Prospective judges will in future write tests and appear for interviews before appointment. The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Dahiru Musdapher, said this at the inauguration of 12 judges appointed for the Federal High Court, on Monday. He said unlike before, when judges were appointed based on nomination, tests and interviews would be introduced in […]
The Goodluck Jonathan administration has cancelled the 2012 Democracy Day ceremony that would have held in Abuja Tuesday (today). However, President Goodluck Jonathan will make a national broadcast at 8 o’clock this morning to mark the anniversary. A statement by the presidential spokesman, Reuben Abati, on Monday said the Jonathan broadcast would be aired live […]
By GBENGA OLARINOYE …as Aregbesola, others extol Ola Oni’s virtues OSOGBO – National Chairman, Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP, and former Kaduna State governor, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, yesterday, in Osogbo, blamed Nigerian leaders for the current problems in the country, saying the problems would persist unless the Federal Government provided permanent solution to unemployment. […]
May 27, 2012 by Leke Baiyewu 24 Comments former CBN Governor, Professor Charles Soludo | credits: File copy Economists have warned the Federal Government against removing the autonomy enjoyed by the Central Bank of Nigeria. According to them, the bank plays a central role in the economy and can be exposed to anarchy. A former […]
ALTHOUGH the United States government condemns the activities of the Boko Haram sect, its State Department is concerned that designating the group a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) may become counter-productive, according to sources close to both US and Nigerian governments. The situation presents what sources believe is a strategic dilemma for the American Government, which clearly […]
As the war of words between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the National Assembly subsides, shocking revelations have emerged on how members of the National Assembly, allegedly hijacked federal contracts and had been holding the executive hostage in the budgetary process. Investigations in the last two weeks showed that most contracts in federal ministries were […]
y: PAUL OSUYI, Asaba Date: Tue, 05/15/2012 – 15:05 There was pandemonium yesterday in the sleepy town of Ibusa, Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State during a bank robbery that left no fewer than 10 persons dead. Among the dead were four policemen including a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) from Abraka, according to […]
y: JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE, Abuja Date: Fri, 05/25/2012 – 14:29 President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, swore in the presidential committee on award of post graduate scholarship to First Class graduates with a mandate to send 100 of them to top 25 universities in the world and prepare them for the role of transforming Nigeria in future. According […]
By Henry Umoru & Inalegwu Shaibu ABUJA- THE Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, warned Wednesday that if the present autonomy being enjoyed by it was removed, the nation’s economy stands the risk of collapsing. The country’s apex bank also urged the Senate to jettison the move if the nation’s economy must grow and for the […]
A US Congress push to designate Boko Haram a “foreign terrorist organisation” will not help efforts to start dialogue and does not have Nigeria’s backing, its Minister of Defence, Bello Mohammed, told Reuters on Wednesday. “We are looking at a dialogue to establish the grievances of the Boko Haram. I think the attempt to declare […]
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