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Chairman, Zinox Technologies Ltd, Chief Leo Stan Ekeh,
Director-General (DG) Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON),
Alhaji Garba Bello Kankorofi, representing the Minister of
Information and the author of the book, ‘Now Step into a Glorious
Light’, Mr. Emma Saint George Ekeh, at the book launch held in
Lagos…yesterday. PHOTO: KINGSTON DANIEL
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Yar’Adua: Why we struck in N/Delta |
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The Federal Government yesterday said the military action in the
restive Niger Delta region was targeted at halting the persistent
criminal activities.
The government however re-iterated that the window
of opportunity to return to normal life provided for them through
amnesty was still open.
The government also said in two weeks, it will come
out with comprehensive policy on modalities and conditions under which
the amnesty to the militants will be implemented.
President Umaru Yar’Adua who stated this when he
received the report from the Presidential Panel on Amnesty and
Disarmament of militants in the Niger Delta, said the military action
was necessitated by ... >>more |
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Mark denies rift with
Bankole, blasts critics
COSMAS EKPUNOBI
SENATE yesterday pledge to pass the 2010
budget on January 1, even as it said that it will not be cajoled
into endorsing a substandard bill.
This is even as the Senate President Speaker
of the House of Representative, Mr. Dimeji Bankole.
It would be recalled that the senate had last
week rejected President Umaru Yar’Adua’s bill on the
establishment of political party registration commission
(electoral reforms) following what senators called certain
inadequacies in the proposed law ...>>
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Ume-Ezeoke,
Na’Abba, others task Reps
Abiodun Adelaja
and Adekunle Adesuji, Abuja
House of Representatives
yesterday rolled out the drums in celebration of 10 years of
uninterrupted democracy in the country, with former speakers
tasking the Hon Dimeji Bankole-led lower chamber to ensure
success of the electoral reforms.
This is even as a former
speaker, Hon Ghali NaAbba suggested that the federal legislature
should be the training ground for future leaders of the country ...>>More
Ibadan
councillor slumps, dies
DELE OGUNYEMI,
Ibadan
It was weeping and wailing
at the premises of the Ibadan North Local Government Council of
Oyo State yesterday, following the mysterious death of one of
the councillors in the Local administration, Hon, Saanu Elewere,
representing Oke-Itunu/Mokola Constituency. ...>>More
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30 inmates still
missing in Enugu jail break
TONY ADIBE, Enugu
The authorities of Enugu
Prisons have continued the manhunt for 30 inmates on the Awaiting
Trial (AT) unit who escaped during Wednesday’s jail break.
About 130 out of the over
150 inmates who attempted to give themselves freedom when the jail
was broken were later re-arrested by a combined team of the
police, army, civil defence and prison officers. .
..>>More
INEC seeks NASS support
for staggered elections
JUDE OPARA,
Abuja
THE Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) has initiated moves to have elections
in the country staggered.
The commission said
yesterday it would ask the National Assembly through a bill to
allow it stagger elections in the country, saying it would ensure
proper surveillance and control of election. ...>More
Ibori’s trial suffers
set-back
The trial of Chief James
Ibori, former Delta State governor by the Economic and Financial
Crime Commission (EFCC) yesterday suffered a set back at the
Federal High Court, Asaba, following the absence of one of the
accused persons, Miss Udoamaka Okoronkwo in court.
A Federal High Court,
sitting in Asaba and presided over by Justice Marcel Awokolehin
had issued a bench warrant, on April 27, on Miss. Okoronkwo, to
appear before the court to answer to charges preferred against her
by the Federal Government.. ..>>More
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