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Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, January 2nd, 2014
States 2013 2014 capital Recurrent Nbn Nbn Nbn Nbn Abia 137.8 149.6 87.5 62 Adamawa 95 97.9 39.7 58.2 Anambra 110.96 140.00 100.29 39.71 A/Ibom 599.180 469.374 308.870 165.504 Bauchi […]
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Armed Forces, General Politics, Latest Politics
Tuesday, December 31st, 2013

Views: 267 In its bid to reposition the Nigerian Army for expected operational challenges in the coming year and beyond, the Nigerian Army Council has commenced issuing terminal letters to over 40 generals preparatory to their leaving the force. The letters from the Military Secretary’s office said the letters are being issued to officers of […]
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Aviation, Latest Politics
Tuesday, December 31st, 2013
BY Taye Obateru Jos—An appeal has gone to President Goodluck Jonathan to ignore calls to sack the Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, unless her culpability in the bullet proof cars saga was established. A group, the Igbo Democratic Forum, made the appeal in a statement in Jos, signed by its Chairman, Chief Chidi Ndu, […]
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Latest Politics
Monday, December 30th, 2013
Ex-CSO: His letter fictitious From DESMOND MGBOH, Kano Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, the former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, has described as fictitious the insinuation of former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his recent letter to President Goodluck Jonathan. The former president wrote that Jonathan has allegedly hired 1,000 […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics
Wednesday, December 25th, 2013

Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, former Chief Security Officer to late Head-of-State, Gen. Sani Abacha, has challenged ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, to a public debate on any issue concerning Nigeria. Al-Mustapha threw the challenge in an interview with the Hausa Service of the Voice of America, monitored in Abuja, on Wednesday. The former CSO was reacting to news […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, General Politics, Latest Politics, State News
Tuesday, December 24th, 2013

No fewer than 70 persons, including 15 soldiers, died in the military operations to track down the insurgents who carried out the last Friday’s pre-dawn attacks on Mohammed Kur Barracks in Bama, Borno State. The remaining 55 comprised of 50 insurgents and five villagers. The Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, who made this […]
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First Ladies, Latest Politics, National Politics, Patience Jonathan, Top Stories
Tuesday, December 24th, 2013

By Saharareporters, New York It has been revealed that Nigeria’s First Lady, Patience Jonathan, sought and received import waivers that she then turned over to Coscharis Motors, a private car dealer, to import 200 BMW cars in 2012. Figures released by Nigeria’s Ministry of Finance budget office show that Mrs. Jonathan secured the import waivers […]
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Latest Politics
Sunday, December 22nd, 2013
Ours is a pseudo-democracy BY CLIFFORD NDUJIHE, Deputy political editor LEADING human rights crusader and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) spoke to Vanguard on the structure of Nigeria as a country, the worthiness of the forthcoming centenary celebrations, the crusade against graft among other issues. Excerpts: On Speaker […]
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Latest Politics, State News, Uncategorized
Sunday, December 22nd, 2013
FG overspends by N740bn BY Babajide Komolafe The three tiers of government shared N6 trillion from January to September from the federation account, while the federal government overspent its budget by N740 billion within the same period. These were revealed in the Economic report for the first three quarters of the year released by the […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Latest Politics
Sunday, December 22nd, 2013
A letter dated September 25, 2013 written by the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Lamido Sanusi, to President Goodluck Jonathan was recently leaked to the media from undisclosed sources. In an apparent streak of patriotic fervour, Sanusi noted in his letter that, “I am constrained to formally write your Excellency, documenting serious concerns of […]