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Daniel, Bankole in open feud over Ota bridge – The Guardian
Nigerian Bulletin
Decorum was thrown away yesterday (Thursday) as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole and the Ogun State Governor, Gbenga Daniel, engaged in hot verbal brick-bats at the commissioning of the Sango-Ota bridge. ...
Bankole, Daniel In Open Brawl In OtaNigeria Daily Independent
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Confusion over Ota bridge inaugurationNigerian Tribune
Vanguard -THISDAY -Daily Sun
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Nigerian Observer
NASS Gives Jega November Deadline For Voter
Nigeria Daily Independent
Federal lawmakers on Thursday gave Attahiru Jega a November deadline to produce a new voter register after passing a harmonised version of the Electoral Act 2010. ...
2011: Jega seeks partnership with police – The NationNigerian Bulletin
Jega wants N74b in two weeksNEXT
2011: Jega holds meeting with police, tasks on free, fair pollsNigerian Tribune
Nigerian Compass -Nigerian Observer -BusinessDay
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NCC: Mark Sacks Communications Committee Chairman
Nigeria Daily Independent
Sylvester Anyanwu has become the first Senator to lose his Committee Chairmanship for carrying out a solo screening of the nominees for the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) board. ...
Senate disbands committee over nominee screening fraudNEXT
Angry Mark sacks committee over illegal screening of NCC board membersNigerian Compass
Screening of NCC board members: Senate dissolves committee on communicationsBusinessDay
BusinessDay
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Vanguard
Lawmakers add N4bn to NDDC budget
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BY Ini Ekott The National Assembly, yesterday, passed the 2010 budget of the Niger Delta Development Commission, adding N4bn to the requested sum and renaming the N90m earlier billed for “staff marriage”. Lawmakers reviewed the spending plan of the ...
Reps okay N240.5bn budget for NDDCVanguard
Senate delays NDDC budget approvalNEXT
Reps okay N240.5b NDDC budgetBusinessDay
Nigeria Daily Independent -NEXT
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Christian Science Monitor
North seeks consensus candidate to face Jonathan
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Indications emerged yesterday that northern leaders who believe the Presidency should be zoned to the region will support a consensus candidate to challenge President Goodluck Jonathan for the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party. ...
Zoning: Stop Jonathan, cause crisis, says Northern G20Vanguard
Nigeria: 2011 - Expect Crisis Without Jonathan, Gana WarnsAllAfrica.com
Nigerian President Returns Home From Uganda After Plane DelayWall Street Journal
Nigerian Tribune -THISDAY -Christian Science Monitor
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IBB Ibadan rally flops •$12.4bn oil windfall: FG panel submits report on ex ...
Nigerian Tribune
MANY politicians were, on Thursday, disappointed at the non-appearance of former President Ibrahim Babangida in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, as reported in the media for the past two weeks. The politicians, who were gaily dressed, waited to receive ...
2011: OBJ, IBB clash over S-West govs' supportVanguard
IBB's Rally Flops In Ibadan, Ex-Dictator Fails To Show UpP.M. News

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Reps Divided Over N6.1b NCC Sim Card Registration
LeadershipNigeria
Members of the House of Representatives were sharply divided yesterday following attempts to re-introduce the proposed N6.1 billion SIM card registration fund in the 2010 Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) budget. The House had last Tuesday ...
N6.1bn SIM registration sparks another Reps brawlNEXT
N6.bn NCC SIM card registration tears Reps apartVanguard
N6.1bn SIM Registration Tears House ApartTHISDAY
BusinessDay -Nigerian Tribune
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Bankole gives conditions for new states
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Crusaders for new states now have a fresh hurdle: ensure all federal representatives from your present states are handed new terms in 2011, and stand a chance of a new state, Dimeji Bankole, Speaker of the House of Representatives announced yesterday. ...
Bankole Gives Conditions For Creation Of StatesLeadershipNigeria
Mark: National Assembly Determined to Create StatesTHISDAY
Bankole Counsels Agitators For State Creation To ReturnNigeria Daily Independent

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The Guardian
Pakistan mourns plane crash dead
CBC.ca
AP Pakistan marked a day of mourning Thursday for the victims of the country's worst plane crash, as emergency crews continued a grim search for bodies amid thick mud, rain and slippery hillsides. People carry the remains of a passenger at a local ...
Monsoon hampers Pakistan black box searchSydney Morning Herald
Heavy rains delay salvage of crashed Pakistan planeReuters
Pakistan in Mourning Following Deadly Plane CrashVoice of America
CNN International -The Guardian -The Press Association
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NUC Threatens to Withdraw LAUTECH's Licence
THISDAY
Ladoke Akintola University (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, has two weeks to resolve its crisis or lose its licence, the National Universities Commi-ssion (NUC) has said. Executive Secretary of the commission, Prof. Julius Okojie, who disclosed this at the ...
NUC Threatens To Withdraw LAUTECH's LicenceNigeria Daily Independent
NUC threatens to withdraw LAUTECH's licence •Gives Oyo, Osun 2 weeks to ...Nigerian Tribune
Illegal persons won't run LAUTECH –OyinlolaDaily Sun

