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[The Punch Newspaper Archive ]

Friday, July 03, 2009

Fake SSS director arrested at N’Assembly

Army, police buildings face demolition on Badagry expressway

Sango-Ota road: Bankole urges commuters to cooperate with Julius Berger

Nigeria-Russia joint venture sparks racism debate

Police dismisses Awosika’s killer

Fashola tasks Lagos residents on Polio eradication

Govt urged to give more recognition to local experts

Detained plane: Ukraine accuses Nigeria of non-cooperation

Why I chose Ghana over Nigeria, others – Obama

Ribadu can sue IGP over dismissal –Court

Koinyan chairs NDDC

EVENING UPDATES: FG warns South Africa against attacks on Nigerians

MID-DAY UPDATES: Soyinka, Utomi, others may meet Obama in Ghana

Thursday, July 02, 2009

Yar’Adua urges private sector to emulate FG

Cleric’s death: Police exonerate Shekarau, emirate

Amnesty: Poor response by militants worries FG

Amnesty International deplores extra-judicial killings, torture

Oil wells: Cross River legislators begin two-week hunger strike

Oshiomhole set to demolish CBN, UBA structures on right of way

Drama, as governor confronts Speaker’s aide

‘Only prayer, dedication can save policemen from robbers’

No severance package for Yar’Adua, VP, others

Nigeria’s 2007 poll problematic – Obama’s aide

EVENING UPDATES:Obama calls Yar‘Adua‘s election problematic, praises Ghana

MID-DAY UPDATES: Nigeria-Russia joint venture sparks racism debate

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

State of the nation: I won’t react hastily – Obasanjo

Seven bills, reports suffer setbacks over Reps’ absence

‘Nigeria remains China’s key partner in Africa’

South-East: Okiro issues ultimatum to criminals

Aregbesola: Court fixes July 8 for addresses

AC berates Daniel, lawmakers over oath saga

Five UNAD students arrested for ‘anti-social behaviour’

Yar’Adua, Egwu meet over ASUU strike

Halliburton scam: We didn’t receive $6m from Obasanjo’s ex-aide – Ogbeh, Gemade

N’Delta: Militants disrupt repair of Chanomi Creeks pipeline

Reps suspend debate on minimum wage

EVENING UPDATES: FG bows to university lecturers, accepts three demands

MID-DAY UPDATES: Amaechi, Asari-Dokubo reconcile

Six die from food poisoning in Kwara

Mimiko discovers past govt’s ‘secret accounts’

Dokubo-Asari drags Yar’Adua to court

N4tn illegal deduction: FG, states

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Strike: FG to raise dons’ pay

N’Delta: FG orders JTF to halt operations

Abayomi Ogundeji: Key witness assassinated

Appeal court nullifies Kila’s election

Kidnappers abduct three, kill two in Onitsha

Shell, others culpable in Niger Delta —Amnesty

Controversy trails rating of banks

More Punch recharge card outlets open

EVENING UPDATES: Niger Delta situation quite tragic– Amnesty International

MID-DAY UPDATES: Poor governance is weakening Nigeria’s anti-graft war - World Bank

Monday, June 29, 2009

No going back on petroleum reforms – FG

Senate committee to monitor disbursement of N200bn agric fund

Collapsed building: Survivors recount ‘miraculous’ escape

649 unexploded ordnance locations found in nine states

Give details of contracts executed, Reps tell Yar’Adua

Swine flu shows drug resistance as WHO issues fresh alert

Okiro asks hotels to submit guests’ particulars to police everyday

Only four Nigerian banks are strong – Report

Strike: Senate invites Egwu, ASUU

Amnesty: Yar’Adua directs panel to meet with Henry Okah

EVENING UPDATES: Nigeria on red alert as swine flu spreads to Africa

MID-DAY UPDATES: Rescue work continues at site of collapsed building in Lagos

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Yar’Adua orders Jonathan, govs to act

NLC endorses amnesty

2011: Activist warns against using amnesty to recruit thugs

Rigging, worse than armed robbery – Fayemi

Mimiko to seek NEMA’s intervention for rainstorm victims

Falana seeks urgent overseas treatment for Okah

Halliburton scandal: Okiro panel detains Obasanjo’s ex-aide

CBN’s audit: Banks’ lending tends towards zero

EVENING UPDATES: Rebranding campaign targets 17m Nigerians in Diaspora

MID-DAY UPDATES: Indian police arrest Nigerian, three others for online fraud

MEND lacks the capacity to strike again in Rivers –Amaechi, Rivers State Gov.

Nigerian airlines groan under N12bn debts

More militants offer to lay down arms

…Yar’Adua appoints Kwakwanso, Ogbeha, others to NDDC board

ASUU to distrupt post-UME at UNICAL

Chado, V-C of IBB varsity resigns

Ekiti rerun bribery scandal: INEC transfers polling officers out of headquarters

Yar’Adua’s visit to Bayelsa postponed indefinitely

Impeachment plot: Bauchi Dep. Gov. raises the alarm

National frequency sales: EFCC detains Mobitel boss over N243m deal with NCC

Amnesty: Dokubo-Asari threatens to sue FG

Crash helmets: Offending passenger to face mobile court

Saturday, June 27, 2009

EVENING UPDATES: Asari-Dokubo threatens to sue FG over amnesty

MID-DAY UPDATES: ASUU may disrupt post-UME tests in universities

Friday, June 26, 2009

Onoh’s burial committee sends N600m budget to govt

NDLEA arrests 121 drug dealers in Oyo

Forty-five Area boys leave Lagos rehab centre

Police arrest, release Bayelsa PDP chieftains

FG to impound airliners found with drugs – AGF

Yuguda backs proposed Harvard course for govs

NITEL: BPE ready to meet Transcorp in court

Kudirat: Court strikes out Al-Mustapha’s disclosure application

Amnesty: No cash for arms – FG

Four militant groups accept amnesty, JRC says no

Strong painkiller injection killed him –Source

Demerol: The drug that might have killed Michael Jackson

EVENING UPDATES:FG won’t pay for militants’ arms

MID-DAY UPDATES: Michael Jackson may have died of Demerol overdose, police seek doctor

Thursday, June 25, 2009

THE PROCLAMATION

Finance minister, others risk jail

Reps disrupt session during free-for-all

Assembly wants federal allocations to Ondo LGs stopped

Four killed as NDLEA, area boys clash in Kano

Senate seeks probe of N’Delta governors

Amnesty: Okah, Dokubo-Asari, others get unconditional pardon

MEND blows up another Shell facility

Yar’Adua’s amnesty proclamation broadcast

Some militants and their operational bases

Michael Jackson dies at 50

AFTERNOON UPDATES: Reps exchange blows at Thursday’s sitting

MID-DAY UPDATES: Militants’ attack on Shell pipeline shuts-in 140,000 bpd, oil price hits $70

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Court sacks Ondo LG chairmen

Oni files reply to Fayemi’s petition

Ekiti Assembly seeks removal of BSES boss

A’Ibom queries hospital over ex-governor’s death

Oshiomhole’s aide proposes steps to retrieve artifacts

Electoral reforms: Independent candidacy, INEC funding, dominate Senate debate

Yar’Adua stops award of new contracts

Amnesty won‘t work, says Dokubo-Asari

Four Sudanese to die by hanging for killing US official

EVENING UPDATES: NAFDAC bans killer body cream, targets fake drugs from Asia