Girl with stray bullet on head: JTF offers sympathy, police absolve army

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, […]

Halliburton scandal: Jonathan orders Adoke to fish out $26.5m plea bargain money

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 […]

FG’s revenue hits N1.02trn

We’re not involved in export permit racket – NNPC By STEVE AGBOTA The Central Bank of Nigeria has disclosed that the total federally-collected revenue in the month of August stood at N1.021 trillion, representing an increase of 26.4 per cent, compared with the monthly budget estimate of N751 billion. The bank in its monthly Economic […]

Why I want to be President, by Ekwueme

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 […]

Nigeria opens fresh talks with Cameroon on Bakassi

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 […]

Immigration decorates 22 comptroller with new ranks (for taking bribes?)

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 […]

Picture: Patience Jonathan’s ‘triumphant’ return

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 […]

Bakassi: Court dismisses move to void GTA

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 […]

FG to establish 6 trauma centres

AS part of measures to tackle emergencies in the country, the Federal Ministry of Health has concluded arrangement  to establish six first-class trauma centres in the six geo-political zones in the country before the end of the year. The Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi  Chukwu, who disclosed this on Monday at  a workshop on Enhancing […]

Igbos celebrate Ekwueme at 80 with demand for new state

The demand for a new state in the South East yesterday dominated the grand carnival to mark the 80th birthday of the Second Republic Vice President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, in Enugu. Speaker after speaker at the event where Dr. Ekwueme was elevated from his traditional chieftaincy status of Ide Aguata to Ide Ndigbo by Igbo […]

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