The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday said it had concluded plans to invoke Section 7(b) of EFCC Establishment Act against serving and retired public servants/office holders who lived above their legitimate income. The section, according to the anti-graft agency, empowered it to conduct investigation on the property of any person whose life style […]
The Congress of the United State has requested the attorney-general, US Department of Justice to file criminal procedure against former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and his wife, Jennifer for alleged money laundering. In a letter signed by the chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, John Conyers, Jr dated January 7, 2011 and addressed to the US attorney-general, […]
The death toll from cholera outbreak in Lavun and Edati Local Government Area of Niger State has now risen from 8 to 13. LEADERSHIP gathered that 7 out of the victims were from Tama-Nku, a village in Edati Local Government where the outbreak was first noticed late on Tuesday. It was further gathered that 5 […]
Dangote Group has disclosed plans to invest about N15.24 billion in building a new cement manufacturing factory in Cameroon. The move, according to the company, was to ensure that African remained self-sufficient in cement production, and ensure that the products were easily available and affordable to the end users. A statement by the group, made […]
Wife of the former governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu, (Left, With Beyonce, Middle) has denied reports that other candidates were compelled by her husband to step down for her in order to secure the senatorial ticket of the Action Congress of Nigeria. Mrs. Tinubu on Wednesday clinched the ACN ticket to contest […]
ABOUT 24 hours to the presidential primaries of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, former members of the National Assembly from the 21 states of the North have kicked against the presidential aspiration of former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. The ex-National Assembly members from the North, who met in Kaduna under the aegis of the […]
No fewer than 27 political parties in Lagos State have formed an alliance to confront the Action Congress of Nigeria and Peoples Democratic Party in the 2011 elections. The Convener, Coalition of Lagos State Opposition Political Parties, Dr. Adegbola Dominic, who announced the plan at a news conference in Lagos on Wednesday, said the group […]
Thirty years after his impeachment as the civilian governor of the old Kaduna State, the National Chairman of the Peoples Redemption Party and Chairman of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, Alhaji Balarabe Musa on Wednesday picked the governorship ticket of the PRP in the state. With this development, Musa, 75 is expected to […]
The Special Task Force in Jos, Plateau State has arrested the five soldiers that were on duty at Riyom when suspected Fulani herdsmen attacked Wareng village. During the attack, 13 persons, mainly women and children, were killed. STF spokesman, Capt. Charles Ekeocha, told newsmen on Wednesday in Jos that the soldiers would help the agency […]
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Wednesday denied rumours of his death spreading across some parts of the country. The rumoured death of the 76-year-old laureate left many Nigerians and residents of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, worried. Many Nigerians made efforts to confirm the authenticity of the rumours. Soyinka, who reacted to the […]
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