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Enslaving Edo State Workers Through Loans
In Proverb 22: 7, the bible stated that the rich rule over the poor and the borrower is servant to the lender. Being a servant puts someone under bondage and servitude-like life. A life of servitude is where compulsory service are rendered with or without the person’s consent. |
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Costa Rica Elects first Woman President
SAN JOSE – Costa Ricans have elected their first woman president as the ruling party candidate won in a landslide after campaigning to continue free market policies in Central America’s most stable nation.
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Egypt Detains Muslim Brotherhood Leaders
CAIRO – Egyptian authorities swooped on the opposition Muslim Brotherhood before dawn yesterday arresting 13 members including the group’s deputy chief and two other leaders, the Islamists said.
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Obama Invites GOP Leaders To Health Care Talk
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says it’s time for Republicans who have attacked his health care proposals from the sidelines to step before the cameras and present their own ideas.
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Yanukovich Presses Ukraine Rival To Concede Defeat
KIEV - Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich on Monday pressed rival Yulia Tymoshenko to concede defeat after his slender victory in a presidential election that could tilt the ex-Soviet state back toward Moscow.
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China Seizes More Melamine Tainted Milk Powder
BEIJING - Chinese inspectors tracing new cases of contaminated milk have shut dairy firms in the northwest and seized 72 metric tons of milk powder tainted with melamine, an industrial compound that killed at least six children in 2008.
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INSPECTION: Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole inspecting the walk-way at the Sokponba Road re-construction recently in Benin City. Photo: DAVID ACHA.
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No ethnic group’ll be marginalized - Oshiomhole
By EUBALDUS ENAHORO
BENIN CITY – Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has assured all ethnic groups that no segment of the state will be marginalized by his administration.
AC chieftain berates Dan Orbih
BENIN CITY – The alarm raised by the Chairman of Anenih’s faction of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State, Chief Dan Orbih has been described as a chant of a drowning man.
Be apostles of govt, Commissioner charges AC members
BENIN CITY – Edo State Commissioner for Works, Engr. Erhauyi Obayagbonna has charged all Action Congress (AC) members in Ovia South West Local Government Area to be apostles of the present administration by supporting the programmes and policies of Governor Adams Oshiomhole.
PDP Ward Leaders Frustrate Attempt To Expel Akhigbe
FUGAR - Efforts by the Tony Anenih- led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Etsako Central local government council to have Admiral Mike Akhigbe expelled from the party proved abortive as the leadership refused to sign the expulsion letter.
Petroleum c’ttee seals 9 filling stations
By MONDAY OISE
BENIN CITY – Nine filling stations across Edo State have been sealed up by the state Petroleum Monitoring Committee for selling petroleum product (PMS) above the pump price of N65 per litre and for their involvement in diversion of product in the state.
Deadlock on wage hike: Workers threaten nationwide strike
ABUJA - Workers in the public service have threatened to go on an indefinite nation-wide strike over poor remuneration.
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EDSG begins poverty classification
By EUBALDUS ENAHORO
BENIN CITY - Edo State government has commenced the classification of persons who are poor and empowering them to be able to contribute this quota to the economic development of the state.
Casualisation: Minister Advocates Effective Law In Oil, Gas Sector
ABUJA - The Minister of Labour, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode, has advocated an “effective law’’ in the oil and gas sector as a means of eliminating casualisation of staff in the sector.
Water Board Sets Machinery In Place For Better Service
ABUJA - The Federal Capital Territory Water Board has set machinery in motion to ensure prompt delivery of monthly water bills to residents of the city.
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UN Universal Declaration
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ARTICLE 12:
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy ‘family home’ or correspondence nor to attacks upon his honour reputation Everyone has the right to the protection of the of the law against such interference or attacks.
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Oshiomhole’s Excellent
Performance
By UHUEGHO HENRIETTA
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IN the face of daunting challenges the people’s interest has been at the very centre of government policies and programmes, hence the spontaneous, enthusiasm and spirited show of massive support for comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole led administration in the state.
