-Punch The Federal Government on Friday officially dissolved the Power Holding Company of Nigeria after it handed over the 14 successor companies created from the unbundling of PHCN to their respective new owners across the country. Speaking at the official physical handover ceremony of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company to its new owner, […]
Embattled Minister of Aviation, Ms Stella Oduah More cans of worms were thrown up on Wednesday in Abuja during the public hearing by the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation on the controversial N255m bulletproof cars purchased by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority. But the woman at the centre of the scandal, Ms Stella […]
Director-General, Budget Office of the Federation, Dr. Bright Okogu The Director-General of Budget Office of the Federation, Dr. Bright Okogu, and the Accountant- General of the Federation, Mr. Jonah Otunla, told a National Assembly Committee on Tuesday that Nigeria was not broke but was currently cash-strapped. Okogwu and Otunla said this when they appeared […]
Embattled Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah, broke her seven-day silence on social media on Tuesday, amidst backlash over the N255m bulletproof cars bought for her by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority. In a post on Twitter and Facebook, Oduah took credit for the signing of the much-publicised Bilateral Air Services Agreement with Israel. […]
Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah President Goodluck Jonathan may have placed the embattled Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah, on “tactical suspension,” findings by The PUNCH have revealed. A reliable Presidency source said Jonathan decided on the “tactical suspension,” hours before the signing of the Bilateral Air Service Agreement between Nigeria and Israel […]
Stella Oduah President Goodluck Jonathan may have finally succumbed to public pressure to move against the embattled Minister of Aviation, Ms Stella Oduah, who is currently being probed over the N255m bulletproof cars bought for her by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority. The development came to the fore with the last-minute decision to stop Oduah […]
The seven governors of the Peoples Democratic Party on Monday opened up on the cause of their dispute with President Goodluck Jonathan and the leadership of the PDP. They said the President had refused to act on the issues they raised during their meetings with him and some leaders of the party on how […]
Ex-Chief of General Staff, Mike Akhigbe A former Chief of General Staff, Vice Admiral Mike Akhigbe, is dead. He died in a New York hospital at around 1.06pm, about 7.pm Nigerian time on Monday. Aged 68, Akhigbe, who was the second in command to the former military ruler, Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar, was said to […]
SUPERVISING Minister for Foreign Affairs, Professor Viola Onwuliri, signed the Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) with Israel on behalf of the Federal Government, on Monday, even as the embattled Minister of Aviation, Ms Stella Oduah, was present in Israel, where the agreement was signed. Professor Onwuliri, who represented President Goodluck Jonathan at the event, signed […]
THE Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, on Monday dismissed criticisms trailing the imposition of N1,000 processing fee on applicants seeking recruitment into the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). Fielding questions from State House correspondents in Abuja on Monday, he argued that the criticisms were misplaced as the service has not done anything out of the […]
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