The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, approved the request by President Goodluck Jonathan to the National Assembly on the proposed virement of about N98.4billion in the 2011 budget for the second reading. The virement proposal by the president had suffered a set- back on October 13 in the House when it was presented by the House […]
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday bowed to pressure from some unnamed persons as he stopped the swearing in of the newly-appointed Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission, Mr. Francis Elechi. Elechi was initially billed to be sworn in alongside five other members at the Council Chambers of the State House, […]
Arrested members of the Boko Haram sect The global terrorist group, Al-Qaeda, is planning a “wave of abductions” of Westerners in the Sahel, the Algerian secret service agency has said. According to a report in Algeria’s most widely read newspaper, el-Khabar, the country’s secret service, the Department of Investigation and Security, has […]
FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday disclosed that he discussed the possibility of an expression of remorse from the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu “on the Nigerian civil war which in itself was a culmination of actions and reactions.” Obasanjo said this while paying tributes to the late Ikemba Nnewi. He said: “It is with deep sadness […]
THE inauguration of the new board of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) appears to be hanging in the balance, following revelations from reports by local and international agencies, which described the newly confirmed chairman, Mr Francis Ugochukwu Elechi, as a Politically Exposed Person (PEP). Elechi and five other members of […]
Members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Soveriegn State of Biafra (MASSOB) yesterday stormed Ojukwu’s countryhome and took over the running of the premises. Leading a delegation sent by MASSOB leader, Comarade Uche Madu, the national Director of Information, told Daily Sun that they were at the Ikemba’s residence on the instruction of […]
President of the Civil Rights Congress, Mallam Shehu Sani, on Monday in Kaduna said President Goodluck Jonathan should have removed the heads of the nation’s security agencies rather than removing the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mrs. Farida Waziri, from office. Sani also described the arrest and detention of Senator Mohammed Ali […]
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday warned that the nation risks revolution unless the government provides jobs for the youths roaming streets. He spoke in Lokoja, Kogi State capital during the grand finale of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rally in preparation for the December 3 gubernatorial election in the state. According to President Jonathan, in four to […]
Brig.-Gen. John Shagaya, who commanded the ECOWAS Monitoring Group in Liberia as well as served as the Minister of Internal Affairs during the Gen. Sani Abacha regime, in this interview with JUDE OWUAMANAM, bares his mind on the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu What type of soldier did you see in Ojukwu? Ojukwu […]
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, on Monday, said ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo lobbied former United States President George Bush to back his third term bid. He also said Obasanjo deliberately imposed a sick President on the country in 2007 in order to punish Nigerians. The former VP said the “imposition” of the late Umaru Yar’Adua was Obasanjo’s […]
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