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Abuja (FCT), Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate, State News
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
Monday, October 31, 2011 • Bala Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Senate has summoned Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Administration, Senator Bala Mohammed and the Due Process Office over the award of some road contracts in Abuja in foreign currency. Similarly, Senate may also summon the Comptroller General of […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Latest Politics
Saturday, October 29th, 2011
If the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has his way, the nation would jettison the states, local governments and ministries which, according to him, are not viable. To him, it has come to a time in the life of Nigeria that it must overhaul the structures that make the […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics
Saturday, October 29th, 2011
Age and time might have slowed down the pace of the maverick Senator Arthur Nzeribe, but the vehemence of his conviction remains ablaze as usual. From the way he fumes, not minding the situation of things, about the prevailing developments in Nigeria, he remains himself, unfazed, undiluted in sharp criticisms and unrelenting in what he […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, October 27th, 2011
A Federal High Court sitting has fixed November 18, 2011 to begin definite trial of the six persons alleged to be members of an Islamist sect, Boko Haram, responsible for the bombing of the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Suleja, Niger State on March 3, 2011. The suspects, Shuaibu Abubakar, Salisu […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, October 27th, 2011
ABUJA – The House of Representatives Committee on Pension, yesterday, heard that over 71,135 ghost pensioners were on the pay roll of Federal Government which cost the government over N28 billion annually. The Head of Service of the Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Sali, told the committee, yesterday, that the report of the pension reform task force […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, October 27th, 2011
A member of the Borno state house of assembly, Hon Modu Bintube has been shot dead by a gun man in the presence of his aides and supporters. Reports say the lawmaker was shot when he was about to enter his vehicle at about 7:30 pm on Sunday after greeting his supporters. The deceased is […]
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Latest Politics, Oil Politics
Thursday, October 27th, 2011
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is conniving with the major crude oil lifters to defraud the nation to the tune of $50 billion, the House of Representatives committee on Finance has said. The Chairman House Committee on Finance, Abdulmumuni Jibrin stated this at the opening of the two-day investigative public hearing on the alleged […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
The Jama’atu Ahlus Sunnati Lidda’awati Wal Jihad, otherwise known as Boko Haram said that they were responsible for the killing of Zakariyya Isa, a reporter with the Nigerian Television Authority’s (NTA) Maiduguri Network Centre. The group has also claimed responsibility for Saturday night’s multiple attacks on a police station and banks in Saminaka, Kaduna State […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
The Nigerian Army said it has employed war dogs to detect narcotics and explosives as well as locate dead and decomposing human tissues. Speaking while declaring open the Nigerian Army Corps of Military Police training week in Abuja, the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Onyeabor Azubuike Ihejirika, also disclosed that the dogs would be trained […]
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Latest Politics, State News
Monday, October 24th, 2011
SOME states of the federation, opposed to the newly launched Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF), have sued the Federal Government. Their action followed the failure of the states and the central government to resolve the legality and propriety of the SWF through dialogue. The suit came three years after the Federal Government opted for an out-of […]
