The Senate on Tuesday began the reform of the Contributory Pensions Scheme by reading for the second time a bill to repeal the Pensions Reform Act, 2004 and enact the Pension Reform Act, 2013. The President of the Senate, David Mark, while presiding over the debate on the bill, noted that the administration of pension […]
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday opposed former Bayelsa State Governor, Timipreye Sylva’s bid to accompany his wife to the United Kingdom, where she is scheduled to undergo surgery on May 31, 2013. In an application argued by his counsel, Mr. O. I. Olorundare, Sylva asked an Abuja Federal High Court to release his […]
The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a resolution to stop President Goodluck Jonathan from withholding the allocations of the three states under emergency rule in the country. The states are Borno, Adamawa and Yobe. By its action of Tuesday, the House reversed a joint decision it earlier took with the Senate on Thursday last […]
Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, has put all police formations in the country on the alert in readiness for a peaceful celebration of the Democracy Day anniversary in the country. A statement on Tuesday by the Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, Mr. Frank Mba, stated that Abubakar had issued a directive to all […]
A nine-man gang attacked music artiste, Wasiu Alabi, aka Pasuma, in Ahmadiyya end of Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway on Monday night. The robbers snatched Pasuma’s Range Rover Sports Utility Vehicle with number plate Lagos, MUS 830AP, and dispossessed him of other valuables. PUNCH Metro learnt that the singer, in company with a friend, was on his way […]
Some governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party have reiterated their insistence that party leaders must convene the meeting of the National Executive Committee without further delay. The call for prompt convening of NEC, The PUNCH learnt, is to signal the governors’ resolve to battle with the party leaders over the suspension […]
American civil rights leader, Baptist Minister and two-time Democratic Presidential nominee, Rev. Jesse Jackson, was in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, as a Guest Speaker at Isaac Boro Day lecture. He spoke on a wide range of issues in this interview with journalists. MIKE ODIEGWU was there. An excerpt: You are from one of the most advanced […]
A DIRECTIVE from the White House has cancelled outright the visit of United States’ (U.S.) President, Barack Obama, to Nigeria on his second trip to the continent, informed U.S. sources have confirmed. While some middle level State Department officials had already intimated some U.S.-based non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on plans to include Nigeria on the U.S. […]
4 years after Nigeria’s transition into a democratic dispensation, many citizens still believe that it is not yet uhuru, as the country is still grappling with insecurity, unemployment and lack of infrastructure. CHINELO OBOGO went to the streets to get the views of Nigerians on their assessment of the country’s democracy and the way forward. […]
…As team flies to America today Camp of the Super Eagles in Nuremberg, Germany is alive as the team woke up yesterday with 21 players, while defender Efe Ambrose and midfielder Ogenyi Onazi were expected in the evening. In camp are stand-in skipper and first-choice goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama, goalkeepers Austin Ejide, Chigozie Agbim and Daniel […]
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