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Court adjourns case against Andoakaa
ABUJA - The Federal Government has put in place appropriate measures for the implementation of the National Employment Policy, the Minister of Labour, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode, has said.
FG Adopts Measures For National Employment
ABUJA - The Federal Government has put in place appropriate measures for the implementation of the National Employment Policy, the Minister of Labour, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode, has said.
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Crisis: NEMA Spends More Than N100m On Relief Materials
ABUJA - The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said that it spent more than N100 million on food and relief materials to support victims of Jos and Bauchi crises.
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Yar’Adua Did Not Violate Constitution
- Lawmaker
ABUJA - Rep. Emmanuel Jime (PDP-Benue) has said that President Umaru Yar’Adua did not violate the constitution, by not transmitting a letter to the National Assembly.
Skye Bank Elevates Etti As GMD Designate
LAGOS- Following the recent CBN policy directive stipulating a 10 year maximum tenor for CEOs of Banks, the Board of Directors of Skye Bank has appointed Mr. Kehinde Durosinmi Etti as successor to Mr. Akinsola Akinfemiwa, the out-going CEO for the Bank. It will be recalled that Mr. Akinfemiwa was caught by the policy directive, having already spent 10 years as GMD / CEO of legacy Prudent Bank and Skye Bank.
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Investors Stake N18.94b As Index Appreciates
LAGOS- A turnover of 2.73 billion shares worth N18.94 billion in 36,457 deals was recorded last week, in contrast to a total of 2.32 billion shares valued at N14.15 billion exchanged last week in 71,619 deals.
Guiness Half Year Pre-Tax Profit Drops 10%
LAGOS- Guinness Nigeria has said its pre-tax profit had fallen 10 percent to 10.53 billion naira in its first half to the end of December, although turnover rose by close to a quarter.
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Oceanic Bank Commence Migration
Of Customers Account
LAGOS- Oceanic Bank International plc has commenced migration of existing customer accounts to new product platforms that will generate additional value for existing and prospective customers.
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NSE Records 12% Growth In 25
Trading Days
LAGOS- As investors continue to exercise caution in the new year, listed equities at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) have displayed 12 per cent growth in just 25 trading days.
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What An Old Man Sees Sitting...
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Queenneth Aikhionbare
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Osaretin marriad
her husband at
very young age. Her father never wanted her to marry him because he was already married with two wives and he was a musician. Although, Osaretin claimed she wasn’t aware her husband (Amedin) had other wives until she became pregnant. She was almost giving birth when her father reluctantly agreed to give her out in marriage to Amadin.
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What To Do During Heart Attack
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THE human heart like any other organ, is subject to disease, sometimes, the condition is serious, and it depends upon its location, how long it has continued and how its location maybe.
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The Soon Come Syndrome In Nigeria’s Public Hospitals
By AKPESIRI OGHENERHABOKE
On Sunday, twenty second of June, 2008, a Nigerian husband and his wife, Israel and Viviane Emuophe, vibrant and hopeful in the abundance of life were knocked down by a drunk driver right in front of a house along Lekki-Ajah road in Lagos state where they had gone visiting a relation. Good Samaritans rushed them to a clinic nearby.
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Saving The Nigerian Nation (3)
BY MONDAY ESON
We suggest that the Petroleum Training Institute should be expanded to the standard of a university and Nigerians should be given the opportunity to study related courses that would help us in navigation, exploration, extraction, extrapolation, refining, analysis and other technical vocations. |
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Comrade Oshiomhole: In The Struggle For Social Justice...
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Famous Igui
| In the month of April 2007, the Comrade Governor of Edo State Adams Oshiomhole made some promises (political manifestoes) in regard to what he would do when voted in as the Governor of the state.
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Women In Politics
THE violation of women’s rights both at the national and domestic strata have become burning and vexatious issues. What we find happening in this country as regard the denial to women of certain privileges and rights, much more pervades other nations of the world to some varying degree and extent.
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