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Reuters (press release)
'Northern governor's decision is victory for north'
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Tanko Yakasai, a former special adviser to second republic president, Shehu Shagari, has described the decision of the Northern Governors Forum not to support President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011 as a victory for the people of the north. ...
'Nigerians United in Opposition to Zoning'THISDAY
Zoning: Why I Didn't Vote, by Yobe GovTHISDAY
Zoning: Either way, PDP is in trouble, says GaladimaBusinessDay
NEXT -AllAfrica.com -Nigerian Tribune
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We are eager to send PDP away, says Tinubu
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Former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, said that the Action Congress (AC) is working assiduously to unseat the ruling Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), come 2011 general elections. Mr. Tinubu, one of the prominent ...
Lagos picks Tinubu for NFF electionNigerian Tribune

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Our lawmakers are selfish, says Sagay
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Itse Sagay, a professor of law and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, yesterday accused Nigerian lawmakers of selfish pursuits and faulted the constitutional amendment recently carried out by the National Assembly. ...
Nigeria's Federal Legislator Earns More Than ObamaP.M. News
Amendment to 1999 constitution, a disappointment –SagayBusinessDay
Nigeria's Lawmakers Earn Highest Pay In The World – SagayNigerian Muse
Daily Sun
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Anambra tribunal upholds Obi's election
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The elections petitions tribunal sitting in Awka, Anambra State, and headed by Pius Damulak, yesterday, upheld the election of Peter Obi as the winner of the February 6 governorship election in the state. Delivering a 7-hour judgement, ...
Tribunal Upholds Obi's ElectionNigeria Daily Independent
Tribunal upholds Obi's electionNigerian Tribune
Governor Peter Obi of Anambra StateDaily Sun

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2011: IBB's ambition divides Alao-Akala, ex-deputy – The Punch
Nigerian Bulletin
The presidential ambition of a former military dictator, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (retd), has pitted the Oyo State Governor, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala, and his erstwhile deputy, Alhaji Hafeez Gbolarunmi, against each other. While Alao-Akala had earlier at ...
2011: IBB flags off campaign in S-WestVanguard
IBB kicks off presidential campaign in IbadanNigerian Tribune

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Vanguard
Senate confirms final nominees for INEC
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The Senate yesterday confirmed the appointment of two more national electoral commissioners for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The two, Mohammed Ahmed Wali from Sokoto State and Christopher Okubai Iyimoga, from Nasarawa State, ...
2011: N-Assembly to pass 'Electoral Act' todayVanguard
Election date: Senate denies witch-hunting JonathanBusinessDay
... As Senate Confirms 2 More INEC ChiefsTHISDAY
Nigerian Tribune -Nigeria Daily Independent -LeadershipNigeria
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Bankole absolves House over failure of power probe
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole yesterday absolved the leadership of the House of any responsibility in the inability of the anti-graft agencies to prosecute persons indicted by the report of the $16 billion ...
Bankole Faults ICPC Boss Over Power Probe ReportNigeria Daily Independent
Reports of House probes with EFCC, ICPC–Bankole insistsDaily Sun

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Ogun banks close over rumoured attack
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Commercial banks operating in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, yesterday closed shops against customers, following rumours of an armed robbery plot to attack targeted financial institutions in the town. ...
Bandits with rocket launchers, bombs on the rampageNigerian Compass
Rampaging Robbers Paralyse Commercial Activities in Oyo, OgunTHISDAY
Robbers kill 5 in Ibadan •One robber killed, another arrestedNigerian Tribune
Vanguard -AllAfrica.com -Daily Sun
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Vanguard
I did my best, says Ojo-Oba
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With the tables now turned against the era of Sani Lulu and his kitchen cabinet, the Nigeria Football Federation is tightly in the reins of Acting Chairman, Aminu Maigari. On Monday, the clock turned full circle for Bolaji ...
I 'll soon be back in NFF •As Osun FA picks repNigerian Tribune
EFCC freezes football federation's accountsNEXT
NFF board sends Ojo-Oba packingNigerian Tribune
Nigeria Daily Independent -THISDAY -Vanguard
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'LAUTECH: A soldier would do a better job at capturing territories'
Nigerian Tribune
The Osun State governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, in this interview with Deputy Editor, Tayo Lewis, bares his mind on the recent crisis between Osun State and Oyo State governments over the issue of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology ...
LAUTECH declares 2-week break •School remains open - Osun govtNigerian Tribune
Alao-Akala ready to drop immunity over allegationNEXT
Oyo: Tension grips teachers as rumour of sack persistsVanguard
Nigerian Bulletin -Daily Sun -Nigerian Tribune
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