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Is Prof Barth Nnaji the Right Man to Rescue the Power Sector? – By Churchill Okonkwo

Posted by admin Articles, Churchill Okonkwo, Columnists, NNP Columnists Monday, June 27th, 2011

By Churchill Okonkwo, NNP,- June 27, 2011 – Now that the name of Prof. Barth Nnaji is being forwarded to the senate for approval as minister for power (most likely), the question of whether he is the best man for the job needs a quick answer. While his role as the special adviser to Goodluck […]

Don’t depend on federal allocation, state govts urged

Posted by admin Latest Politics, State News Monday, June 27th, 2011

State Governors, barely a month old in the saddle, got an admonition yesterday that they should institute some fiscal restraint in their expenditure and should not depend on the monthly federal allocation for the realisation of their campaign promises. Rather, the executive chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS),Ifueko Omoigui Okauru, said they should grow Internally […]

Tribunal: Court fixes July 6 to hear Jonathan’s objections to CPC’s petition

Posted by admin CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Party Politics Monday, June 27th, 2011

The Court of Appeal sitting as Presidential Election Tribunal, on Monday, in Abuja fixed Wednesday, July 6 to hear the objections filed by President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging the legitimacy of the petition filed by the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) to nullify the April 16 presidential election. The tribunal […]

Amosun challenges indigenes over payment of taxes to Lagos

Posted by admin Headlines, Ogun, State News Monday, June 27th, 2011

Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun, on Monday, kicked against the on-going payment of taxes to Lagos State government by the Ogun indigenes working in Lagos state. Amosun said this in a brief interview with airport journalists at the residential wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, where he had gone to receive President Goodluck Jonathan […]

Plateau senator condemns advocates of amnesty for Boko Haram

Posted by admin Legislature, Plateau, Senate, State News Monday, June 27th, 2011

SENATOR representing Plateau South senatorial district, Senator Victor Lar, has condemned those advocating amnesty for the Boko Haram religious sect saying granting them amnesty is like succumbing to blackmail and intimidation. Speaking with Nigerian Tribune in Jos, Senator Lar said the postulation of the advocates of the amnesty that since the militants in the Niger-Delta […]

INEC, police deny Kwara governorship ballots being recounted

Posted by admin Headlines, Kwara, State News Monday, June 27th, 2011

THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kwara State and the state police command have debunked rumour that the votes of the last April governorship election in the state were been recounted and that a certain political party was leading. A statement jointly signed by the Assistant Director, Public Affairs of INEC, Jacob Ayanda and […]

Falcons miss $2,000 bonus •As NFF increases bonus to $4,000

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, June 27th, 2011

EACH player of the Super Falcons missed $2,000 winning bonus following their 0-1 loss to France in the opening group match of the Women’s World Cup on Sunday in Germany. A source told Tribunesports that the Nigeria Football Federation had dangled the juicy bonus before the Falcons to enable the players be at their best […]

Boko Haram’s days are numbered -COAS •3 killed, 2 injured in another bomb blast

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News Monday, June 27th, 2011

THE Nigerian Army has assured Nigerians that it is equal to the task of bringing the menace of Boko Haram to an end and vowed that operations towards that end will commence very soon. The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Azubuike Ihejirika, who stated this in Abuja on Monday while answering questions from newsmen, after […]

Security beefed up in NASS as Reps resume today

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Senate Monday, June 27th, 2011

AHEAD of today’s resumption of senators and members of the House of Representatives, after about three weeks break, security network at the National Assembly (NASS) has been beefed up. The development resulted in long queues of cars at the entrance of the National Assembly, which almost paralysed the activities at centre. As part of the […]

Nigeria must get its democracy right -British envoy

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Monday, June 27th, 2011

The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Andrew Lloyd, on Monday, declared that Nigeria must get its democratic process right saying Nigeria’s democracy is critical to the success of democracy in the African continent. This came just as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Aminu Tambuwal, disclosed that the House was ready to […]