The National Assembly has appropriated an initial sum of N300 billion for infrastructure development in the Niger Delta. Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Matters, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, who disclosed this in Lagos, said the money was for projects, such as the 704km East-West Road that connects Calabar with Epe in Lagos as […]
THE Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, convened round-table meeting on the security situation in the North ended in Kaduna, yesterday, with retired military generals, retired intelligence chiefs and ex-police big wigs from the North insisting that more needed to be done on the rising tide of mass murder and destruction of properties in some of the […]
A huge crack has occurred in the leadership of the Northern Political Leaders Forum (NPLF), headed by former Finance Minister, Mallam Adamu Ciroma, as some top chieftains of the group have opted to back the ambition of President Goodluck Jonathan. It was gathered that no fewer than four top leaders of the forum had, in […]
THE State Security Service (SSS) has raised an alarm over increasing rate of political violence in the country and vowed to deal decisively with perpetrators, just as the Nigeria Police began a workshop on peaceful conduct of elections in April. Meanwhile, the attempt by the Northern Elders, under the umbrella of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) […]
THE Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) would hold an anti-corruption forum for presidential candidates in the April elections so as to sample their plans for the eradication of corruption in the country. The event, which has been billed for Thursday, March 31, will hold in Abuja. Consultant on Media to the […]
Director General of the State Security Service, Mr. Ekpeyong Ita, on Tuesday said politicians were introducing dangerous dimension to electioneering campaign as the 2011 general elections drew nearer. Ita spoke in Abuja during the commencement of a two-day national workshop on ‘Election Security Management’ organised by the Nigeria Police Force. He said some politicians were […]
Men of the Anambra State Police Command yesterday, arrested a suspected senior aide to Dr. Chris Ngige, a former governor of Anambra State, over illegal possession of election materials, belonging to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The suspect, Kingsley Ezenwenyi, was arrested when he came to the headquarters of the commission in Awka yesterday […]
Embattled Senator Alphonsus Igbeke has denied that he forged a court order with which his name was inserted into the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s National Assembly list of Anambra State by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Though, he admitted that there was discrepancy in the dates recorded in the court order, however, he said […]
Former governor of Edo state, Chief Lucky Nosakhare Igbinedion and six others standing trial at the Federal High Court, Benin, for alleged money laundering and diversion of government funds could not be arraigned yesterday following a preliminary objection raised by their counsel, Ricky Tarfa (SAN). Charged along with the Edo State ex-governor were his younger […]
Indigenous chartered jet operators may have raked in at least N2.52bn in the last 10 weeks from politicians, who make use of their services to move from one campaign venue to the other as the April elections close in. Investigation by our correspondent revealed that each of the four major indigenous chartered jet operators, […]
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