It was lamentation galore from members of the family of the late winner of the June 12 presidential election, Bashorun M.K.O. Abiola as Nigerians marked the 18th anniversary of the historic election yesterday. Leading the family during a remembrance lecture, which held yesterday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, was the younger brother of the […]
Vice-presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Pastor Tunde Bakare, yesterday, warned of time bomb over the blood which the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief M.K.O. Abiola, shed for the country. His warning coincided with a call by Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), for a sober reflection […]
Immediate past Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Usman Bayero Nafada, was involved in an auto crash in Abuja yesterday on his way to honour an invitation by the Economics and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over a fresh case of alleged illegal procurement and misappropriation of about N40billion loan. He is expected to be […]
Inspector General of Police, Hafiz Ringim, has stated that top hierarchy of the both the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Police Force have resolved to prosecute those involved in the recent clash between his men and some soldiers in Badagry. The police boss made the disclosure at the commissioning of a multi-million naira building for […]
As part of his scheduled assignments in the United States this week, President Goodluck Jonathan had a 45-minutes’ meeting with US President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington DC, early yesterday, appealing to the American government to help in the HIV/AIDS scourge in Nigeria. Stressing his earlier presentation at the United Nations General […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, pleaded a Federal High Court in Abuja, to dismiss the bail application that was filed before it by the embattled former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, insisting that the applicant, if free, will interfere with other investigations involving him. The anti-graft agency stated this […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, adjourned till June 14, to rule on the suit filed by the former Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank, Erastus Akingbola and an erstwhile Executive Director of the bank, Bayo Dada challenging the planned sale of their former bank to Access Bank Plc. Mr Eratus Akingbola, former Manaiging […]
CRISIS-prone states have been excluded by the National Youth Corps Service (NYSC) from the yearly posting of corps members for the mandatory national assignment. Mr. Gabriel Ibe, the Oyo State Coordinator of the NYSC, disclosed yesterday that the management of the corps would no longer post corps members to crisis-ridden areas. He spoke in Ibadan when he led top […]
FOR the “unavoidable” delay of the trial of Charles Okah and three others believed to be responsible for the October 1, 2010 twin bomb blasts in Abuja, which marred the country’s 50th Independence Anniversary celebration, the trial Judge, Justice Gabriel Kolawole yesterday apologised to them. Justice Kolawole took two minutes to explain that his desire […]
UNITED STATES (U.S.) President Barack Obama has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to take his election last month as a good opportunity to pursue the development of the country. He said the U.S. government would invigorate its assistance to the country through the U.S.-Nigeria Bi-national Commission. Obama, who also restated that Nigeria is one of […]
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