Todays bitz

• WHY WE SUFFER WHAT WE SUFFER PART I• IGP Decorates New DIGs, AIGs, Says it's New Era
• Bayelsa Killing: JTF Declares Officer, Three Others Missing
• Exit Of Ikemba• Security, Crowd Control, Others Pose Challenges At Ojukwu's Burial
• Baba Suwe's N25m Suit: NDLEA's Stay Of Execution Bid Fails
• Ojukwu Buried In Nnewi
• JTF kills four suspected Boko Haram members in Maidugiri
• Man sues Google over urination photo
• Nigerian footballers are most transferred in Africa – FIFA report
• Four soldiers, four policemen shot dead in Bayelsa
VNTI OFFICIAL DAVID VANDETTA

Todays bitz

• Fuel Subsidy Probe: FG sacks 98 importers• FG restricts NYSC posting to four sectors
• Police Use Tree Shade as Area Office
• Constitution review stirs row at PDP parley
• NJC differs on Salami, continues talks today
• Nigeria gets task force on trans-border trade
• Urbanisation excludes children from vital services, UNICEF warns
• AU concludes work on African Monetary Fund, others

Chinedu Da Silva

News updates

• ActionAid Nigeria: Fresh Graduate Trainee Recruitment
• Saipem Contracting Nig Ltd: Subsea Engineer (SSE)
• Hewlett Packard (HP) Nigeria: Technology Services Solution Architect
• Aftermath of ASUU strike: SSANU gives indefinite strike notice
• Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) stinks of corruption –Senate
• 4 killed, 50 injured, 20 vehicles destroyed as hoodlums unleash mayhem in Lagos
• P Square featuring Akon "Chop My Money" Video breaks Youtube record
• Students in shock as dare-devil robbers invade Babcock University
• Nollywood Producer Sues Silverbird For 500 Million Naira• Minister, Ribadu pledge to clean up oil sector rot
Chinedu Da Silva

News update 28/02

• Tinubu tasks council chiefs on service, accountability
• Ibori: From fame to custody… conviction
• Ibori pleads guilty in London• Ibori pleads guilty in London
• Odumegwu-Ojukwu's body arrives in Abuja for final rites
• President, governors, others to pay taxes on incomes
• James Ibori: How a thief almost became Nigeria's president – BBC
• FG deports 11,000 foreigners over Boko Haram fears
• Nigerian Pastors Blast Pastor Chris Oyakhilome over Masturbation Statements
• Nokia unveils '41-megapixel smartphone'
• Ex-Delta state governor James Ibori pleads guilty to money laundering and fraud

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News updates

• James Ibori: How a thief almost became Nigeria's president – BBC
• FG deports 11,000 foreigners over Boko Haram fears
• Nigerian Pastors Blast Pastor Chris Oyakhilome over Masturbation Statements
• Nokia unveils '41-megapixel smartphone'
• Ex-Delta state governor James Ibori pleads guilty to money laundering and fraud
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Todays bitz 23-02-12

• N894m contract scam: Bankole gave contracts to ghost firms, says EFCC
• How to prevent Lassa fever outbreak, by Lagos govt
• Power privatisation to be completed Q3 – Nnaji
• Senate summons Okonjo-Iweala, Diezani, others over fuel scarcity
• SSS foils attempt to kidnap two Delta commissioners
• Police nab 500 suspected cultists, criminals in Benue
• Why Ekiti govt effected my arrest – Oni's aide
• Gridlock on 'major artery' of Nigeria's economy:
• Tanker drivers Ultimatum expires…Will Lagos govt act?
• Stealing: Deji Abiola asks court to quash charge. • BOKO HARAM: police commissioner Zakari Biu dismissed for aiding kabiru sokoto's escape,Recommended for prosecution
•As PSC names 7 new DIGs, 13 AIGs
• Shoot-out in Kano, JTF arrests 4 Boko Haram members
• Tanker drivers dare Lagos govt, Refuse to vacate expressway
• As ultimatum expires •No going back -Govt insists
• Zakari Biu: Road to ignominious exit
• Pope- Lent is a time for spiritual renovation
• Reps reject electoral litigation bill
• Electricity tariffs'll increase only by 11 per cent -NERC
• Lagos to have 24 hours uninterrupted power supply- PHCN
• No court can stop C/River guber poll -PDP
• President Jonathan and British PM David Cameron meet on security
• NURTW dissolves caretaker committee in Lagos, after math of clash
• Constitutes mgt committee
• Big Brother Africa 7 entry closes Feb 27
• Wamakko pledges N18,000 minimum wage
• Lagos Assembly maps strategy on crime control
• House Of Senate pledges to support Code of Conduct Bureau
• Kogi rerun election: PDP candidate wins
• FG approves N15bn loan for transporters
• Chrisitans mark Ash Wednesday, begin 40 days fasting(I did at St pauls university, Church of the Holy Spirit Awka)
• FG approves plan for bitumen project
• FG to sign oil mining leases of Shell, Chevron next month
• Credible elections, key to stable democracy — Amosun
• Police quiz Oni's aide over Facebook posts
• As group slams Fayemi, threatens court action
• Arbitrary fare: Reps move against foreign airlines
• I'll run all-inclusive govt, Bayelsa gov promises
• Bayelsa's N6bn monthly salary outrageous — Gov
• Edo PDP gov primary: 735 delegates to vote
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Todays news bitz (21/02/12)

• Bloody monday: 30 die as Boko Haram bombs Borno market
• Joint Task Force kills 8 sect members.
• 10 die, several injured in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway autocrash.
• 4 killed, 25 vehicles burnt in NURTW factional clash in Lagos.
• Security agencies uncover source of Boko Haram's explosives, sect looted quarries in Bauchi, Borno, Gombe.
• Senate to probe N2trn pension fund. Court stops C/River gov election.
• BPE shifts privatisation of electricity to october.
• Haliburton bribery: 3 Americans know fate this week.
• Power output hits 4,300mw - Minister.
• Kwara govt directs reinstated judge to resume duties.
• Crisis looms at EKSU as students decry hike in school fees.
• Dickson set to probe Sylva's administration.
• Nigeria, US have highest number of illegal varsities.
• 7 xmas day bomb victims go blind, says priest.
• Commission screens 18 AIGs today.
• Jonathan threatens to sack officials holding 2015 meeting.
• NAPEP gets N1.2bn to alleviate poverty.
• Akpabio wins at election petitions tribunal.
• UBA announced N100b bad loans to AMCON.
• Utaka makes Ligue 1 team of the week.
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