Owode-Ede (Osun) – The Federal Government is to create 3.5 million jobs in the agricultural sector by 2015. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, made this known on Tuesday at Owode-Ede in Osun during the launch of the Growth Enhancement Support Scheme on Fertiliser and Seeds. Adesina also said government had […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Up to 27 million people are living in slavery around the world, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton estimated Tuesday as the US unveiled its annual report into human trafficking. But the report showed that as governments become more aware of the issue, instigating tough new laws and programs to help victims, […]
KADUNA (AFP) – Residents of Kaduna stayed indoors on Wednesday as a heavy deployment of soldiers and police enforced a ban on movements after three days of religious violence killed at least 61 people. The round-the-clock state-wide curfew was first imposed after three church bombings in the state on Sunday sparked reprisal violence by Christian […]
Otedola is my briber, I did not ask. He maketh me to sit down in his luxurious house. He leadeth me beside the chilled champagne. *wine* He exploited my greed. *gift* He leadeth me in the paths of marked dollars, for subsidy’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of EFCC, […]
June 20, 2012 by Ihuoma Chiedozie, Abuja A witness on Tuesday told a Federal High Court in Abuja that the leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Mr. Henry Okah, masterminded the October 1, 2010 bomb blast in Abuja because he wanted to register his annoyance with the Federal Government’s rejection […]
June 20, 2012 by Friday Olokor, Abuja A 52-years-old Italian, Mr. Mauro Zanin, was on Tuesday found dead in his detention room at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission headquarters in Abuja two days before his planned arraignment. Spokesman for the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed the incident, saying the Italian was “found motionless in […]
Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Hassan Kukah, has said that Nigeria is “dancing on a wet grave”. Kukah warned that unless something was done urgently, the grave might cave in soon. The cleric, who spoke in Abuja on Tuesday at the inauguration of the Northern Reawakening Forum, also wondered how Nigeria deteriorated to the […]
The tombs of the late Gen. Murtala Muhammed, Dr. Nnamdi Azikwe, Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and the historical site of Oloibiri oil well will soon be declared as national heritage sites. Head of the Department of Monuments Heritage and Sites at the National Commission for Museum and Monument, Mrs. Adama Muhammed, made this known to […]
June 20, 2012 A High Court in Ilaro, Ogun State on Tuesday ruled that only the state Executive Committee of the People Democratic Party led by Chief Bayo Dayo has the authority to nominate candidates for the July 21 council election in the state. Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu also restrained the PDP national headquarters from submitting […]
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Drugs/Narcotics and Financial Crimes, Mr. Adams Jagaba, on Tuesday opened up on the $620,000 bribe allegedly collected by Mr. Farouk Lawan from businessman, Femi Otedola. Jagaba, whose committee oversees the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, wrote the Speaker of the House, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, denying to […]
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