Aformer presidential candidate of the Alliance for Democracy, Chief Olu Falae, on Tuesday in Lagos warned that corruption might “sink Nigeria’’ if it was not tackled headlong. Falae spoke at the public presentation of a book titled “Post Independence Political Evolution of Western Nigeria: Chief Obafemi Awolowo Factor.’’ The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the […]
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has asked the Court of Appeal, Abuja, to set aside the September 19 ruling of the Abuja Federal High Court in which it discharged former Deputy Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission, Prof. Bridget Sokan, and six others standing trial in a N6.4bn fraud charge. The six others […]
BY UDUMA KALU, WITH AGENCY REPORT President Goodluck Jonathan, Tuesday, in New York made a strong case for Nigeria’s election to the United Nations Security Council, just as South African President, Jacob Zuma backed the Nigerian president’s call for democratisation of the UN Security Council. Addressing the world leaders and other delegates at the opening […]
THE Nigeria Police Force has begun an independent investigation into the killing of eight suspected members of the fundamentalist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, in Abuja on Friday. It was learnt on Sunday that the police authorities did not believe the claim of the Department of State Security that the suspects, who were killed by the […]
The crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party got messier on Friday with the ruling party asking the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, to write a formal letter to the Dr. Bamanga Tukur-led National Executive Council for his suspension to be lifted. Amaechi, who spoke to SUNDAY PUNCH, over the weekend has, however, vowed […]
President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife arrived New York earlier today. Photo: State House By SaharaReporters, New York Nigeria, which has failed to focus on implementing the United Nations Millenium Development Goals, is sending a record 600-man delegation to the 68th General Assembly in New York which will focus on a follow-up plan, SaharaReporters investigations […]
RIVERS State Governor and the Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, declared on Thursday that the Nigerian economy had gone comatose. Amaechi explained that contrary to the rosy picture painted on Wednesday by the Minister of Finance and the Coordinating minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, about the nation’s economy, Nigeria was […]
President Goodluck Jonathan will fly to New York on Saturday to participate in the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, which is expected to focus on identifying parameters for the post-2015 global development agenda. President Jonathan, who is also scheduled to meet with President Barack Obama of the United States in New York, will […]
Nuhu Ribadu | credits: thewillnigeria.com Desperate to halt a probe into his finances, former Delta State Governor James Ibori tried to bribe anti-corruption boss Nuhu Ribadu in 2007 with $15m in cash in a bag so heavy one man alone could not lift it, Ribadu told a London court on Thursday. Reuters quoted Ribadu […]
As CAN declares 7-day fasting By SAM EYOBOKA & CALEB AYANSINA ABUJA—A REGIONAL socio-political group that promotes the interests of the people of the Middle Belt region, the Middle-Belt Forum, MBF, yesterday, admonished former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, to display every sense of responsibility and patriotism in his comments on […]
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