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SUMMIT…Managing Director of the World Bank and former Minister
of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala with Gov. Peter Obi at the
pre-August Meeting summit at Awka…yesterday. |
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Police chiefs meet over crime in S/east |
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MALACHY UZENDU, Head Editorial, Abuja
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Inspector-General of Police
(IGP), Mr. Mike Okiro yesterday in Abuja came close to tears, as
he declared that the South-East zone of the country was the most
crime prone, insisting that the police must find urgent solutions
to the situation.
Though he blamed the
judiciary for some lapses which encourage high crime rate in the
area, he said he had written both President Umaru Yar’adua and the
Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi.. .>>more |
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Opposition
parties differ on mega party
Vincent Adekoye,
Benin
Some registered
opposition parties under the umbrella of the forum of
National Chairmen of Political Parties, yesterday converged
on Benin, Edo State capital and distanced themselves from
the formation of the much talked mega party, saying what the
nation needs presently was a mega revolution that will
salvage the democratic system.. >>More
Gunmen
kill Senator Ama Iwuagwu’s dad
EMMA OGU,
Owerri
Mr. Ebenezer Iwuagwu,
father of late Senator Ama Iwuagwu was at the weekend shot
dead by unknown gun men. ..>>More
We are not taxing
Churches, Mosques —Fashola
Religious leaders
yesterday unanimously agreed with the Lagos State Government
that it is indeed constitutional, right and proper for the
State to ask religious leaders to fulfill their individual
tax obligations to the State just as Governor Babatunde
Fashola (SAN) reiterated for the umpteenth time that the
administration is not taxing Churches and Mosques. ....>>More
Police nab
3 over theft of 200 exotic cars
Lukkey
Abawuru
Lagos State police
command has arrested three suspects who allegedly stole over
200 exotic cars at gun points in various parts of the
country. Police alleged that the suspects specialised in
snatching exotic and state-of- the-art cars from innocent
victims and purportedly take them to neighbouring countries
for sale.. .>>More |
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Bayelsa:
Senators, Reps shun Yar’Adua
DENNIS NAKU,
Yenagoa
President Umaru Yar’dua
yesterday in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State assured that the amnesty
offered militants in the Niger Delta was for real, insisting
that the days are numbered for those who fail to embrace the
offer.. . >>More
Why we admire Gov Obi
—Okonjo-Iweala,
Pope’s Rep
ODOGWU EMEKA ODOGWU,
Awka
MANAGING Director of the
World Bank, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said Governor Peter
Obi’s status as the most fiscally responsible governor in
Nigeria has enabled him to use public fund for public good.
Dr Okonjo-Iweala while
appealing to Obi never to fail his people’s expectation noted
that there was need for Anambra people to rally round Governor
Obi so that the state could achieve its development objective
already started by Obi.
Okonjo-Iweala who was
Nigeria ’s former Finance Minister said: "Obi is the most
fiscally responsible governor in Nigeria. I discovered him
when I was the Finance Minister. Then, my policy was that
those who are fiscally responsible I would work with them...>>More
Anambra awmakers
reject Uba
COSMAS EKPUNOBI,
Assist. Pol Editor
Battle for the soul of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State took a
dramatic turn yesterday, as the state and federal legislators
from the state declared that they were ashamed to be
associated with Chris Uba and his leadership of the party in
the state. ..>>More
N2bn scam: EFCC arraigns Joe Musa,
others
ERASMUS ALANEME and MEBRIM
UCHECHUKWU, Abuja
Director General, National Gallery of Art,
Joe Musa, his Director of Finance, Olusegun Ogunba and three
other directors of the agency were yesterday arraigned before
a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Lugbe,
Abuja for converting government money and opening bank
accounts without approval.. .>> More
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