Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, urged the Federal Government to appeal against the ceding of Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon. Soyinka said this at the commemorative lecture of rights activist, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite, at 79 in Lagos on Monday. He said Bakassi remained a testing ground for Nigeria’s corporate integrity, stressing that the government should know […]
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan on Monday sounded a note of warning to national honours awardees, threatening that the Federal Government would withdraw the honours from conferees that lacked credibility. Already, the President said he had mandated the National Honours Committee led by a former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Alfa Belgore, to compile the list […]
Soldiers manning a checkpoint in Kano shot to death two suspected Boko Haram leaders, AP reports. The dead reportedly included the spokesman for the sect, as well as a commander who operates in Kogi State, a military official said. It is unclear what happened next, though the official said soldiers shot dead both the commander […]
The Forum for Justice and Human Rights Defence has advocated immediate suspension of the national honours awards insisting that the process and criteria for the award had been abused in the country. The National Coordinator of the group, Mr. Oghenejabor Ikimi, told our correspondent in Yenagoa that the award had lost its national value and […]
The Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. Jonah Otunla, said on Friday that Nigeria’s monthly revenue dropped from N825.3 billion in July to N564.8 billion in August. He said this at the end of the monthly Federation Accounts Allocation Committee meeting in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Otunla attributed the development to “many […]
Sequel to the public outcry against the Federal Government’s proposed N5,000 bill, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, said the United States of America also had higher denomination bills, but that Americans were not compelled to use them in daily transactions. Okupe then told Nigerians in the same […]
National Security Adviser, Colonel Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (retd) | credits: Barely three months after President Goodluck Jonathan fired Gen. Owoye Azazi (retd) as the National Security Adviser, leaders of the South-South geopolitical zone have X-rayed the performance of his successor, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), with some giving a damning verdict, noting that Boko Haram […]
By Kunle Kalejaye A former Minister of Interior and owner of Integrated Oil and Gas Ltd, Capt. Emmunel Iheanacho, arrested on Friday, has been released by the Lagos State Command of the State Security Service (SSS). Vanguard gathered that the former minister was released Friday night. It was alleged that his company received stolen petroleum […]
The Minister of Aviation, Mrs. Stella Oduah, has said that steps being taken to reform the nation’s aviation sector are aimed at moving it to greatness. A statement by the Ethiopian Airlines on Tuesday quoted the minister as saying this during the maiden flight of Ethiopian Airline’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner to the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport […]
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday evening returned to Abuja from his two-nation state visit to Malawi and Bostwana. He returned 24 hours ahead of his scheduled Wednesday arrival date. His arrival ahead of schedule further increased the speculation over the state of health of his wife, Patience, who is believed to be undergoing treatment in […]
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