Opinion: Adesina’s phony phones for Nigerian farmers

by Olusola Adegbite One must then poignantly ask, though it be a rhetorical question, if the purchase and distribution of GSM phones to hundreds of farmers spread across the length and breadth of a country so large as Nigeria is the most critical and challenging of issues bedevilling the Nigerian agricultural sector at the moment?... Read More

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January 15, 2013

7 suspects arrested for defrauding billionaire, Folorunsho Alakija’s NGO (PICTURED)

by Akan Ido The EFCC has announced the arrest of seven employees of ‘The Rose of Sharon’ organisation for alleged abuse of office, conspiracy, forgery, impersonation and theft of N3m. The Rose of Sharon is a Non-Governmental Organisation which caters for the need of the underprivileged in the society. Reports say the chief executive officer... Read More

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January 15, 2013

Top 10: UNILAG, UNIBEN, Babcock make list of top Nigerian law faculties

by Rachel Ogbu The Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, NIALS recently released a list of top 10 law faculties in Nigerian universities. Director-General of NIALS, Professor Epiphany Azinge, SAN, named the University of Lagos, Obafemi Awolowo University, University of Jos, University of Benin, Lagos State University, Ahmadu Bello University, University of Nigeria, Babcock University, University... Read More

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January 15, 2013

8 people suffer machete cuts as NURTW members clash in Abuja

Over eight persons yesterday escaped death but suffered various degrees of injuries from machete cuts as members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, branch 2, clashed at Federal Housing Authority FHA Bus stop at Lugbe, Abuja. Eyewitnesses said the fight ensued among the union members, following alleged encroachment of Lugbe bus stop... Read More

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January 15, 2013

Ondo: Commissioner slaps director over alleged tractor diversion

Ondo State Commissioner for Transport, Mr Nicolas Tofowomo yesterday threw decorum to the wind as he openly slapped a director in the Ministry of Works, Mr M.J Afeniforo severally over a trivial issue. The commissioner was said to have approached the director for a tractor but Afeniforo was said to have told the commissioner that... Read More

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January 15, 2013

Under siege: 6 policemen and a woman killed in Lagos robberies

by Akan Ido About six police officers were said to have been killed in separate robbery operations in Lagos over the weekend. The robberies took place in Ajah, Aguda, and Oyingbo on Saturday and Sunday. In the Oyingbo incident, Lateefah Oyinloye, a mother of four children was said to have been killed alongside a police... Read More

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January 15, 2013

First Lady, Patience Jonathan flown to Germany for medical check-up

by Isi Esene First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan has been flown to Germany for medical check-up according to presidency sources. The First Lady had last year been in the European country for an extended period of time with many believing she was there to nurse an undisclosed ailment. Her media handlers, however, maintained that she... Read More

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January 15, 2013

One down: PDP crisis deepens as Tukur replaces Oyinlola with Onwe

by Isi Esene The internal wranglings within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) intensified yesterday as the party chairman, Bamanga Tukur directed former Osun State governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, to step down from his position as party secretary. This action was understood to be with the tacit support of the presidency seeing Oyinlola as part of the... Read More

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January 15, 2013

Phones-for-farmers: “I will not be distracted” – Agric minister vows to pursue policy

by Isi Esene The minister of Agriculture, Akinwunmi Adesina, has insisted that there is no going back on the proposed purchase of cellphones for farmers in a bid to enhance their performance. Adesina said this yesterday while addressing newsmen in Abuja following widespread criticism of the said policy. He explained that the ministry does not... Read More

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