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Senate Presidency: Group backs Saraki

Posted by admin Legislature, Senate Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

The Coalition for Good Governance in Kwara State has canvassed support for the nomination of the senator-elect from Kwara Central, Dr. Bukola Saraki as the next President of the Senate. The group in a statement on Monday said Bukola had performed creditably well as the governor of Kwara State. The group also added that […]

Alao-Akala turns down Ajimobi’s request

Posted by admin Oyo, State News Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

The outgoing governor of Oyo State, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala, has turned down the request of the Governor-elect, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, to stop the implementation of the N18,000 minimum wage for the state workers. In a statement by his spokesman, Mr. Dotun Oyelade, on Monday, the governor regretted his inability to accede to the request […]

Court orders EFCC to release Atuche’s wife

Posted by admin EFCC Politics Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

A Federal High Court in Lagos State on Monday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to immediately release Elizabeth, the wife of a former Managing Director of Bank PHB, Francis Atuche. Elizabeth had been in detention since May 3 when she was arrested by EFCC operatives in Lagos. In her ruling on two […]

Pictures: The beautiful daughters of Ajimobi, Oyo’s gov-elect

Posted by admin Headlines, Oyo, State News Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

One cannot successfully talk about Ajimobi without mentioning his daughters who are exceedingly popular on the chic scene. Their popularity, which does not altogether stem from their pedigree, has a lot to do with their captivating good looks, humble mannerisms and the resounding success they have made of their lives. Schooled in prestigious institutions overseas, […]

Imoke empowers civil servants with cars

Posted by admin Cross River, State News Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

The Cross River State Government is commitment to ensuring that workers’ welfare are given due attention seems to be yielding positive results as another set of cicil servants have benefited from the on-going motor vehicle loan scheme for senior public Servants. The first phase of 100 vehicles was commissioned for use by senior civil servants […]

N’Assembly: Ohaneze insists on speaker

Posted by admin House, Legislature Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

The apex Igbo socio-political group, Ohanaeze, yesterday lent its voice to the clamour for the South-east geopolitical zone to produce the next Speaker of the House of Representatives. It argued that both President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) owed that to the zone. President-General of Ohanaeze, Chief Raph Uwechue, said in Abuja […]

Akingbola, other bank chiefs to face fresh charges today

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) would today arraign former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Intercontinental Bank Plc., Erastus Akingbola and his wife, Anthonia, on a 29-count charge before a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja. They would be arraigned along with other sacked bank chiefs who include Okey Nwosu of Finbank and Sebastine […]

How ex-president’s men rigged S’West polls

Posted by admin Elections 2011, Latest Politics, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, South-West Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

Fresh documents obtained by Daily Sun have exposed the massive electoral fraud perpetrated by the Peoples Democratic Party in the previous elections, especially in 2003. A comparative analysis of the results of the presidential election in 2003 and 2011, with particular reference to Ogun state, show a rather wide margin between registered voters and actual […]

South African embassy stops Nollywood top actresses from attending Economic summit in Johannesburg

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry) Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

But for the delay and bureaucratic bottlenecks of the South Africa Embassy in Lagos, Nollywood stars, Rita Dominic and Ini Edo would have been returning from Madiba’s country. South Africa, which is fast becoming notorious for its visas, was said to have delayed processing of visas for the stars until last minutes despite pleas that […]

How Bin Laden controlled Al-Qaeda from Abbottabad, by U.S. officials

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics Monday, May 9th, 2011

AFTERALL, Al-Qaeda leader, Osama Bin Laden, was not living a life of nomadic existence before he was killed by operatives of America’s SEALs. He was in fact actively controlling the terror network from his compound in Abbottabad, northern Pakistan, United States’ (U.S.) intelligence services’ officials revealed yesterday. This revelation is coming as the U.S. […]