BY DAPO AKINREFON Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to immediately make public the recommendations of the Presidential Committee on National Dialogue, which was submitted, Wednesday. A statement by the group’s Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kunle Famoriyo, said making the report a public document is the only way President Jonathan’s wish to […]
THE Federal Government has rejected visa policies which require Nigerians to pay in foreign currencies. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof. Viola Onwuliri, stated the government’s stand at a meeting with the Diplomatic Corps on Thursday in Abuja. The United Kingdom had on December 4 this year announced a new visa regime whereby applicants for […]
Johnson The Federal Government has threatened to prosecute telecommunication service providers who continue to render poor quality services to subscribers after December 31, 2013. The plan to prosecute errant telecoms operators was unfolded in Lagos on Monday at a joint news briefing addressed by the Minister of Communication Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson; Director-General, Consumer Protection […]
| credits: File copy Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, on Monday kicked against the Presidency’s threat to charge some members of the All Progressives Congress with treason. The President, through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, had on Sunday said that those “threatening fire and brimstone” and calling for […]
The Minister of the Interior, Abba Moro, has urged the Nigerian Immigration Service to impress Nigerians by making passports available to applicants under 24 hours. He said this would not only endear the service to Nigerians but it would also prove that President Goodluck Jonathan’s transformation agenda was realisable. Moro said this during the inauguration […]
National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur The National Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, has said that those calling for his removal are plotting to make President Goodluck Jonathan vulnerable. He said this based on the increased clamour by the PDP governors for his removal from office. The party […]
Chief Bode George THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has described as “unfortunate” that the Supreme Court set aside the court judgment that jailed former chairman of the board of Nigerian Ports Authority, Chief Olabode George and five former members. The five directors of the NPA whose sentensing was also quashed are Aminu Dabo, Captain […]
•Voids sections 104, 203 of criminal code From GODWIN TSA, Abuja Former Chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority [NPA], Chief Ola-bode George and others were yesterday discharged and acquitted by the Supreme Court which quashed their conviction after holding that it was a complete mistrial by the lower courts.Others cleared with the chieftain of the Peoples […]
» •Ask N’Assembly to conduct public hearing By ADE ALADE and NOAH EBIJE, Kaduna A cross section of Northern leaders have called for a thorough probe of the weighty allegations leveled against President Goodluck Jonathan by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. They said the allegations border on national security and capable of tearing the country apart.Obasanjo […]
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Lamido Sanusi The Northern Elders Forum and the Trade Union Congress have cautioned the Federal Government against ignoring calls by the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Lamido Sanusi, for a probe into the oil $49.8bn fund unaccounted for by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. Spokesman […]
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