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Why power problem persists –Shonekan
Former Head of Interim National Government,
Chief (Dr.) Ernest Shonekan, has identified corruption, lack of
maintenance of power plants and inadequate coordination as
responsible for the persistent power problem in Nigeria. .>>>More
U. S. Poll:
Obama is divine choice
— Cleric
By DELE OGUNYEMI, Ibadan
AS Americans go to the polls
on Tuesday, a cleric and president of Ibadan-based Christian
Literature Centre (CLC), Pastor Timothy Folorunso Makinde, has
tipped the Democratic candidate, Senator Barack Obama, to emerge
as the next President ..... >>>More
Lawmaker delivers
democracy dividends to constituents
A federal legislator, Hon.
Adeola Adefolabi, has noted that the failure of national
leadership was at the root of the country’s mass poverty..>>>More
Resolution of N/D crisis
key to development — IBB
FORMER Military President, Gen. Ibrahim
Babangida, has said that Nigeria cannot attain its noble
objectives of advancement unless the Niger Delta crisis is
satisfactorily resolved. He spoke weekend in Nnewi, Anambra State
at the inauguration of the headquarters .... >>>More
Mark, Utomi, Fasehun differ on who heads
N/Delta ministry
By ETAGHENE
EDIRIN And ANTHONY OMOH
SENATE President David Mark,
founder of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Dr. Frederick Fasehun and
presidential candidate of African Democratic Congress (ADC), Prof.
Pat Utomi yesterday disagreed over the headship of the
newly-created ministry of Niger Delta.>>>More |
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NCP petitions Yar’Adua over Lagos Council poll
LAGOS State chapter of the
National Conscience Party (NCP) has petitioned President Umaru
Musa Yar’Adua asking whether it is proper or not to release
funds to the 20 local government and 37 local council
development areas (LCDAs) in the state.
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ANPP governors pass confidence vote on
Ume-Ezeoke’s leadership
ALL Nigerian Peoples Party
(ANPP) Governors have condemned the anti-party activities of
some members describing them as ungodly and unpatriotic. >>>More
Lawmaker bemoans poor framework for rural
development
A member of the House of
Representatives, Hon Darlington Okereke, has blamed the gross
neglect of rural communities in Nigeria on the absence of a
legal framework that would define the roles and compel the
different tiers of government to commit certain amount of
resources to the provision of basic amenities in the rural
areas. >>>More |
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