Nation
The legal battle instituted by the federal government against tobacco companies operating in Nigeria runs into a hitch
By Nnamdi Felix / Abuja
The legal battle initiated by the Federal Government against tobacco companies operating in Nigeria resumed Wednesday 29 October at the Federal High Court, Abuja before Justice Adamu Bello. Real action, however, failed to …
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Nine years into the democratic dispensation, the Northern Governors Forum is yet to match its grandiose plans with action
By Femi Adi /Kaduna
At the inception of the current democratic dispensation in 1999, the elected governors of the 19 northern states met at the General Usman Katsina House in Kaduna, where they agreed to form the Northern …
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Dishonest Nigerians capitalise on widespread unemployment to defraud job seekers with fake job offers and promises of such
By Alex Akinyele
Kayode Falonipe, a Business Administration graduate of the Adekunle Ajasin University of Akungba in Ondo State, has been unemployed since 2002. While flipping through a newspaper last March, he saw a job advertisement placed by a …
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Just when they seem ready to peter out, the allegations of corruption brought against the leadership of the House of Representatives, flare again
By Desmond Utomwen/Abuja
A fortnight ago, Eseme Esiboh, Chairman, House Committee on Media and Publicity, expressed hope that the fetid allegations of corruption wafting over the House would soon blow over.
Esiboh had described …
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Two Kwara communities engage in an orgy of bloood-letting , but the government appears determined to prevent a recurrence
By Stephen Olufemi Oni
Hell was let loose on Sunday 2 November. It was a totally unexpected violent combustion that broke the existing 8-year old truce between people of Share and Sharagi in Ifelodun and Edu Local Government …
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