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Kalu urged Mimiko to continue with his pro-people policies, especially in the areas of education, health care and provision of infrastructure, with roads being a critical one
The deal for the UNESCO international Institute of Biotechnology at the University of Nigeria was sealed at a colourful ceremony held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on October 13, 2012
Akande said there were glaring shortcomings in the process that threw up Mimiko
Mimiko, candidate of the Labour Party, won the election with 260,199 votes while Barrister Olusola Oke of the Peoples Democratic Party was second with 155,961 votes and Action Congress of Nigeria’s Barrister Rotimi Akeredolu third with 143,512 votes.
Adetula was apprehended on Saturday while attempting to leave Nigeria with the cash by officials of the Nigeria Customs Service at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos
The Nigeria Football Federation has queried the leadership of the Nigeria Premier League in respect of allegations of inappropriate management of funds relating to broadcast right fees, as contained in the report of its auditors
Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool also recorded victories while newly promoted Norwich City shocked Arsenal with a lone goal win
Mimiko, flying the flag of the Labour Party, lost in Owo and Okitipupa Local Government Areas, which are strongholds of the Action Congress of Nigeria and the Peoples Democratic Party
So far, Mimiko has received 218,874 votes while the Action Congress of Nigeria’s Barrister Rotimi Akeredolu is in a distant second position with 119,983 votes and Barrister Olusola Oke of the Peoples Democratic Party garnering 117,113 votes
Hospital officials said Saturday the deaths resulted from a series of explosions and shootings that began on Thursday in the northeastern part of the country
What has bewitched these raging hearts? What religious opium is in circulation causing fundamentalist hallucination? Why is the world racing apace into brutality of religious Armageddon?
Mimiko defeated both Oke and Akeredolu in their wards and won in his
This follows Mimiko’s early lead in Saturday’s election, defeating one of his opponents even in his (opponent’s) own polling unit
In a congratulatory letter to Chief Ekwueme, President Jonathan extolled the former vice president’s laudable contributions to national development over the years
The gunmen reportedly killed the Waziris in the country home of the former Custom boss in Potiskum, Yobe State.
Mr. Abba Djidda Alahdji, third deputy mayor of Makary in Cameroon’s Far North Region, was killed because of his suspected ties with a Nigerian police commissioner, local tabloid, La Nouvelle Expression reported
The ACN, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said Sule and Ojomo have been taken to Akure, the state capital, for interrogation
And the social media, especially Facebook and the Blackberry Messenger, have been awash with so many allegations, from the sublime to the ridiculous
The killing of the Chinese immediately spark confusion in the town and other Chinese workers had to take to their heels for fear of being killed