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Amaechi laments increasing corruption rate

Posted by admin Agatha Okoroiwu, Headlines, Rivers, State News Tuesday, September 16th, 2014

Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi The Rivers State Governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has expressed worry over the level of corruption in the country, saying the level of graft in the country knows no bound. Amaechi, who spoke on Tuesday while swearing in 21 local government caretaker committee chairmen, observed […]

Zambian minister accuses Dangote Cement of bribery

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, General Politics, Headlines Tuesday, September 16th, 2014

Alhaji Aliko Dangote A row is brewing between Zambia and Dangote Cement, a major employer in Africa’s second largest copper producer, after a government minister accused an executive at the local unit of the Nigerian company of attempting to bribe him. The dispute appears to be the latest in a string of incidents in which […]

Wike behind Jonathan, Amaechi feud –PDP chief (feuding instead of governing)

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Tuesday, September 16th, 2014

Amaechi and Wike A chief of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State and former Chief SecurityAdviser to ex-Governor Peter Odili, Chief Anabs Sara-Igbe, has said the Minister of State for Education, Nyesom Wike arm-twisted President Goodluck Jonathan to engage in a feud with Governor Rotimi Amaechi to enhance his 2015 governorship ambition. Sara-Igbe in an […]

A thousand Mbus can’t tame me, says Amaechi

Posted by admin General Politics, Governors, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News Tuesday, September 16th, 2014

Amaechi and Mbu The Rivers State Governor and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has said that a thousand Mbus, (a former commissioner of Police in the state) cannot tame him or the people of the state. Amaechi described a former state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph Mbu, as a puppet. The […]

67 S’Africans died in Synagogue building collapse –Zuma

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, General Politics, Headlines, Top Stories Tuesday, September 16th, 2014

President Jacob Zuma Sixty-seven South Africans died in the building collapse that occurred at the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Nigeria, President Jacob Zuma said in a statement on Tuesday. Scores more sustained injuries when the six-storey building belonging to the church collapsed on Friday. Zuma said ” This is a particularly difficult time for […]

Military fires GOC attacked by convicted soldiers

Posted by admin Armed Forces, General Politics, Latest Politics Tuesday, September 16th, 2014

Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen Chris Olukolade. | credits: www.nigeriancurrent.com Military authorities have retired the former General Officer Commanding the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, Maj. Gen. Abubakar Mohammed. Investigations by The PUNCH revealed this on Tuesday just as the Nigeria Labour Congress, the Trade Union Congress and human rights lawyers pleaded for the pardon of […]

Borno: No longer home of hospitality

Posted by admin Borno, Headlines, State News Monday, September 15th, 2014

For a number of years now, the Boko Haram sect has been ravaging cities in the North Eastern part of the nation, especially Borno State. Several lives have been lost and properties destroyed. James Bwala, in this report, brings to limelight the sufferings of the former residents of Bama town who are now refugees. Food, […]

Corruption: Lamorde’s offensive against govs

Posted by admin EFCC Politics, Governors, Headlines Monday, September 15th, 2014

KUNLE ODEREMI writes on the allegation of inefficient managementof resources levelled against state governors by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman, Mr Ibrahim Larmode, last week. AS the Election Year approaches, there is bound to be a deluge of political activities ranging from the serious to the sublime. Core stakeholders will thrust to the […]

Nigeria needs N485trn for quality infrastructure — Minister (This means the funds allocated has been embezzled as usual)

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, September 15th, 2014

The Minister, National Planning Commission, Abubakar O. Sulaiman, on Thursday, said Nigeria required $3.05 trillion (N485 trillion) to deliver quality infrastructure across different asset classes in the country in the next 30 years. Addressing a press conferencein Abuja on the National Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan (NIINMP), the minister said between now and 2018, an investment of $166.1(N26.9 trillion) […]

Sheriff visits Maiduguri today

Posted by admin Borno, Headlines, State News Monday, September 15th, 2014

FORMER governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, is being expected in Maiduguri, the Borno Statecapital, to condole with his political compatriot, Kashim Imam ,who lost his mother recently. Sheriff is expected to arrive in Maiduguri, today, but he has alerted the public to a plan by the state government to embarrass him during […]