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Buhari, El-Rufai missing when we fought for democracy – Lamido

Posted by admin General Politics, Jigawa, State News, Top Stories Monday, August 12th, 2013

Forget NGF crisis, when it comes to money govs ‘re united Governor Sule Lamido is arguably the most socialist inclined of the country’s 36 governors. In his six years in office as governor of Jigawa State, he has in several ways sought to give the imprint of the Talakawa ideology he inherited from his one […]

NGF: Jang faction meets, seeks peace

Posted by admin Governors, Plateau, State News Monday, August 12th, 2013

THERE are indications that the faction of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum led by Plateau State Governor Jonah Jang is already in search of peace in the Forum. “We need to settle down and settle our differences. It is not portraying us in good light before Nigerians and the international community. We need to put a […]

Private jet owners barred from govt terminal

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, August 12th, 2013

The reform of the nation’s aviation sector is gathering momentum. However, the directive by the Federal Government that private jet owners should no longer operate from the international wing of the Lagos airport is unsettling the operators, OYETUNJI ABIOYE writes The last has not been heard of the Federal Government’s reforms of the aviation […]

Ibori: UK fines GTBank for inadequate money laundering checks

Posted by admin Delta, Headlines, State News Monday, August 12th, 2013

The United Kingdom-based Financial Conduct Authority has fined the UK subsidiary of the Guaranty Trust Bank over £500,000 for failing to do thorough anti-money laundering checks on its potential clients from high-risk countries. The FCA said on Friday that between May 2008 and July 2010, the bank had failed to assess potential money-laundering risks, screen […]

Jonathan to Akande: Respect your age

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency Monday, August 12th, 2013

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday told the interim Chairman of the newly-registered All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, to respect his age. The President’s admonition was in reaction to Akande’s description of Jonathan as an unserious-minded person running a kindergarten government. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, […]

I’m not as rich as Don Jazzy – Atiku

Posted by admin Latest Politics Monday, August 12th, 2013

Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, caused confusion on the Nigerian social media space on Saturday, when he declared on Twitter that he is not as rich as award-winning music producer, singer and songwriter, Don Jazzy. A Twitter user, Dahiru Mustapha, tweeting via @ZizouQA, had asked Atiku why he had not been giving out recharge cards on […]

Jonathan playing ethnic, religious politics — el-Rufai

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories Sunday, August 11th, 2013

Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, said on Saturday that President Goodluck Jonathan was playing ethnic and religious politics to divert attention from bad governance. El-Rufai, who was guest of the week at a Liberty Radio programme in Kaduna on Saturday, warned […]

Amaechi, Jang clash again as NGF faction summons meeting

Posted by admin Governors, Plateau, Rivers, State News Sunday, August 11th, 2013

By SONI DANIEL Factional Chairman of Nigeria’s Governors Forum (NGF), Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State, and Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, leading a group of 19 governors, appeared back in the trenches, yesterday. Jang and Amaechi renewed the NGF crisis after the former scheduled a meeting of governors for Abuja today. The Rivers […]

Why Jonathan must serve another four years – Abba Gana

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency Sunday, August 11th, 2013

Says Ango Abdullahi does not speak for all northerners ALHAJI Mohammed Abba Gana, former minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, former special adviser to the president and presently, member of the Board of Trustees, BoT of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in this interview with newsmen gives his views on recent political developments in […]

Why NASS will not stop tampering with budgets – Sen Nwaogu

Posted by admin Budget, House, Legislature, Senate Sunday, August 11th, 2013

By CHARLES KUMOLU SENATOR Nkechi Nwaogu is the Senate Committee Chairman on Gas. In this interview, she frowns at the budget cycle in Nigeria, adding that it is responsible for the frequent budget face-off between the executive and the legislature. Nwoagu also wants an agreement that would allow the National Assembly to make inputs into […]