The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Ebonyi chapter, has said that the performance of the Super Eagles so far has justified the clamour by Nigerians for Samson Siasa as the coach. Reacting to the Eagles 4-1 victory over Argentina in Abuja on Wednesday, Ajah Okike, the SWAN chairman, told the News Agency of Nigeria […]
BARELY48hours after inauguration, fresh facts emerged, yesterday, that some politicians of Northern extraction were out to checkmate President Goodluck Jonathan as he begins his four-year tenure of office. The politicians were also learnt to have vowed to ensure that they kept a constant tab on activities of Mr. President, especially on his utterances, with a […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, arraigned the former Managing Director of Afribank Plc, Sebastian Adigwe and six others — Osa Osunde; Jibrin Isah; Isa Zailani; Chinedu Onyia; Henry Arogundade and Peter Ololo – on a 36-count charge of stealing and conspiracy to commit felony of a total sum of N87 billion. […]
Nigerian and Ghanaian migrants fleeing form violence in Libya have reportedly arrived in Agadez, Niger Republic, on a truck. eports had it that Niger’s city of Agadez had been transformed from a bustling trade hub in the middle of the Sahara desert into a refugee centre for the thousands of African migrants fleeing the violence […]
THE federal government, on Wednesday, called its sixth witness in the ongoing trial of two accused persons, an Iranian, Azim Aghajani, and a Nigerian, Alli Abass Jega, currently standing trial for alleged importation of arms into Nigeria last year. The duo are standing trial before Justice Okechukwu Okeke of a Federal High Court in Lagos […]
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), on Wednesday, commended President Goodluck Jonathan for signing into law the Freedom of Information Bill. The commission, in a statement signed by its Assistant Director, Public Affairs and Communications, Lambert Oparah, and made available to the Nigerian Tribune noted that the FOI Bill had gone through tortuous journey, having […]
SPEAKER, House of Representatives, Honourable Dimeji Bankole, has written to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), denying any knowledge of his summoning on Tuesday for interrogation over the alleged N10 billion scam rocking the chamber. The letter, dated May 31, was signed on behalf of his Chief of Staff, Morris Ekpeyong. Ekpeyong, who claimed […]
OUTGOING members of the House of Representatives are to go each with the Peugeot 407 cars earlier bought by the House leadership at N2.3 billion, the Nigerian Tribune has learnt. Interested lawmakers are expected to pay between N800,000 and N850,000 for each of the cars, which were bought brand new. It will be recalled that […]
As lobbying for political appointments reached feverish level following the announcement of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), interest groups are deploying intrigues to outwit one another. One of such is the Niger Delta Coalition for Credible Governance (NDCCG), which has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to be wary of the calibre of […]
The Speaker of the Kebbi State House of Assembly, Mr. Habib Musa Jega has been unanimously returned by the newly elected members of the House along with his deputy, Muhammad Garba Bena for another four-year term at the inauguration of the new House in Birnin Kebbi. The return of Jega as Speaker came as a […]
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