Firm Partners LAWMA On Highway Sanitation

 

The Nigeria Bottling Company has partnered the Lagos State Waste Management Agency and  employed eight sweepers that will ensure the cleanliness of Apogbon community on Lagos Island.

National Commercial Director of NBC, Mr. Matthieu Segui, said the company partnered LAWMA to ensure proper supervision and promotion of sanitation in the state.

FG To Terminate Presidential Amnesty Programme By 2015

The Federal Government is set to terminate the Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty Programme by 2015, Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Matters, Hon. Kingsley Kuku, has said.

Kuku, however, said government had put in place machinery to ensure that over 10,000 ex-militants passed through various educational and vocational trainings within and outside the country before the termination of the programme in 2015.

Dangote, Now The Richest African Man In The world

 

THE Forbes Magazine has declared Aliko Dangote as the world’s richest African in the world, just as the world’s richest black woman, Folorunsho Alakija, is conspicuously missing in the magazine ranking of the 21 richest Nigerians.

Alakija, an oil tycoon and fashion designer, reportedly worth at least $3.2 billion edged out African American Oprah Winfrey, worth more than $2.7 billion, in Forbes 2012 list of richest black people. 

JTF Kills Six, Arrest 11 Suspected B’Haram Members

No fewer than six suspected members of Boko Haram were killed and another 11 arrested by the Joint Task Force on Sunday.

A military commander on Sunday, said vigilantes in northeastern Nigeria captured the 11 suspected members of the Boko Haram sect and handed them over to the army.

Nigeria And Others Countries Barred From US Visa Lottery

Nigeria and some other countries will no longer be eligible to participate in the America Diversity Visa lottery programme.

Information from the United States Department of State sighted on Sunday said Nigerians and citizens from few other countries were not eligible for DV-2015

The department said Nigeria was excluded since over 50,000 Nigerians had immigrated into the United States in the last five years.

Catholic Bishops Offer To Mediate New PDP Tells Nigerians To Fast - ASUU Strike

Catholic bishops in Nigeria have offered to mediate in the face-off between the Federal Government and the striking members of the  Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities.

The clerics in a communique signed by the President and Secretary, Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, Most. Rev. Ignatius Kaigama and Most. Rev.  William Avenya, respectively after their second plenary (between September 5 and 13)

2015 PRESIDENCY: The New PDP Drops Demand For Jonathan To Go

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ABUJA – As the meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan and the aggrieved G-7 governors and other leaders of the Abubakar Kawu Baraje faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, got underway last night to resolve the crisis in the party, there were indications that the nPDP may have adjusted its earlier demand that President Goodluck Jonathan should not seek a second term in office.

ATIKU — I Contested 2007 Presidential Election To Preserve Sanctity Of Democracy

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FORMER Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has said that he contested the 2007 presidential elections in the face of defeat, to preserve the sanctity of democracy.

He also noted that he would never go back to the vow he took on the night late Gen. Sani Abacha allegedly sent hit squad after him, never to allow another despot rule Nigeria again.

Jonathan, Rebel Govs Agree To ‘Ceasefire’ … To Meet Again On Oct. 7 • New PDP Treasurer Quits

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President Goodluck Jonathan and the aggrieved governors in the New  Peoples Democratic Party   have agreed to sheath  their swords as they commence  immediate action towards the resolution of the crisis in the party.

The decision was reached at a meeting  they held on Sunday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Sunday night.

Jonathan Asks PDP To Compile Ministerial Nominees List

 

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There are indications that President Goodluck Jonathan  had directed  the  Bamanga Tukur  faction of the Peoples Democratic Party to compile  names of its members for minsiterial positions.

A member of the National Working Committee of the faction, who made this known to The Afric-tv24 Zamfara in Abuja on Sunday, said the directive was already being complied with.