By Udora Orizu The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) yesterday said the N100 billion proposed by the Armed Forces Support Trust Fund Bill would still be inadequate to combat the worsening insecurity bedevilling the country. The Director of Production, Defence Headquarters, Air Vice Marshal M. A. Yakubu, said at the bill’s public hearing, organised by the House […]
•el-Rufai: We won’t be intimidated Chuks Okocha in Abuja and John Shiklam in Kaduna As the warning strike by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) grounded economic activities in Kaduna yesterday, the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has appealed to the union to exercise restraint in its engagement with the Kaduna State Government. The Chairman of the […]
Former Interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, has summoned a meeting of leaders of the South-west from the party to discuss the rising agitations for secession in the geopolitical zone and other regions. The meeting is billed for Sunday in Lagos. Those expected to attend the meeting are Speaker of […]
By James Emejo in Abuja and Nume Ekeghe After 20 consecutive months of increase, the Consumer Price Index(CPI), which measures inflation has dropped to 18.12 per cent (year-on-year) in April, compared to 18.17 per cent the previous month, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). However, analysts have cautioned that despite the seeming break […]
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Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri The Imo state governor, Hope Uzodimma, on Wednesday said that out of his 28 commissioners he sacked 20 and retained 8 of them in his state Executive council, as part of efforts to further engage fresh hands to achieve his projects to develop Imo. The […]
We’ve recovered $153m from Diezani – EFCC Chairman Diezani Alison-Madueke Says she’s forfeited 80 property valued at $80m to FG By Soni Daniel ABUJA – New chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, said yesterday that the commission has recovered a whopping $153 million from former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison Madueke, who […]
Dogonyaro, who read the coup speech that ousted the General Muhammadu Buhari military junta and brought in the Ibrahim Babangida junta on August 27, 1985, was 80 years old. Details of the cause of death were still sketchy as of the time of filing this report but a source in the family confirmed to SaharaReporters […]
Igboho was hurling insults at the cleric over his son’s death. One of the chieftains of Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Mogaji Gboyega Adejumo says the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye played a video showing Sunday Igboho hurling insults at him forbthe group to watch. Igboho was […]
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