By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Abuja Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, admitted fresh sets of evidence, showing that Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, allegedly made seventy-three contacts with the Boko Haram Islamic sect. Senator Ali Ndume at the High Court Abuja. The evidence was tendered before the court by a forensic […]
….mourns victims President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has expressed utter shock and sadness over the crash Saturday in Bayelsa State of a military helicopter resulting in the death of Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State and former National Security Adviser (NSA), Gen. Owoye Azazi (rtd), their aides, Dauda Tsoho and Warrant Officer Mohammed Kamal and the […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has commiserated with the family of the former Primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Archbishop Joseph Abiodun Adetiloye and the entire Anglican Communion on the death of the patriarch earlier today. In a condolence message, President Jonathan described late Archbishop Adetiloye as a great man of God who would be […]
Nigeria, on Thursday, protested the harassment of its citizens living in the Bakassi Peninsula by Cameroon. The oil rich peninsula, formerly in the Nigerian territory, was ceded to the neighbouring Cameroon by the former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s government in respect of a 2002 International Court of Justice’s verdict. The Minister of Justice and the Attorney-General […]
The Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission has said it has no plan to review the revenue formula in the nearest future. The RMAFC spokesman, Mr. Ibrahim Mohammed, said the Commission could not come out with a new revenue sharing formula for the federal, states and the local government councils because of “inadequate funding”. Mohammed […]
DECEMBER 11, 2012 BY AGENCY REPORTER 1 COMMENT EFCC Boss, IBRAHIM LAMORDE | credits: File The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has sought Switzerland’s help in its investigation of a multi-billion dollar fuel subsidy scam, after some Swiss oil trading houses refused to cooperate with the authorities in Abuja, Nigerian officials have said. Reuters reported […]
BARELY 72 hours after 28 political parties had their names deleted from the register of the Independent National Electoral Commission, indications emerged on Sunday that 24 more political parties might cease to exist before the 2015 general elections. The PUNCH learnt that INEC had decided that only 11 political parties would participate in the 2015 […]
December 10, 2012 by Olusola Fabiy Buhari, Tinubu and Onu | credits: THREE major opposition political parties – Action Congress of Nigeria, Congress for Progressive Change and the All Nigeria Peoples Party – may drop their identities by April 2013, when talks on their proposed merger are expected to be completed. The merger of the […]
Institute for Economic and Peace, a global think-tank, has ranked Nigeria as the seventh country most affected by terrorism in 2011. The organisation’s first Global Terrorism Index meant to measure the impact of terrorism and the associated economic and social dimensions, was published last Tuesday. The index showed Nigeria ranking marginally better than Somalia (the […]
The bid by the House of Representatives to investigate the N20bn fuel subsidy dispute between the Chairman of Capital Oil and Gas Limited, Mr. Ifeanyi Uba, and a fellow businessman, Mr. Cosmas Maduka, failed on Thursday. Two major reasons stalled proceedings a few minutes after the Chairman, House Committee on Public Petitions, Mr. Uzo Azubuike, […]
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