A rights group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has asked the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Mohammed Adoke, SAN, to commence steps to recover $401,931 forfeited in the United States by former Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha. The US Department of Justice had on June 28, 2012, obtained a forfeiture judgment over the […]
The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar has assured Nigerians that the prevailing security challenge facing some part of the northern states of the country will soon be over. Abubakar, however, lamented the shortage of equipment for his officers and men to confront the security challenges facing the nation. The IGP said this when […]
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday evening returned to Abuja from his two-nation state visit to Malawi and Bostwana. He returned 24 hours ahead of his scheduled Wednesday arrival date. His arrival ahead of schedule further increased the speculation over the state of health of his wife, Patience, who is believed to be undergoing treatment in […]
Contesting the 2015 presidential election is not on President Goodluck Jonathan’s agenda, says his aide, Dr. Doyin Okupe. Okupe, who is Senior Special Assistant to Jonathan on Public Affairs, also said buying generators will soon be a waste of money. He said this on Tuesday during a public affairs programme on Channels Television monitored by […]
Action Congress of Nigeria has criticised the Peoples Democratic Party for claiming that ACN National Leader, Bola Tinubu was not invited by the United States President Barrack Obama to attend the Democratic Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. But PDP in the South-West said the ACN leader must apologise to Nigerians for bringing the country […]
The Presidency on Tuesday responded to criticisms of the list of 2012 national honours awards, saying none of the 149 honourees had been found wanting in any aspect of their lives. The list which has Globacom Chairman, Chief Mike Adenuga, as recipient of the highest honour, Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, was […]
Abuja Chief Magistrate’s Court has ordered the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Muhammed Abubakar, to conduct an investigation on Senator Andy Uba and a businessman, Chibuike Achigbu, over the controversial $15m cash allegedly to be given to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission as bribe by former Delta State governor, Chief James Ibori. A statement […]
Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro, has denied reports linking him to gunrunning and arms smuggling. Moro also urged security operatives to investigate the allegation of gunrunning against him and also those behind it. He said only such a move would serve as a deterrent to those whose motive was to pull down those holding […]
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, on Tuesday, described former President Olusegun Obasanjo as “a very bad economist.” Sanusi, at the sixth annual conference of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria in Abuja, said Obasanjo misinterpreted the impact of the proposed N5000 note on the economy when he […]
AMIDST clamour for the return of presidency to the North in 2015, there are strong indications that the three zones of the North have split into nine presidential camps, with reports indicating that there is a growing gang-up against the Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido. Confidential checks across the northern region in the last […]
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