Abu Muhammad Ibn Abdulazeez, commander of the Boko Haram sect in charge of southern and northern Borno who has been speaking for the sect in recent times appeared again yesterday at a press conference with journalists in Maiduguri and absolved the Islamic militant sect of involvement in the kidnap of seven French nationals in the […]
By HENRY UMORU ABUJA— WIFE of President Goodluck Jonathan, Dame Patience Jonathan Thursday boasted that 100 political parties put together can never defeat the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, come 2015 presidential election. Also Thursday aspirations of some politicians to the most exalted position in the land may have been dashed as the PDP through the […]
Former vice-president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has donated the sum of N75 million to the Rotary International, District 9110, Lagos, to help it fight polio in the country. he former vice-president, who was the guest speaker at the dinner and dance ball organised by the Rotary International at Muson Centre, Lagos, linked the increase in polio […]
The division among the ranks of Nigerian governors under the aegis of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) appeared to have widened at the weekend, as no fewer than 13 governors have alleged that the last meeting of the forum was staged to scheme them out. Sources close to the forum told the Sunday Tribune in […]
A federal high court, on Friday, ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to furnish Mr Boniface Okezie with details of properties recovered from Mrs Cecilia Ibru within 72 hours. Ibru, former Managing Director, Oceanic Bank Plc, was convicted of mismanagement of depositors’ funds and reckless grant of credit facilities in October 2010. Some […]
FEBRUARY 23, 2013 BY JOHN ALECHENU, ABUJA 1 COMMENT The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Nigeria on Friday officially denied links to terror suspects paraded by the State Security Service in Abuja, on Wednesday. The denial came 48 hours after the affair was made public. In a statement sent via e-mail to […]
President Goodluck Jonathan will receive President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil on Saturday in Abuja and hold talks with her on the further expansion of trade and economic relations between Nigeria and Brazil. President Rousseff’s official visit to Nigerian is in furtherance of efforts to boost economic and developmental cooperation between Nigeria and Brazil which were […]
The Federal Government and Britain have tightened their grip on funds flowing to the Boko Haram and its breakaway faction, Ansaru, in their determination to cripple the activities of the terror groups. Saturday PUNCH learnt that Nigeria and Britain had in conjunction with some other countries intensified the search for sources of funding for these […]
The Chief Executive Officer, Transcorp/Woodrock, the consortium that won the bid for Ugheli Power Plc, Mr. Tony Elumelu, on Thursday said with the signing of transaction and industry agreements for the Power Holding Company of Nigeria’s successor companies, the stage was set for the citizens to enjoy uninterrupted power supply. Elumelu spoke with State House […]
Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan has reversed the change of name of the University of Lagos which he renamed Moshood Abiola University in a broadcast to mark the 2012 Democracy Day. Chairman, Governing Council of University of Lagos, Professor Jerry Gana disclosed this yesterday in Abuja during his inauguration alongside three others by the Minister […]
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