Presidential tribunal exposes reason for Salami’s removal – ACN

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) said the speedy disbandment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal constituted by Justice Ayo Salami may have finally exposed the real reason he (Justice Salami) was removed as the President of the Court of Appeal (PCA). In a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, […]

Sultan flays UN house blast

Sokoto: Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III yesterday condemned last Friday’s bomb explosion at the UN Secretariat in Abuja describing it as an abominable act in Islam, especially in the blessed month of Ramadan. This is just as Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano has ordered the security agencies to release suspected members of the […]

Police arrest suspects in UN office bombing…blah, blah, blah

  The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim, on Monday announced that the police had arrested some suspects in connection with last Friday’s bombing of the United Nations office building in Abuja. The IGP, however, did not mention how many suspects were arrested or the identity of the suspects. Rather, he said President Godluck Jonathan […]

Nigerians should expect more bombings

R–L: Regional Chief of Communication, UNICEF in Dakar, Mr. Martin Dawes; Under-secretary General for Security, Mr. Gregory Starr; and Deputy Secretary General, United Nations, Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro, at a press conference on the United Nations House bombing, in Abuja … on Sunday. Photo: Sam Adeko. Nigerians should expect more bombings in the months ahead, sources […]

Boko Haram probed over UN attack, amid new violence

ABUJA- (AFP) – Investigators probed a  Nigerian Islamist sect on Monday over the suicide bombing of UN headquarters here that killed at least 21 people in one of the bloodiest attacks targeting the world body globally. Fresh violence hit Sunday when gunmen stormed the home of a local government chairman in the northeast and shot him […]

Jonathan to swear-in Musdpaher Monday as acting CJN

As the tenure in office of Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu ends this midnight when he clocks 70 years, it has been gathered that President Goodluck Jonathan will swear-in Justice Dahiru Musdpaher as acting CJN tomorrow (Monday). Musdpaher had been recommended to Jonathan by the National Judicial Council (NJC) as Katsina-Alu’s successor, but […]

Jonathan approves appointment of Acting Chief

President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Honourable Justice Dahiru Musdapher, CFR as the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria pending Senate confirmation. This is in the exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 231(4) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended. The National Judicial Council had recommended […]

CBN Recruits 698 New Staff, Begins Payment of Harmonised Pensions

THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) may have broken its own stated rules in employing new hands into its service as it recruited 698 employees in 2010 without any publicity as required by its statutes.  Reliable sources, on Friday, said there was no evidence that the apex bank placed a single advert in any of […]

United Nation’s Staff Union, Others Demand Justice For Victims

TOP United Nations officials, including Nigerian diplomats, have expressed anger over Friday’s bombing of the UN House in Abuja, just as the organisation yesterday started flying its flags halfmast as a mark of honor for its international staff killed in the attack.  A UN statement said the flags, which include all flags of member-nations in front […]

US, UN Join Fight Against Boko Haram

  SPURRED by Friday’s bombing of the United Nations House in Abuja, the fight against the extremist agenda of the Boko Haram has now taken an international dimension, as top officials of the United Nations and the US government are ready to square up with the activities of the group. Authoritative sources disclosed that while the United Nations […]

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