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Okonjo-Iweala, Clinton listed among top global thinkers

The Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been named one of 100 Global Thinkers by the iconic Washington-based journal, Foreign Policy.
Paul Nwabuikwu, Special Assistant on Communication to the minister, said Okonjo-Iweala was honoured alongside a group of distinguished activists, political leaders, diplomats and entrepreneurs from across the world.

Ojukwu lived a most fulfilled life – Jonathan

Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan has received with much sadness and “a deep feeling of great national loss’’ news of the passing away of Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu in the United Kingdom.

Ojukwu is dead

By Chidi Okoye
The former leader of Biafra died in London at the age of 78
Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu

The leader of the All Progressive Grand Alliance party (APGA), and former leader of the defunct Biafra, Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu has been confirmed dead.

The Ikemba, who has been receiving treatment in a hospital in the United Kingdon since he suffered a stroke in December 2010, died on Friday night.

Diezani dodges Senate committee questions

Diezani Alison-Madueke
Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, on Tuesday forced a reschedule of the Senate’s investigation into the management of the oil subsidy, after repeatedly dodging questions from a Senate joint committee at a meeting that lasted more than two hours.
Alison-Madueke answered no question conclusively- a move noted by the lawmakers - on details of how government subsidies on fuel products have been managed for years.

Kidnapped priest released

Catholic priest kidnapped just over a week ago was released last night.
The police in Enugu State have announced that a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Chijioke Amoke, who was abducted by unknown gunmen eight days ago, has been released.
Amoke is the parish priest at the Onitsha-Enugu-Ezike Catholic Parish in Igbobeze North Local Government Area of the state.

Auctioned power projects’ equipment recovered, says Ngige

SENATOR Chris Ngige has revealed that 17 of the 22 containers of the Power Holding Company Plc (PHCN) which were wrongly auctioned at the ports as overstayed goods have been recovered.
The lawmakers said efforts had been intensified to recover the remaining five containers.
Ngige also said steel rolling mills in Ajaokuta, Itakpe and Jos would soon bounce back to life as the National Assembly had taken steps to put them on stream.

NRC set to commence goods haulage across Nigeria

Nigerian Railway CorporationThe Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) is set to commence the haulage of petroleum products and agricultural produce across the country, the Minister of Transport, Alhaji Idris Umar, has said.
The minister disclosed this in Ilorin, on Tuesday, at the flag off of the Ilorin-Lagos weekly passenger train service and the launch of the Ewekoro-Ilorin weekly cement haulage.

Continental Airlines to begin direct flights from Houston to Lagos

United State's Continental Airlines will commence daily non-stop flights between Houston and Lagos from November 16, the airline has said in a report.
The development will bring the number of American airline operators with direct flights to Nigeria to three.

At Ojukwu' Birthday, Igbo Leaders harp on unity

Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu
Igbo leaders received knocks when friends, family members, well-wishers and associates of Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, converged on Enugu to celebrate his 78th birthday.
This is coming at a time when chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Umeh, said that even as Ojukwu is on wheelchair, he remains strong.

South-east Leaders Meeting Deadlocked (This Day)

Political office holders from the South-east, including the governors, ministers, National Assembly members and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, rose from a closed-door meeting in Enugu yesterday without a consensus on any of the issues they discussed.
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