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MASSOB celebrates Ojukwu’s recovery

Posted by admin Latest Politics Wednesday, August 24th, 2011

Over 10,000 members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) attended a special thanksgiving service for Chief Dim Emeka Ojukwu’s recovery after months of protracted illness. The thanksgiving, which turned out to be a carnival of sort, was held at Onitsha, while members and administrators of MASSOB within its […]

Allow Obj, IBB spill the beans – Mbadinuju

Posted by admin Latest Politics Wednesday, August 24th, 2011

Former Anambra State governor, Dr. Chinwoke Mbadinuju has cautioned those appealing to the former military and civilian presidents, General Ibrahim Babangida and Chief Olusegun Obasanjo who are locked in verbal war, to refrain from restraining them. The former governor submitted that the verbal exchange between the former leaders had not only been entertainning but revealing. […]

308 new ASPs reject CP’s blanket handshake in Uyo

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Nigerian Police Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

Tuesday, August 23, 2011 More Stories on This Section It is no longer news that Akwa Ibom State Police Command broke record last Tuesday when it decorated a total of 308 Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs) recently promoted from the legion of inspectors whose progress in the force had been stagnated for years. What could […]

Salami’s removal: Prospect of constitutional crisis looms

Posted by admin Judiciary, Latest Politics Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

Although “transparency, accountability and the rule of law” have been the most often repeated words among politicians and public administrators since the country resumed presidential democracy in 1999, not much attention has been paid to ways and means of proactively manifesting those values through timely references to the appropriate constitutional clauses, as guides to correct […]

Showdown over Salami – NBA calls removal a blunder

Posted by admin Judiciary, Latest Politics Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

Tuesday, August 23, 2011 •Protest by coalition of civil society groups in Lagos over the removal of Justice Salami yesterday. Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), yesterday threatened showdown with the Federal Government over the removal of the President of the Court of Appeal (PCA), Justice Ayo […]

FG urged to halt sale of NPA’s property in UK

Posted by admin Latest Politics Monday, August 22nd, 2011

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has been urged to halt the sale of properties of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) in the United Kingdom. The Senior Staff Association of Communications, Transport and Corporations (SSACTAC), NPA branch, made the call at the end of its meeting in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Sunday. The president of the association, Mr […]

Anyim, Okonjo-Iweala, others for S’East Economic Summit

Posted by admin Latest Politics, South-East Monday, August 22nd, 2011

Former Senate President and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Anyim Pius Anyim and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala are among dignitaries billed to participate in the forthcoming South-east Economic Summit. While Anyim is the chairman of a panel to discuss the future of the political future of the zone and its […]

Ministers shocked as Chinese firm frustrates power plant

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Ministries Monday, August 22nd, 2011

The workers at the multi-billion naira Olorunsogo Power Plant phase 1 have revealed that SEPCO Electric Power Construction Corporation, the Chinese firm that built it has been frustrating the smooth operations of the eight gas turbines of the power project. This was the shocking revelation during a working visit of the Minister of Power, Barth […]

IBB/OBJ Face-off: Fani-Kayode slams Obasanjo

Posted by admin General Politics, Latest Politics, Raw Politics Monday, August 22nd, 2011

A former Minister of Aviation in the Olusegun Obasanjo-led administration, Femi Fani-Kayode, yesterday said it was wrong for his former boss to have attacked ex-military president Ibrahim Babamasi Babangida (IBB). Ex-military governor of Katsina State, Col. John Madaki (rtd), called on the duo to sheathe their swords in the interest of peace. Fani-Kayode was one […]

Jonathan retires Justice Isa Salami

Posted by admin Judiciary, Latest Politics Monday, August 22nd, 2011

The National Judicial Council (NJC) on Sunday evening came under knocks from the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), over its purported suspension and recommendation of retirement of the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Isa Salami. Also, the NBA has directed its members to stay away from the swearing-in ceremony of the new Senior Advocates […]