CONTRARY to the allegation by the Borno State governor, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, that it was politicians that killed the All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP) gubernatorial candidate, Alhaji Modu Fannami Gubio, the governor’s brother and five others, the Boko Haram sect claimed responsibility for the killings on Wednesday. The six people were killed on Friday. […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) list of candidates from Ogun State, submitted on Monday. Rather, the INEC accepted the list produced by the Chief Dayo Soremi faction of the party which held a parallel congress at the Olusegun Obasanjo Library. With the new development, candidates such as […]
Gen. Owoye Azazi (rtd.), National Security Adviser In response to the escalating crises across the country, the National Security Adviser (NSA), Gen. Owoye Azazi (rtd.), Tuesday said Nigeria is redesigning its national security strategy to channel efforts toward the guarantee of public safety and national stability. Azazi, who spoke at a seminar at the National […]
Charles Okah After a gruesome trial that lasted several hours, a Federal High Court Tuesday fixed February 25, 2011 to decide whether or not to quash the treason and terrorism charges brought against Charles Okah and three others for alleged complicity in the bomb blasts that occurred in Abuja on October 1, 2010. The Federal […]
Vice President Namadi Sambo yesterday chaired a meeting of National Security Council (NSC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, in which the Council was said to have intensified efforts at addressing the current security problems in the country.This is just as Plateau State Governor; Da Jonah Jang yesterday chided those clamouring for the imposition of a […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed a former governor of Bauchi State, Alhaji Ahmed Adamu Mu’azu, as chairman, board of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). He replaces Senator Baba Tela, who recently resigned his appointment to run for governor under the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the state. A […]
The Federal government has pledged a renewed commitment to the fight against corruption in the country, just as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), said it had recovered a total sum of $11 billion in seven years, from fraudulent persons, groups and organizations in and outside the country. The Vice President, Federal Republic of […]
Following the murder of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) gubernatorial candidate and six others, Borno State governor, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, on Monday, described last Friday’s killing of the late Modu Fannami Gubio and his younger brother, Goni Mustapha Sheriff as politically motivated and not Boko Haram, as being generally insinuated. Sheriff said that […]
THE National Prayer Movement (NPM), on Tuesday, said the ceaseless carnage in Borno and Plateau states portended danger for the corporate existence of the country. In an open letter to President Goodluck Jonathan, the organisation asked him to immediately demonstrate the necessary political will by tracking down the masterminds of the crises before the situation […]
The Federal Government on Tuesday said that the construction of the permanent site of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will gulp over N18.8 billion just as the commission chairman, Mrs Farida Waziri, revealed that the anti graft agency had recovered about N11b within the last seven years. The vice-president, Alhaji Namadi Sambo, who […]
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