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Jonathan summons Service Chiefs to emergency security meeting – 234Next

By   /  January 4, 2012  /  Headlines  /  No Comments

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday summoned the Service Chiefs and other heads of the country’s security agencies to an emergency meeting at the State House in Abuja. Emerging from the meeting which lasted for over four hours, the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshall Oluseyi Petinrin, told State House correspondents that key decisions were [...]

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Coalition group calls for Jonathan’s resignation – 234Next

By   /  January 3, 2012  /  Headlines  /  No Comments

A coalition of civil society organizations under the umbrella of the Coalition to Save Nigeria (CSN), yesterday called for the resignation of President Goodluck Jonathan over the planned fuel subsidy removal. The group who made the call yesterday in Benin City during a town hall meeting held at the NUJ Press Centre, said contrary to [...]

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SON spends N20m to destroy fake, sub-standard tyres – 234Next

By   /  December 19, 2011  /  Headlines  /  No Comments

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), says it has spent about N20 million in destroying more than three million fake and sub-standard tyres nationwide. The Director of Enforcement of SON, Mr Louis Njoku, who made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja, also noted that about two million [...]

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Security force seizes bomb factory after Islamist attacks – 234Next

By   /  December 19, 2011  /  Headlines  /  No Comments

Authorities raided a bomb making factory on Saturday belonging to suspected members of an Islamist sect in the northeast, the military said, after gun and bomb attacks across northern Nigeria over four days killed at least seven people. Militant group Boko Haram is waging a low level insurgency against Nigeria’s government. It used to be [...]

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NUJ appeals to FG to fix deplorable roads in S-East, others – 234Next

By   /  December 18, 2011  /  Headlines  /  No Comments

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has appealed to the Federal Government to urgently fix all failed federal roads in the country, especially in the South-East. The Deputy President of the NUJ in Zone C, Mr Ambrose Nwankwu, made the appeal in Awka on Friday at the opening of the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting [...]

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Kidnapped doctor dies after paying ransom – 234Next

By   /  December 15, 2011  /  Headlines  /  No Comments

The community of Ohi in Mbaitoli local government area of Imo State was thrown into mourning on Sunday, following the death of the former medical director of Umugwuma General Hospital, Moses Amako, who died after allegedly paying a ₦20 million ransom to his kidnappers. It was gathered that Dr Amako, who had earlier been relieved [...]

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Renewed culture of ethical systems, panacea for corruption – Sambo – 234Next

By   /  December 15, 2011  /  Headlines  /  No Comments

Vice-President Namadi Sambo says the fight against corruption in the country should be intensified via a renewed culture of “rigour of ethical systems” so as to stimulate economic growth. Sambo said this in Abuja on Tuesday, while declaring open the National Collaborators Forum on Ethics and Values, organised by the Office of the Special Adviser [...]

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EU Envoy says Same-sex Marriage Bill contravenes international conventions – 234Next

By   /  December 15, 2011  /  Headlines  /  No Comments

The Head of the EU Delegation to Nigeria, Amb. David MacRae, on Tuesday, said some of the clauses in the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Bill contravened certain international conventions to which Nigeria is a signatory. Macrae who spoke against the backdrop of the need to promote human rights, told newsmen in Abuja at an interactive [...]

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Government to spend ₦921.9b on Boko Haram, others – 234Next

By   /  December 15, 2011  /  Headlines  /  2 Comments

A budget proposal of ₦921.9 billion has been earmarked by the federal government to fight the menace of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, Niger Delta militants and other miscreants who have been terrorising many parts of the country. President Goodluck Jonathan, on Tuesday, made this revelation while presenting the total budget of ₦4.749 trillion before [...]

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Athletics family mourn Bada – 234Next

By   /  December 14, 2011  /  Headlines  /  No Comments

The athletics family was on Tuesday thrown into mourning with the death of Sunday Bada, the Technical Director, Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN). Bada died at about 8.45 p.m in Lagos on Monday, during a brief illness. Born on June 22, 1969 in Kwara State, he was a retired sprinter who specialised in the 400 [...]

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