The Federal Government is holding discussions with a consortium comprising Nigerian and Chinese companies, with a view to selling the Olorunsogo and Omotosho power stations under a buyout deal. Sources close to the deal told our correspondent on Wednesday that the government settled for this option because it was becoming difficult for workers of […]
The presidential aspirant of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Major-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), yesterday held a closed-door meeting with the Second Republic Senate Leader and strongman of Kwara politics, Dr. Olusola Saraki, in Ilorin, Kwara State. The meeting, which was held at the Ilofa country-home of the statesman in Ilorin, was well attended by […]
President of the Senate, David Mark, has debunked allegations made by Osun State Govenor, Rauf Aregbesola, that he and others were trying to destabilise the state. A statement by Mark’s Chief Press Secretary, Paul Mumeh, on Tuesday described Aregbesola’s allegation as spurious and unnecessary. Mark also demanded that the governor issued an unreserved apology for […]
Worried by the failure of some Christian leaders to rise above corrupt practices in their conducts, a top cleric, Apostle Eunice Gordon, has warned that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) would soon go after church leaders in the country. Gordon, who is also the General Overseer of the Spirit and Life Bible Church, […]
THE fragile peace of Jos, the Plateau State capital, collapsed once again Friday as multiple explosions rocked the city, killing scores of people and leaving hundreds of others severely injured. Unconfirmed reports at press time indicated that no fewer than nine explosions had occurred in different parts of the city, with two of them happening […]
The uncooperative attitude of the police yesterday almost marred the arraignment of suspects alleged to have stolen 20 Direct Data Capturing, DDC, machines at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. The drama that trailed the arraignment began when the suspects were brought to the premises of the Ikeja Chief Magistrate Court at about 10.30 […]
Inspector General of Police, Hafiz Abubakar Ringim, yesterday, warned police commissioners in the country to steer clear of partisan politics and ensure their relationships with the governors of the states began and ended with providing security for lives and property. He said as the 2011 general elections approached, the “boys would soon be separated from […]
An Iranian, Azim Aghajani, who allegedly conspired with three Nigerians, Ali Usman Abbas Jega, Aliyu Oroji Wamako and Muhammad Tukur Umar, to import 13 containers laden with rockets and other ammunition into Nigeria on October 25, 2010, was yesterday granted bail by an Abuja High Court sitting in Maitama. The Iranian has been under the […]
An Abuja High Court sitting in Maitama, yesterday, granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, leave to arraign six Nigerians accused of complicity in the $180 million Halliburton bribery scam. Justice Ishaq Bello who gave the anti-graft agency the nod equally fixed January 27, 2011, to take the plea of all the accused persons. […]
PRESIDENT Barack Obama has placed a phone call to President Goodluck Jonathan, congratulating him over Nigeria’s leadership role in handling the political crisis in Cote d’Ivoire. Vanguard gathered that Obama spoke with Jonathan on Wednesday afternoon, ahead of an emergency ECOWAS meeting in Abuja on Friday to discuss the situation in Cote d’ Ivoire. A […]
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