A suspected bomb believed to have been planted at the divisional police headquarters in Dutsinma, home town of Katsina State Governor, Ibrahim Shema, by Islamic millitants Boko Haram, has caused severe panic in the town the entire state. The said attempt to blow up the police station came in the wake of penultimate Monday’s explosion […]
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says all political parties must educate eligible voters ahead of the 2012 governorship election in the state to avoid the low turnout witnessed in the last general elections. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mallam Muhammed Abubakar gave the charge yesterday during a stakeholders’ meeting at the INEC office, Lokoja. […]
Officials of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC), yesterday intercepted cloned drugs valued at N20 million in the commercial city of Onitsha during their routine raid in the area. Addressing journalists on the outcome of the raid, the Deputy Zonal Director of NAFDAC, Mr. Benson Kine said they acted on a […]
The approval given by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the operation of Islamic banking in the country is generating disquiet in the polity. Reasons for this are not difficult to fathom. Until now, Islamic banking, also known as Sharia banking, was a little known non-interest mode of banking alien to the conventional banking […]
Residents of Atu Street in Calabar, Cross River State, have been thrown into confusion, as unknown assassins invaded the area, killing one Mr. Edet Udo. The remains of Mr. Udo had since been taken home to his village for interment, but tension and panic had continued to pervade the street as scores of people had […]
Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe State had before May 29 dissolved his council and relieved all the special advisers and special assistants. He even released N124 million as severance packages for them. Many of the dropped commissioners and other aides are cracking kernels, scrubbing floors and loosening knots in a bid to be or reappointed. […]
Aggrieved ex-militants in the Niger Delta are preparing for a show- down with the Federal Government over its decision to commence the third phase of the amnesty programme. The coordinator of the programme, Mr. Kingsley Kuku had recently declared that those nursing the hope of a third phase of the amnesty programme should forget about […]
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Onyeabor Azubuike Ihejirika, yesterday, said intelligence and patriotism on the part of religious leaders and the generality of Nigerians, remained the only solution to the security threat posed by members of the Boko Haram sect terrorising the country. Ihejirika, who spoke at a press briefing to mark the 2011 […]
True to its words, the Senate yesterday grilled the ministerial nominees for six hours and fifteen minutes, with seven of them having their nominations confirmed as ministers, by unanimous decision. Those confirmed, all former ministers, were tasked by the Senators, who bombarded them with questions bordering on their performances while in office and the state […]
Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun yesterday explained why it might be difficult for the state government to immediately commence the payment of the N18, 000 minimum wage. Addressing over 100 paramount and traditional rulers yesterday at the Obas’ complex, Abeokuta, the state capital, Amosun lamented the financial position of the state, adding that the […]
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