Former Minister of Works, Chief Tony Anenih, has emerged as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He was elected at a meeting of the board at the Presidential Villa which ended at about 12.45am on Tuesday. Anenih was former Chairman of the party’s BoT until 2007. Anenih told […]
Former Vice-President Abubakar Atiku has called on northern Muslims to embrace immunisation in order to eradicate polio. Atiku, who was the guest speaker at Rotary International District 9110’s dinner and dance ball on Friday in Lagos, said the religious bias that had been associated with immunisation was unjustified. “Even when I was the vice-president, I […]
A former Minister of External Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, on Saturday said it was not possible for any Nigerian to be a billionaire without being corrupt. Akinyemi stated this in Akure, the Ondo State capital while delivering the second term inauguration lecture of Governor Olusegun Mimiko. The professor of International Relations and Diplomacy spoke on […]
BY SONI DANIEL & KINGSLEY OMONOBI ABUJA— There were indications, Sunday, that the embattled Pension Reform Task Team, PRTT, Chairman, Alhaji Abdulrasheed Maina, had fled the country to escape arrest by the police and other security agents on his trail. Maina is reported to have moved to one of the Middle East nations, following the […]
By IKECHUKWU NNOCHIRI & ben agande, Abuja Embattled Chairman, Pension Reform Task Team, PRTT, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, who was accused of complicity in the illegal diversion of funds meant for pensioners in the country, yesterday, lost his bid to vacate the warrant of arrest that was issued against him by the Senate just as President […]
While French, Chad and other forces chase terrorists out of Mali, Nigeria is yet to send 20 per cent of its pledge. The deployment of Nigerian soldiers as part of the Africa-led International Support Mission to Mali (AFISMA) is turning out to be a complete charade as army authorities and the Ministry of Defence are […]
Ten state governors elected on the platform of four opposition parties rose from a four-hour meeting in Lagos on Tuesday with a resolve to collectively back the ongoing merger initiatives by their various political parties to wrest power from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party. At the end of the closed-door meeting, held at the Marina […]
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, SAM EYOBOKA & Abdallah el-Kurebe Sokoto—Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has called on the Federal Government to commence the process of licensing preachers in the country to reduce the incidence of wrong indoctrination of youths. He aslo appealed to the government to dialogue with Boko Haram sect to ensure the […]
A Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos on Friday affirmed the death sentence passed on the General Overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly, Chukwuemeka Ezeugo (a.k.a. Rev. King), by Justice Joseph Olubunmi Oyewole of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja on January 11, 2007. The appellate court, in a unanimous judgment read by Justice […]
A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, on Monday apologised to his followers on Twitter and Facebook friends over a post deemed insulting to Jesus Christ. His tweet on Sunday stated, “@zebbook: If Jesus criticises Jonathan’s govt, Maku/Abati/Okupe will say he slept with Mary Magdalene.”….LWKMD…..” The retweet of the sarcastic post […]
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