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FG plans 74,000 jobs for vulnerable groups – Okonjo-Iweala
Jan. 31 | Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (M), National President Joint National Association of persons with disabilities (JONAPWD) Barrister Danlami Bashir, SEC-Gen JONAPWD Mr. Dandison Nwankpa Hart, and Media Consultant for JONAPWD Mr. Chike Okgwu...
Fomer House Speaker Dimeji Bankole cleared of fraud charges
Jan. 31 | AP – A Nigerian court has dimissed fraud charges against a top Nigerian politician and his deputy, both accused of diverting more than $244 million in bank loans. Justice Suleiman Belgore cleared former House Speaker Dimeji Bankole and his former...
Breaking news: al-Mustapha sentenced to death by hanging
Jan. 30 | AP – A federal judge in Nigeria on Monday sentenced to death the feared right-hand man to Nigeria’s former military dictator over the 1996 killing of an opposition candidate’s wife. Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha sat without expression, slowly...
African Union unveils Chinese-funded HQ
Jan. 28 | The newly commissioned Chinese-funded African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Photo Credit: African Union BY NAL newswire As China welcomes the Year of the Dragon to celebrate its traditional new year, far from its shore, the world’s...
Nigeria’s supreme court sacks five ruling party Governors
Jan. 27 | Liyel Imoke, Governor Cross River State. Reuters – Nigeria’s Supreme Court ruled on Friday to remove five powerful state governors from office because their tenures should have expired last year, replacing them with the speakers of the house...
National insecurity: Police chief Rigim ‘sacked’
Jan. 26 | Ousted Inspector General of Police Hafiz Ringim Reuters – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked the chief of police and his six deputies, the presidency said on Wednesday, a week after the main suspect in a Christmas Day bomb attack escaped...
Breaking News: Multiple explosions rocks Kano
Jan. 20 | Enenche Akogwu, Channels TV Reporter killed in the Kano attacks. Major news wires have reported multiple explosions in Kano, in the northern region of Nigeria. The multiple explosions happened around 5pm local time. Initial report suggests that the Nigerian...
Jonathan has lost presidential credibility – CLI
Jan. 17 | Oba of Lagos HRH Oba Rilwan Babatunde Osuolale Aremu Akiolu I. BY NAL Staff reporter President “Goodluck Jonathan is a confusionist, who is fast losing the credibility to continue governing Nigeria in peace.” These were the words of a group that identifies...
ACN condemns tribalization of fuel subsidy protest
Jan. 16 | Alhaji Lai Mohammed, ACN National Publicity Secretary. The Action Congress of Nigeria has said it is “mortally concerned” that the ongoing fuel subsidy issue is increasingly being turned to a sectional matter. It said this had raised concern about...
