IN its determination to further ensure safety of lives and free flow of traffic, the Lagos State government has directed that with effect from Friday, June 15, 2012, all commercial bus drivers operating within Ikorodu and its environs, especially those loading and discharging passengers indiscriminately at the town’s roundabout, should desist from such an illegal […]
GOVERNOR Sule Lamido of Jigawa State has urged Nigerians to look beyond the allegations of bribery and corruption currently rocking the House of Representatives, saying that corruption is a national crisis that must be tackled holistically. Fielding questions from newsmen after paying a courtesy call on the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), […]
Borno elders, led by a former Minister of Petroleum, Dr Shettima Monguno, has said the face-off between the aggrieved sect of the Jama’atu Ahlus Sunnah Lid da’waati Wal Jihad a.k.a Boko Haram and federal law enforcement agents has denied the people of the state the peace they had enjoying and almost brought the society to […]
The All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in the North-West zone has declared its readiness to join the proposed merger of the Action Congress of Nigeria(ACN) and the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) so as to wrest power from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The National Secretary of the party, Alhaji Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, told […]
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, arraigned Mr Adegboye London and Mr Sylvanus Benedict before an Abuja High Court for alleged criminal breach of trust and fraudulent conversion of funds totalling N120 million. The duo pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge tabled before Justice Idris Kutigi. Before taking their plea, the […]
NIGERIAN and Pakistani army have agreed to partner on areas of professional interest, in furtherance of their long standing cordial relations. The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Azubike Ihejirika, who began a working visit to Pakistan on Thursday, discussed with his counterpart, Pakistan Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, on areas of mutual […]
Passing out Batch ‘B’ corps members in Ekiti State, who served in public schools, protested at the parade ground on Thursday and called officials of the state government names for withholding their three-month allowance. At the ceremony in which the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Dr Adewale Omirin, represented Governor Kayode Fayemi, the […]
By PETER EGWUATU & MICHAEL EBOH LAGOS — Acting Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ms Daisy Ekineh, two other Executive Commissioners of the commission and the entire SEC Board were, Thursday, relieved of their duty by the Federal Government, as their tenure expires June 15, 2012. Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has […]
By Nadahi Marama MAIDUGURI—AN Elder statesman and former Minister of Petroleum, Dr. Shettima Monguno, has said the type of government being practised in the country was not democracy but “democorruption,” as according to him, the present administration was doing nothing to tackle the high level of corruption in the country. Mungono spoke at his residence, […]
By Nnamdi Ojiego The House of Representatives this morning called on the Federal Government to march words with actions by implementing the report of its adhoc committee on Subsidy Management. Addressing members of the House during Friday’s plenary, the Speaker, Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal maintained that the reports of the adhoc committee remained valid and should […]
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