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Governors, Headlines, Imo, Nasarawa, National Politics, Ogun, Oyo, Top Stories
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Femi Babafemi, EFCC spokesperson, told SaharaReporters this morning that the former governors are currently undergoing interrogations surrounding corruption allegations in Abuja. The anti-graft agency is targeting some nine ex-governors who may have mismanaged billions of naira within their respective states. Those arrested today include Gbenga Daniel of Ogun State, Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State and […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Headlines
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Nigeria’s naira could be allowed to devalue if oil prices and foreign exchange reserves continue to fall and monetary intervention attempts are exhausted, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said on Wednesday. The CBN has been pumping the United States dollar into the market at bi-weekly auctions, to help support the local currency, but without any sustained […]
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Headlines
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Four directors and a general manager were removed from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Wednesday, two days after three chief executives were sacked by the Federal Government. Main directors of Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) and Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) were removed from office on Tuesday after some months of long speculations […]
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Headlines, Ogun, State News
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Governor Ibikunle Amosun has disclosed that salaries and allowances of political office holders and appointees in the state have been slashed in a deliberate attempt to save funds for infrastructural development of the state. The governor revealed that he had already tabled a law before the State House of Assembly to give the action the […]
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Headlines
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
The NUC recently alerted the nation to the increasing number of fake universities in the country. The Commission, which has responsibility for regulation of university education in Nigeria, said the number of illegal universities in Nigeria has increased from 44 to 51. The information is contained in its weekly news bulletin. Eight of the universities […]
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Abia, Headlines, Imo, State News
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
The intended transfer of service of non-Abia State civil servants to their states of origin has resulted in a war of words between the two information commissioners in Abia and Imo states. The Abia State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Chief Don Ubani said yesterday that there was no going back on that policy by […]
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Headlines, Ogun, State News
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
It was a tragic end for a bricklayer and the son of a m obile policeman in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital as they were struck dead by thunder last Saturday during downpour. Two others, a 16-year-old boy and the mobile policeman were seriously injured and are currently receiving both treatment. The deceased bricklayer, Azeez […]
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Armed Forces, Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
A combined special squad of the Nigeria Police Force and the Intelligence Unit of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) has commenced investigations into the resurgence of a militant group involved in series of kidnapping and sea-piracy in Bayelsa State. According to checks, the investigations were ordered following intelligence reports that a prominent member of […]
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Enugu, Headlines, State News
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Tension is currently mounting in Amaechi, Awkunanaw, Enugu South Local Government, home of former Senate president, Chief Ken Nnamani, where some Church leaders are gearing up for a showdown with the parish priest of St. Jude’s Catholic Church in the community. Women from the Church yesterday staged a protest calling for the removal of the […]
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Headlines
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
The 2011 general elections may have come and gone. Some may have forgotten the elections, ut those in the North, particularly those who are witnesses to the post-election violence in some parts of the region, would not want to forget easily. For the displaced victims of the violence, agonies of the senseless crisis will apparently […]
