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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Headlines
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
MOVES by the House of Representatives to amend certain provisions of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act met stiff resistance from the present CBN governor, Mallam Lamido Sanusi; former governors of the apex bank, Mallam Adamu Ciroma and Mr Joseph Sanusi and other stakeholders, as they kicked against the exercise. This is coming just […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
Sheila Solarin, widow of the late human rights activist, educationist and social crusader, Dr Tai Solarin, died on Sunday, aged 88. At the Ikenne home of the Awolowos on Monday, the matriarch of the Awo family, Chief (Mrs) HID Awolowo, shared fond memories of the late Sheila, a foremost educationist and author. Abiodun Awolaja reports. […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
NIGERIA’S foreign service officials have become the laughing stocks of the diplomatic world in Europe and the Americas following the failure of the home government to remit their salaries and allowances to them as and when due. Investigations by the Nigerian Tribune revealed that in most parts of Europe and the Americas, Nigerian diplomats now […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Monday, October 22nd, 2012
The Premium Times reports that Security forces in Maiduguri said they have made a huge haul in their campaign against the Boko Haram sect, arresting a top sect leader, Shuaibu Mohammed Bama, and linking him to “a serving senator’s house along Damboa Road, GRA Maiduguri.” According to the report, The Joint Task Force, JTF, in […]
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Headlines, Ogun, State News
Monday, October 22nd, 2012
caption: Sheila Solarin By SaharaReporters, New York Saharareporters has just learnt of the death of Sheila Mary Solarin (nee Tuer), the widow of Dr. Tai Solarin, one of once one of Nigeria’s foremost educators and agitators for social justice. With her late husband, she had founded the famous Mayflower School in Ikenne, Ogun State. A […]
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Headlines, Ondo, State News, Top Stories
Monday, October 22nd, 2012
The people’s Democratic Party, PDP in Ondo state has declared that the Ondo state governorship election is “marred by irregularities” and may go to court to challenge the results of the election. In a statement issued by PDP spokesman in the state Ayo Fadaka, the party says it rejects results of Ilaje Ese Odo area […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, October 21st, 2012
ABUJA, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) — The Civil Society Associations Gambia (CSAG) has filed an application against the government at the ECOWAS Court of Justice regarding the West African country’s 38 death row inmates at Mile 2 Central Prisons. Banka Manneh, chairman of the CSAG, made the announcement in a statement released by the West African […]
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Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry)
Sunday, October 21st, 2012
Nollywood bad boy Jim Iyke is often linked with scandal and controversy, but this time, the actor is in the news for a tragic reason. We’re told Iyke is supporting his Jamaican girlfriend, Keturah Hamilton, after the Jamaican police allegedly killed two of her brothers, Sheldon and Nicholas McKenzie, on the same day. Keturah shared […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Sunday, October 21st, 2012
Published on October 20, 2012 by pmnews Suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed seven people in Potiskum, Yobe state Saturday, taking the death toll to at least 30 for three days of violence in the northeastern town, police and residents said. Among the people killed today were a retired customs chief, his medical doctor son and […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Oyo, State News
Sunday, October 21st, 2012
The remains of Tennessie Jurry. Inset: The drugs puportedly given to Jurry to treat malaria The family of a Liberian national, Mr Tennessie Jurry, who reportedly came from the Oru Refugee Camp in Ogun State to Iseyin, but died recently while working as a mortician at Our Lady Hospital, Iseyin, Oyo State, suspects foul play […]
