PREV1 of 2NEXT • Borno, Yobe Govs Keep Mum; Residents Applaud JTF • Action Reckless, Say Junaid Mohammed, Activists NORTHERN elders, under the aegis of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Saturday, said they welcome the decision of the Federal Government to place monetary ransom on leaders and commanders of the militant Boko Haram sect. The […]
BOTH Presidents Barack Obama and Goodluck Jonathan wanted to talk on phone, but twice calls from the White House to Aso Rock failed to make the connection. Authoritative sources confirmed during the week that efforts by President Obama to personally speak with Jonathan to return his congratulatory message has been aborted at least twice by […]
BUT for President Goodluck Jonathan’s last minute diplomatic manoeuvres, Nigeria would have suffered irreparable damage in its relationship with the European Union (EU) and the West. This is not unconnected with what diplomatic sources say was a move by an infuriated Germany to swing a coalition of support against what it thought was a fundamental […]
The Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Restore Order, in Maiduguri, Borno State, has placed a price of N290 million on the heads of 19 members of the Boko Haram sect, including the group leader, Abubakar Shekau, while declaring the sect members wanted. A release from the office of the spokesman of the JTF, Lt. Col. […]
NOVEMBER 24, 2012 BY IHUOMA CHIEDOZIE, ABUJA Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke | credits: An Abuja Federal High Court on Friday failed to deliver judgement in the suit over the missing $12.4bn oil windfall. The court had scheduled judgement in the matter for Friday, but the Presiding Judge, Justice Gabriel Kolawole, eventually adjourned […]
-Punch Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika | credits: Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, has said inter-agency collaboration helped security agencies to foil a terror attack in the country recently. The COAS, who stated that the Joint Task Force thwarted the planned attack, did not, however, elaborate on the incident. Speaking […]
By Ben Agande Abuja — The Federal Executive Council, FEC, chaired by the Vice President Namadi Sambo, yesterday, approved contracts worth N199.19 billion in various sectors of the economy. Of this amount, road construction and rehabilitation across different geo-political zones of the country took the lion share of N176.13 billion while the construction of terminal […]
At least, 50 eminent southern and northern Nigerian leaders met in Abuja on Tuesday on the state of the nation During the closed-door meeting at the Yar’Adua Centre, they resolved to meet with President Goodluck Jonathan and the leadership of the National Assembly. The leaders met under the aegis of Project Nigeria, chaired by Prof. […]
-Punch INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega | credits: File copy The Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, on Monday said the commission would soon embark on constituency delimitation. Declaring open a workshop for information officers drawn from across the country, in Abuja, Jega said the exercise would precede the creation of new polling […]
-Punch Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina | credits: Federal Government on Monday commenced the distribution of 11,500 metric tonnes food relief to families affected by floods in some states of the federation. The release of food relief, which the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, started in Ibadan […]
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