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* Pledges transparent oil licensing rounds ACTING President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday sent a bill to the National Assembly, seeking far-reaching tax reforms.In the meantime, the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke,

* Okay terms for independent candidacy* Ex-govs want two-party system* Assembly shut out NUJ protestersMEMBERS of the House of Assembly yesterday refused to endorse Option A4 and electronic machine for voting in

Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, President and Commander in Chief of Nigerian Armed Forces is dead. He died late Wednesday evening, about 9 o’clock at his official residence in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He

THIS week promises to be a most crucial one for Nigeria as the two legislative bodies in the country decide the way forward as regards the long absence of President Umaru

SENATOR Victor Ndoma-Egba (Central Senatorial District), Cross River, has donated four transformers worth N8 million to four local councils in the district. Ndoma-Egba, who presented the transformers yesterday in Calabar, said the

AS the nation joins the world tomorrow in beginning another year, former Minister of Health, Prof. Adenike Grange and joint Chief Medical Director, Eko Hospital, Dr. Sunny Kuku, has canvassed a reappraisal

GOVERNOR Ikedi Ohakim of Imo State will on January 4, 2010, address prominent sons and daughters of the state at New Owerri Complex, Owerri. According to a statement by the Commissioner for

KWARA State Deputy Governor, Afolabi Ogundeji, has canvassed the need to develop the non-oil sector of the nation's economy if Nigeria wants to make the list of 20 leading economic powers in

RESIDENTS of Enugu have resorted to burning heaps of refuse that have taken over the nooks and crannies of the capital city to forestall an outbreak of diseases. Although the refuse heaps

THE rivalry between the late political sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo and the late Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola, which caused political crisis in the First Republic, is the basis of the current disagreement