North tackles Yoruba leaders on autonomy

BY CLIFFORD NDUJIHE, SONI DANIEL & HENRY UMORU …We agree with S-West on six regions — Ohanaeze scribe LAGOS—NORTHERN leaders, Sunday, spurned Yoruba leaders’ agitation for regional autonomy and a return to the parliamentary system of government, describing the clamour as a recipe for Nigeria’s disintegration. Yoruba elders under  the banner of Yoruba National Assembly, […]

‘Nnaji’s successor must come from S’East’

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to replace ex-Minister of Power, Prof. Barth Nnaji, with another competent person from the South-East geopolitical zone. The group said Jonathan should abide by the Federal Character principle, which guides political appointments, to ensure that the number of the ministers from the […]

NNPC needs N474bn to upgrade pipelines – GMD (Another avenue to steal)

August 31, 2012  by Stanley Opara 3 Comments GMD, NNPC, Mr. Andrew Yakubu | credits: The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation needs close to $3bn (N474.15bn) to upgrade its depots and refineries’ pipeline infrastructure nationwide, its Group Managing Director, Mr. Andrew Yakubu, has said. The GMD said this on Thursday during a forum in Lagos. In […]

Data of SSS agents leaked on Internet

Ekpeyong Ita, the Director-General of the State Security Services (SSS) | credits: THERE are indications that the safety of agents of the State Security Service has been compromised with personnel records of current and former operatives leaked on the internet, Associated Press reports. The leak, sources said, was already creating panic among SSS operatives  and […]

Tinubu’s varsity Chancellor appointment draws condemnation

“Appointing a man who forged his academic certificates as Chancellor of a university will further debase the academic integrity of the country’s universities.” This is how the PDP South-West reacted to the appointment of former Governor of Lagos State and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the Chancellor of the Ladoke […]

Why Jonathan Fired Power Minister, Barth Nnaji

President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, ordered power minister Prof Barth Nnaji, to resign following an alleged involvement of two companies linked to him in the ongoing privatisation exercise in the power sector. LEADERSHIP gathered that the president might have been embarrassed by media reports that the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) had to cancel the technical […]

Obama Declares Nigeria World’s Next Economic Giant

United States President Barack Obama has declared Nigeria as the world’s next economic success story, stressing that this was one of the major reasons why his government was committed to helping the country build strong democratic institutions and remove constraints to trade and investment through the African Growth and Opportunity Act. Making this declaration at […]

Disrespect for anthem, flag is an offence against the state, says Anyim

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Chief Anyim Pius Anyim has asked all Ministries, Departments and Agencies to respect the nation’s anthem and stop using tattered national flags and Coat of Arms. He also asked all the MDAs and their staff members to honour the country when the national anthem is being […]

$400b oil money mismanaged by govt., says Ezekwesili

Former World Bank Vice President for Africa, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili yesterday said about $400 billion of Nigeria’s oil revenue has been stolen or mismanaged since independence in 1960. Presenting a paper entitled “Corruption, National Development, The Bar and The Judiciary” at the ongoing 52nd Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), she said […]

N5000: CBN dismisses inflation fears

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday dismissed fears that the planned introduction of N5000 note could engender inflation. The apex bank said the fears expressed by Nigerians, including economists and finance experts, had  no basis in economics. It  threw a challenge to  economists  against  the move to make public,  any theory that  opposes  higher […]

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