FG fires 3,000 workers at the NIMC

by Isi Esene The Federal Government recently added to the swelling numbers of the unemployed in Nigeria when it approved the sack of 3,000 employees of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). The commission was said to have advised its staff to endeavour to shore up their educational qualifications to a minimum of a University... Read More

Abuja, Chris Onyemenam, FG, IT, Labour, National Identity Management System, NIMS, protest, sack

August 17, 2012

Kathleen Ndongmo: Going AWOL – Africans in the Diaspora (YNaija FrontPage)

There are so many things about leaving home for “greener” pastures that turn out to be much less glamorous than advertised. “And the Olympic gold medal for seeking asylum goes to… Africa!” That’s not my line. It’s a cheap gag I found on the Internet and it irritated me a little... Read More

Africans, diaspora, Kathleen Ndongmo

August 17, 2012

FG is willing to negotiate with (some) indicted marketers – Okonjo-Iweala

by Stanley Azuakola On the issue of the indicted fuel marketers, the language of the government is gradually changing. Previously, the government promised to go after all indicted marketers; but now, it’s promising to still go after them, but quite willing to negotiate with those who have “minor infractions,” so that they can “begin to... Read More

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August 17, 2012

Opinion: Does the media pick on pretty women and do you?

by Keli Goff The irony of course is that those targeting Lolo for being attractive — and benefiting from it — don’t seem to realize that their behavior is no different than others excluding them for not looking like her. Both behaviors are superficial and wrong. The same week that Sarah Palin returned to the... Read More

Beauty, Keli Goff, Media

August 17, 2012

Opinion: What do investors look for?

by Solomon Etim As they are aware that certain things like lunch and handouts would be offered, they come there to enjoy freebies. Three, as they understand that even the entire issue is tipped in deceit, they come there to meet the organisers of such conference as they look for ready arrow-heads or local drones... Read More

economy, government, Investors, Soloon Etim

August 17, 2012

Kogi governor’s aide nabbed in connection with church massacre

by Isi Esene The Kogi State police command has arrested two politicians said to be involved in the Deeper Life Bible Church attacks at Otite. The state’s commissioner of Police, Mohammadu Katsina, on Thursday said the command has identified the perpetrators of the attack which killed 20 people during a church service. Both politicians arrested... Read More

bible, boko haram, Chairman, Deeper Life, Idris Wada, Kogi State, Mohammadu Katsina, Okene, Otite, Yahaya Kuraku

August 17, 2012

TICKER: Fareed Zakaria to stay at TIME, CNN

Time magazine and CNN both announced today that they will continue to employ Fareed Zakaria, following temporary suspensions after he admitted to plagiarizing a paragraph from The New Yorker for a recent Time magazine column. “We have completed a thorough review of each of Fareed Zakaria’s columns for Time, and we are entirely satisfied that the language... Read More

cnn, Fareed Zakaria, plagiarism, time

August 17, 2012

EFCC seizes bunkering vessel carrying 300 metric tonnes of stolen diesel

by Stanley Azuakola Since January 1st when President Jonathan increased the pump price of fuel leading to a chain of events hardly anyone could have predicted just a year ago, the eyes of the nation have been fixed on the oil and gas industry. However, this has not deterred the perpetrators of illegalities in the... Read More

Ayoade Emmanuel, Duniya David, EFCC, Felix Ayenuberu, Idowu Balogun, King. C. Fred, Michael Ekanem, MT Ocean Treasure, NIMASA, Olorunwa Omowunmi, Omodara Emmaneul and Faith Akhahowa., Onuoha Ikechukwu, Stephen Bamgbose, Suru Lepe, Wilson Uwujaren

August 17, 2012

Opinion: Okupe’s tough job of presidential rebranding

by Ayo Olukotun Dr. Doyin Okupe, newly appointed Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, has hit the ground running by hard tackles of two well-known critics of the Jonathan administration, namely Pastor Tunde Bakare, General Overseer of The Latter Rain Assembly, and Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, a former Minister of the Federal Capital... Read More

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