Written by Wale Adele Saturday, 20 October 2012 Just as the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, (NAHCON) announced the death of 14 pilgrims, another pilgrim from Lagos State has died, bringing the total number of Nigerian Pilgrims, that have died in Saudi Arabia during this year’s pilgrimage to 15. The Lagos pilgrim, Taoreed Oshodi, 62, […]
Where is the $25million plea-bargain money paid by a multi-national company operating in the country and indicted in the monumental Halliburton scandal? This is the riddle security operatives are trying to unravel as they commence investigations into the $25million plea-bargain over the multi-billion dollar scam. Authoritative sources said the money could not be located in […]
By EGUFE YAFUGBORHI, Port-Harcourt The Joint Taskforce (JTF), 2 Brigade, Port Harcourt, has vowed to bring to book, perpetrators of the alleged shooting of a commercial bus at the Agip Roundabout in Port Harcourt which has left one of two affected victims battling for her life with a bullet in the head. Witnesses account had, […]
By KINSLEY OMONOBI, Abuja Aftermath of the directive by the Federal Government to the Police to resuscitate the investigative report of the $180million Halliburton scam and America’s insistence that the $26.5million plea bargain money returned by Construction giant, Julius Berger, be located and made available to Police, there is confusion over the whereabouts of the […]
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The presidential ambition of the Ekwuemes may not be over yet, as a member of the family has decided to continue from where the former vice president, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, Stopped. He clocked 80 years last week. Dr. Ada Ekwueme-Onuora, is the Chief Medical Director, Kalva Clinic, Lagos, and a trained psychosocial rehabilitation practitioner at […]
We ‘ll protect minority rights, says Mark From ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI, Quebec Canada Nigeria has commenced fresh talks with the Republic of Cameroon on the fate of Nigerians in the ceded Bakassi Peninsula. Senate President David Mark made this known at the ongoing 127th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly in Quebec, Canada. The Senate President is expected […]
THE Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) on Wednesday decorated 22 Comptrollers of Immigration, who were promoted to Assistant Comptrollers-General (ACG) with their new ranks. Comptroller-General of the service, Mrs Rose Uzoma, performed the ceremony at the NIS headquarters in Abuja. She said the promotion became imperative as a result of recent restructuring and expansion of the service […]
It is not always possible not to notice the presence of the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, at any gathering. Even in the Presidential Villa, where she resides with members of her family, Patience’s commanding presence is usually felt. But for about two days, Patience was conspicuously absent in the Villa. Yet, no one […]
An Abuja Federal High Court on Wednesday dismissed a suit in which the indigenes of Bakassi asked for an order to compel the Federal Government to repossess the Bakassi Peninsula and nullify the Green Tree Agreement it entered with Cameroon. The International Court of Justice, in a judgment on October 10, 2002, ceded the oil […]
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