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Leadership Newspapers Explore MDGs for devt Fashola tasks Lagos council chairmenVanguardBy Olasunkanmi Akoni & Monsur Olowoopejo The Blue Roof of Lagos Television, LTV, located on Lateef Jakande Road, amid tight security, was filled to capacity, yesterday, as Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State presided over the oath taking and …Lagos Council Poll: The Intrigues And [...]
Telegraph.co.uk NTC official: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi now in NigerReuters AfricaOct 27 (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam, wanted by the International Criminal Court, has crossed the Libyan border into Niger, a senior official in the National Transitional Council that ousted Gaddafi told Reuters on Thursday. …UN ends Libya military mandateSydney Morning HeraldU.N. Votes to [...]
San Francisco Examiner PDP wins chairmanship of Badagry LGBusinessDayThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday won the chairmanship of the Badagry Local Government in the Lagos council elections held same day. PDP candidate, Tafa Dada, polled 7353 votes to defeat the incumbent Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) …Voters' turnout impressive — Senator TinubuThe Nation NewspaperLagos: [...]
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San Francisco Examiner Nigeria: Local government elections in Lagos StateAfrique en LigueVoting starts in local govt elections in Nigeria's Lagos State – Voting has started, though on a slow note, in Saturday's local government elections in Lagos state, Nigeria's economic hub. Among the early voters were State Governor Babatunde Fashola …Lagos council polls: Govt will [...]
Telegraph.co.uk Tribal and religious differences present challenges for a new LibyaSydney Morning HeraldWARNING GRAPHIC VISION: Middle East correspondent, Ruth Pollard says Muammar Gaddafi's death will allow the NTC to move forward with turning Libya into a democracy. A new dawn awaits the Libyan people now that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi can no longer …Gaddafi death brings [...]
I Didn't Sponsor Bill On Prostitution –EkweremaduMiddle East North Africa Financial NetworkOct 17, 2011 (Daily Champion/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) — Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu insisted at the weekend that he did not at any time introduce any bill on the floor of the Senate seeking to legalize prostitution in Nigeria. …Nigeria's Deputy [...]
BBC News Baba Suwe, a suspect for now – AshaoluNigerian TribuneCOMRADE Victor Ashaolu, president of ANTP, has reacted to the reported arrest of Alhaji Babatunde Omidina, aka Baba Suwe, over drug trafficking. In a phone conversation with R, on Friday Ashaolu said it was too early to take a stand on the arrest of …BABA [...]
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Sydney Morning Herald 'Underwear bomber' pleads guilty to attempted murder of 289 plane passengersSydney Morning HeraldThe so-called "underwear bomber" has pleaded guilty to trying to blow up a US-bound airliner on Christmas Day 2009, saying he had sought to avenge the killing of innocent Muslims. In a six-minute speech to a shocked courtroom on Wednesday [...]
BusinessDay Alao-Akala, Gbenga Daniel, Doma Arrested By EFCCThe StreetjournalThree former Governors were arrested on Thursday by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The arrested former state chief executives are Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State,… Face Of A Fraud: How CBN Governor, …EFCC Arrests Daniel, Akala,Leadership NewspapersNigerian ex-governors accused of embezzling $ [...]
Osun Defender Soveriegn Wealth Funds: Assault on federalism – AregbesolaVanguardBY GBENGA OLARINOYE OSOGBO— GOVERNOR Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State, has described the controversial sovereign wealth fund scheme of the federal government as a direct assault on the country's federal system of government. …'The good time is here'The Nation NewspaperThe Aregbesola Interview: “My bond with Lagos [...]
