination Council has released NECO 2012 external November/December Senior Secondary School Examination SSCE result with 54 percent and 33.8 percent credit pass above in mathematics and English language respectively.

Niger Releases N251m For Energy, Chemicals To Improve Water Supply


Following incessant power failure from the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) in Minna, Niger State Capital, the government has approved N98 million to purchase petroleum procucts to the State Water Board to improve power supply for its water treatment plants.

‘We Need Warm Water To Survive Hot Weather’


Contrary to widely held belief that heat is hazardous to health, an expert has debunked the notion, saying instead that heat is very good for the body as many people are generally in the dark about it. Speaking to LEADERSHIP, Dr Michael Olusegun Abisola- Fernadez said that why people are getting negative effects from this heat period is that they are taking precautions contrary to the weather.

Bode George, 5 Others Ask S’ Court To Set Aside Conviction


Former convicted Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Chief Olabode George has approached the Supreme Court, asking it to set aside judgment of the Court of Appeal, which confirmed the judgment of a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, which he was convicted to two years imprisonment for contracts splitting and inflation in 2009.

Reps Pass Immunity Bill For Lawmakers


To protect themselves from facing prosecution over business done on the floor of the House, the House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution to grant immunity to legislators in the country through second reading. 

Katsina Top On The List Of Accident-prone States – FRSC


The Katsina State command of Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has decried the rising spate of road accidents in the state and expressed worry that the state had earned for itself notoriety as a place with frequent crashes.

FG Runs Nigeria On ‘Voodoo’ Economy – Tinubu



A former governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has faulted the federal government’s economic policies, saying the nation is being run on voodoo economic policies. Speaking in Lagos at the formal launch and presentation of a book he co-authored with a former consul-general of the Embassy of the United States of America to the country, Mr. Brian Browne, he called on the government at the centre to rework its economic architecture to serve the people better.

Hoodlums Rape Housewives In Delta


Persons believed to be hoodlums operating within Asaba and its environs yesterday allegedly raped housewives around Ogbeke Square in Ogbeosowa Quarters during a house-to-house raid in the area. Victims, who narrated their ordeals to LEADERSHIP, said the hoodlums did not collect their money but that they made a “mince meat of the married women without using condoms’.

Atiku Seeks Implementation Of Uwais’ Electoral Report


Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has called on the federal government to fully implement report of the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, (CJN) Justice Muhammad Uwais’ Electoral Reform Committee. Atiku stressed that Nigeria should be among the countries that would record one of the best electoral process in Africa and the world by the year 2015.

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It Is Better For APC To Contest Against Jonathan – Masari


Following the recent high court ruling upholding the eligibility of President Jonathan to contest election in 2015, former Speaker, House of Representatives, Aminu Bello Masari, has said that it is better for APC to contest against President Goodluck Jonathan than anyone else

Amaechi, Wike Face-off Tears Rivers Assembly Apart


It was drama on the floor of the Rivers State House of Assembly yesterday as supporters of two rival political leaders in the state, Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and minister of state for education, Mr. Nyesom Wike, battled for supremacy. Arguments started when Leader of the House, Hon Chidi Lloyd, presented a motion signed by 26 lawmakers, urging the House to pass a vote of confidence on Governor Amaechi.

$45bn Foreign Reserve: Again Ezekwesili Challenges FG To Public Hearing


The former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has again challenged the federal government to the public hearing called by the National Assembly to unravel the mystery over the depleted foreign reserve. Ezekwesili in a statement to LEADERSHIP yesterday said that now that the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has finally admitted “Fiscal Leakages,” “perhaps with a debate we can all learn more.”
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