Former Oil Minister, Prof. Tam David West, yesterday assessed the chances of President Goodluck Jonathan’s economic team succeeding and returned a verdict of ‘doubtful’. The ex-minister said, formidable as the team is in its composition, it bore an insidious germ of failure. Besides, the former university don said apparent lack of focus and political will […]
A Federal High Court yesterday disqualified two senior advocates from representing the suspended President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Isa Salami in court where he is challenging the decision of the National Judicial Council (NJC) suspending him from office. The court held that their appearance offends the provisions of Order 9 Rules 35 […]
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mrs. Farida Waziri, yesterday debunked claims that the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan is under any form of investigation by the anti-graft agency. She said such a report was mischievous. Waziri made this clarification while receiving representatives of the Women Empowering and Enriching Lives (WEEL), an […]
THE verbal war between former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida and former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has continued to fester as Babangida said on Tuesday that he stood by his earlier statement on Obasanjo’s alleged squandering of national resources. Babangida said this while debunking reports that he recanted on the allegation he made that Obasanjo […]
100 days of president Goodluck Jonathan do not really call for celebration as analysts and stakeholders told BUKKY OLAJIDE and TOYIN WAHEED USAMAH THE global perception of economy is that its management holds the ace in determining the quality of life of the people. Its effectiveness therefore derives from good governance, with aspirations of majority […]
AN overhaul of Nigeria’s security architecture was approved yesterday by the National Council of State in an emergency meeting in Abuja. The nation’s top advisory body indeed put the issue of security on the front burner. National Security Adviser, Gen. Owoye Andrew Azazi, who briefed the meeting said that the issue of terrorism has not […]
Fresh revelations have emerged on how the former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, mounted undue pressure on the Supreme Court justice to get his way in the 2003 presidential election. A just released Wikileaks cable revealed how the then Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Muhammed Uwais, confided in the then US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. […]
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has received the report by the Emeka Anyaoku-led Presidential Advisory Council on International Relations which carried out a comprehensive review of Nigeria’s foreign policy, declaring that a stable domestic political and economic environment was essential for a successful and robust foreign policy. The review was handed to the president in State House, Abuja on […]
FOUR years after leaving office, it has been revealed that the second term ambition of former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, in 2003, did not receive the blessings of some people in certain quarters, as the Nigerian Tribune gathered that former head of state, General Abdulsalami Abu-bakar, was not in support of the ambition. According to a […]
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has vowed that his administration will not shield any corrupt person from investigation or prosecution by the anti-graft agencies in the country. The president, who gave the assurance on Monday, at the opening ceremony of the 8th national seminar on economic crimes holding at the Training and Research Institute of the Economic […]
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