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Bankole’s father cries out, they want to kill my son

Posted by admin House, Latest Politics, Legislature Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

Chief Alani Bankole, the father of the immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole, has cried out that some people in government want to kill his son. According to him, he received the intelligence reports late yesterday that arrangements had been concluded to kill his son, Dimeji, who is being detained and […]

Boko Haram kills 4 in beer parlour attack

Posted by admin Borno, Headlines, State News Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

Maiduguri – The Borno State Police Command has confirmed that four persons were killed on Sunday by suspected Boko Haram militants at a drinking joint in Bulumkutu, Maiduguri even as the Islamic sect has given conditions to the government for laying down their arms Malam Lawal Abdullahi, the command’s Public Relations Officer, said yesterday in […]

A stain on Bankole’s white kaftan

Posted by admin House, Legislature Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

IT follows the usual pattern, a pattern of dragging former office holders straight from their executive mansions to jail. This pattern was set in the last eight years or thereabout since the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC, became the watchdog or, more appropriately, sharp-eyed eagle of our economic temple. It all started after the first […]

2 bank managers in trouble over alleged N29m fraud

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

Two managers of a commercial bank in Suleja, Niger State, are now in trouble over an alleged N29 million fraud. Already, one of the managers has been detained by the police while the other has bolted away, having got the hint that he was being sought for by police investigators. Vanguard gathered that the fraud […]

Obasanjo to speak at ILO

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Arnold Alalibo, General Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

Geneva-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo will today participate in a panel discussion on building sustainable societies at the ongoing 100th Session of the International Labour Organisation, ILO, holding in Geneva. The News Agency of Nigeria correspondent covering the meeting reports that the session is being organised by ‘Club de Madrid’, an independent non-profit organisation composed of […]

‘Reverse sale of Legislators’ Quarters to Mark, Bankole’

Posted by admin House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

The Progressive Leadership Organisation International, PLOI, yesterday, urged the Presidency to reverse the sale of official residential quarters of principal officers of the National Assembly to the Senate President, David Mark; former Speaker, Dimeji Bankole; the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and former Deputy Speaker, Usman Bayero Nafada; describing the purchase as the height of […]

N40BN SCAM: Bankole gets bail, re-arrested, arraigned

Posted by admin EFCC Politics, House, Legislature, Top Stories Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

TRAVAILS of the embattled former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, were further compounded by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, as he was again arraigned before a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Apo, alongside his erstwhile deputy, Alhaji Usman Bayero Nafada. They took turns to plead not guilty to […]

Jonathan needs more than 36 ministers to succeed- Graham-Douglas

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Ministries, Presidency Monday, June 13th, 2011

ALABO Tonye Graham-Douglas has served in various capacities in Nigeria; a one time Minister of Youths, Sports and Culture, Aviation as well as Labour and Productivity. In 2000, he became the Minister of Tourism before leaving office in January 2001. In this interview, he bares his mind on the state of the nation especially how […]

Picture: Public toilet, Lagosians still doing it wrong

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Monday, June 13th, 2011

Residents want enforcement of use of public toilets to promote good health, sanitation ONE of the traits some Lagosians had been associated with was their penchant to ease themselves almost anywhere. Be it in gutters, on refuse heaps, behind bus shelters even beside parked cars, some Lagosians were known not to have bothered where […]

New finds in the House, EFCC guards Bankole’s deputy in hospital

Posted by admin House, Legislature Monday, June 13th, 2011

Nafada in road mishap Arraigns Bankole over fresh N40b loan ‘Ex-speaker, deputy took N12b three days to exit’ THERE seems to be no respite yet for the former leadership of the House of Representatives. While the former Speaker Dimeji Bankole is fighting in court to regain his freedom, at least on bail, his then deputy, […]