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The group say their main target is the Nigerian government. They have used this kind of hack-activism before to protest issues of public interest.
Sanusi Lamido, CBN governor said attempts to introduce Islamic banking predates him
The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido was at the senate on Wednesday for a meeting with the senate committee on banking. There, he spoke passionately about Islamic banking taking listeners through its history and benefits.
He defended the policy which has been heavily criticized by many Nigerians. He said plans to introduce it predates him.
Click the orange play button below to listen to his speech.
Late Colonel Muammar Gaddafi
Col. Moammar Gadhafi, the dictator who ruled Libya for 42 years, was killed by rebels in his hometown of Sirte on Thursday. A dictator who oppressed his own people and sponsored terrorism abroad, Gadhafi’s legacy will be stained by violence. But beyond his brutality, Gadhafi will be remembered for something else entirely… being a first-class weirdo.
In no particular order, ABCNews.com brings you the seven weirdest things about Moammar Gadhafi.
24 victim died in a South African Hospital
Mr. Nwachukwu was one of the first 12 critically injured UN staff members on life support systems who were evacuated to South Africa on air ambulances in August. The UN Resident Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Daouda Toure, who has consoled the family of the victim, described the late Mr. Nwachukwu as “a hard working colleague and a friendly brother”.
This article describes the life of an average Nigerian after the removal of subsidy on fuel importation. The cost of commodities and services doubles; the cost of living will double. It’s a teleport.
02 February 2012: Tony is a system administrator and leaves in New Site FHA Lugbe, a suburb along the Airport Road, Abuja. He is single and works in an IT firm in Maitama Abuja.
He woke this morning feeling great. He grabbed his skipping ropes and 15 minutes later, he was sweating profusely. Every morning, works out and baths with about 10 litres of water.
There is no urban water supply in the area so he buys his daily supply from a Mè Ruwa – water vendor – for N1 per litre. This morning, he paid N2 per litre. The Mé Ruwa said the operator of the servicing bore hole has doubled the price of water because he runs the bore hole with generator.
These Nigerians cannot afford medical tourism
Good healthcare system was one of the most recurrent election promises of most politicians currently holding offices in Nigeria but months after the 2011 elections, there rarely any signs of sophisticated healthcare system springing up anywhere in the country and a medical tourism expert has this to say in this report by Daily Trust.
Nigeria loses an estimated N2.5 billion annually to medical tourism in India, New Horizon Healthcare Nigeria Limited has said.
FOUR senior editors with the Vintage Press Limited, publishers of The Nation were on Tuesday arrested by security operatives from the Force CID, Alagbon, Lagos.
Nine detectives, led by Mr. Emma Ogolo came in two vehicles (a white-colour Rover Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV), marked PFN 357 B and a blue-colour Peugeot 504 Salon car, marked 2413 B).
A statement by the General Editor, Mr. Kunle Fagbemi said, “The Nigeria Police Force, Anti-Human Trafficking Unit” was inscribed on the sides of the SUV.
I have read with acatalectic disgust, governments asinine and puerile ratiocinations attempting to justiceate the proposed removal of subsidies from petroleum products.It has asseverated that it’s intentions is guided by the need to checkmate the odoriferous excesses of a machiavellian and mephistophelean cabal and i have said to myself,what a shame?What a self indicting admittal of the failure of governance?What an hocus-pocus?
Airtel workers protest hash working conditions in Nigeria
FG SUES FOR INDUSTRIAL PEACE IN COMMUNICATION SECTOR.
The Honourable Minister of Labour and Productivity Chief Emeka Wogu, has reiterated that the present Administration is desirous of creating jobs either through permanent or in a regulated outsourcing manner as being done in the oil and gas sector, adding that the Federal government will continue to sustain the fundamental human rights of Nigerian workers including right to unionize as guaranteed in the extant labour laws.
Many organizations condemned the marriage
Ahmad Sani Yarima, the 51 year old senator who was notorious for marrying 13 year old daughter of his Egyptian driver has said that efforts to prosecute him failed because a section in the Nigerian Constitution protected him.
He said a certain section in the 1999 constitution that bars the Federal Government, the president and legislators from regulating or making legislations on Islamic or Customary marriage shielded him from prosecution.
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