Thursday, November 14, 2013
GEJ Ignores Commonwealth meeting for gov poll
President
goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday said he abandoned the 2013 Commonwealth
Heads of Government meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka to campaign for the
Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Mr. Tony Nwoye, in the November 16
governorship election in Anambra State.
CBN Classifies 8 Nigerian Banks As TBTF "Too Big To Fail"
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank), Zenith Bank Plc, United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), Access Bank Plc, Skye Bank Plc, Ecobank Nigeria and Diamond Bank Plc have been designated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), as “too big to fail”, owing to the fact that their failure could pose a systemic risk to the banking industry and the larger economy.
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"You can’t Cajole me to Join your Party, I'm not a politician " Abubakar tells APC
He
made that disclosure once the leadership of the APC visited him in
Minna, Niger State. Abubakar while talking to newsmen after his ending
up in the APC control said,
“I am not a politician, I am not a partisan politician and I don’t need to be wooed.
“The APC leaders came to brief me on the amalgamation of the new party, how they are doing, how far they have gone and how things are moving. I have given them my dose of advice.”
We Want Our Power Back. - Northern Elders!
**we made a mistake by conceding power to the South in 1999.
The spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Professor Ango Abdullahi, has never left anybody in doubt about where he and his group stand on the issue of 2015 Presidency.
The group in a release, demanded that the North must produce the president in 2015. Speaking to newsmen, Prof Ango Abdullahi declared that, “there is no going back on the presidency returning to the North in 2015.”
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Over 3000 US prisoners serving life without parole for doing almost nothing
More than 3,200 people in federal
and state prisons are serving life without parole for nonviolent crimes
in this country, according to a study released Wednesday by the American
Civil Liberties Union.
₦9m Fraud: Polish woman "Mrs. Dora Gilmaska", remanded in the custody for ‘abusing’ bail.
“I remember that on September 26 the EFCC requested the bench warrant because the accused could not be located. I issued a bench warrant on her behalf arrest,” he said.
Putin calls Assad on Geneva-2, chemical weapons destruction
Russian President Vladimir Putin on
Thursday held telephone talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and
discussed Geneva peace conference, progress in chemical weapons
destruction and humanitarian situation in Syria, the Kremlin press
service reported.
Civilian drones over America cause various debates
On Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration released a project, the so-called roadmap. The main aim of it is to integrate drones into civilian airspace by 2015. However, the roadmap has caused strong reactions among privacy advocates.
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Pixs: Obasanjo Visits Ex--British PM Tony Blair At His Residence
Obasanjo participated in the panel of discussion for the sixth of White and Case's Autumn Conference series, which he chaired. The panel extensively dissected'The Impact of Natural Resources Discoveries'in Africa.
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#SadNews: Fire razes Jos building, food market
A similar fire razed the Jos Main Market in 2002, but 11 years after, the market has yet to be rebuilt.
R.I.P: Father of Governor Ibrahim Shema Is Dead!
“The Leader feels that in driving on at the grand senior years of 86, Alhaji Shehu can go back to his Manufacturer in peace and satisfaction having made valuable offspring such as for instance Governor Shema who will proudly keep on his heritage of valuable and selfless service to their neighborhood, state and nation,” Jonathan said in a record signed by his special adviser on press and coverage, Dr. Reuben Abati.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
ASUU Strike: Full list of Varsities That Voted To End/Continue Strike
Some Nigerian universities have on Monday voted to end the over 4-month old strike.
Find full voting results after the break.
#LagosPlaneCrashVictimsBurial: Check out Pics from Late Tunji Okusanya Jnr burial.
See more photographs after the break.
ASUU leaders chase Kogi gov away from hospital.
Angry
leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities allegedly chased
away the Governor of Kogi State, Captain Idris Wada (retd.) from the
emergency ward of the Lokoja General Hospital on Tuesday.
Wada had gone to the hospital to visit
their injured colleague, Dr. Ngozi Ilo, and commiserate with them
over the death of their former President, Prof. Festus Iyayi, in an
accident involving his convoy and an ASUU vehicle on Tuesday.
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2 die, 9 severely injured as govt convoy causes accident in Lagos.
Two
persons were killed on Wednesday, while no fewer than nine others were
injured after a tipper rammed into pedestrians at the U-turn end of the
Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. The
tipper was reported to be avoiding a government convoy of seven
vehicles that allegedly drove recklessly to the expressway from a side
road. The incident was said to have occurred between 11am and 12pm.
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Pentagon Stops Russian Mi-17 helicopters Purchase for Afghan army
The United States Department of Defence
has quit its plans to get 15 Russian-made Mi-17 helicopters for the
Afghan army in 2014, Senator John Kornin said on Wednesday.The
United States Congress repeatedly spoke against buying Mi-17
helicopters from Russia's arms trader Rosoboronexport for the reason
that of considerations of promoting interests of domestic manufacturers
of rotorcraft. The US State Department of Defence
repeatedly categorically opposed the Congress on that matter, saying its
decision was both in the national interests and in the interests of the
Afghan army and security forces.
3 students badly wounded in New shooting outside US school
Three students were shot outside Brashear High School in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, with police saying the victims had sustained wounds but that their injuries were not life-threatening.
The
attack came just down the street from Brashear High School, in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania after classes had finished for the day.
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Crazy: Pastor commits suicide after telling congregation that he spoke to God and was not hearing him
"I try to pray but I don't feel just like God is hearing me,” Parker thoug said ht to his congregation “I try to serve but I don't feel just like God is using me. And there are occasions in your lifetime when God purposely withdraws from you, he doesn't withdraw for the sake of leaving you but he withdraws in order to grow and mature.”
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