# World celebrates Mandela at 95 • Ban Ki-moon, Obama, Clinton, NLC pay tributes UNITED Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, United States (U.S.) President Barack Obama and Andrew Mlangeni, who was a prisoner alongside Nelso... Read more... # ECOWAS leaders vow to end terrorism, others • Insist on scheduled polls in Mali, Guinea, Togo HEADS of State of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have vowed to join forces in order to stamp out terrorism within the s...Read more... # Gowon urges govt to address war-time abuse of power cases THE last may not have been heard of the Nigerian Civil War, as the Head of State and Commander-in-Chief at that time, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, has asked the Federal Government to reopen and investigate the ...Read more... # Implementation of PIB to start in five years, says minister • Task force to prosecute oil thieves MINISTER of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, Thursday cautioned stakeholders, including lawmakers, against politicising the proposed Petroleum Indust...Read more... # INEC to register, verify voters in Anambra • PDP releases guidelines THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced plan to begin registration of voters and revalidation of voter’s cards in Anambra State ahead of t...Read more... # Reps okay budget amendment proposal THE House of Representatives Thursday passed for second reading the 2013 budget amendment bill sent to it by President Goodluck Jonathan. Specifically, the budget was passed in December 2012, an...Read more... # 2013 budget amendments scale second reading in ... The House of Representatives yesterday passed the proposed amendments to the 2013 budget for second reading and referred same to its Committees on Finance and ...Read more... # NJC indicts ex-CJ Gummi of gross misconduct The National Judicial Council, NJC, yesterday pronounced the immediate past Chief Judge, CJ, of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Justice Lawal Gummi, guilty of gross ...Read more... # FG set to prosecute 500 oil thieves …culprits risk 21-year jail term as Nigeria loses N7.35bn daily The Federal Government has approved the establishment of a legal task force headed by the ...Read more... # PIB: We won’t tolerate threats from IOCs, ... •Bill not about Jonathan –Minister Senate President David Mark has asked the international oil companies, IOCs, operating in the country to refrain from blackmailing or ...Read more... # Labour rejects removal of minimum wage from ... …urges lawmakers to drop recommendation The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, yesterday rejected the proposed transfer of the national minimum ...Read more... # Boko Haram is Nigeria’s common enemy –Shehu of Borno •Shettima commends JTF for raiding sect’s stronghold Nigerians should see Boko Haram as a common enemy and not an attempt by Muslims to disintegrate the country, the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Garbai, said yesterday. Garbai, who is a ... Read more... # Stakeholders decry poor state of Kano airport •Allege substandard facilities Some stakeholders yesterday raised the alarm over what they described as the appalling state of the Malla
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