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General Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics
Saturday, October 29th, 2011

Age and time might have slowed down the pace of the maverick Senator Arthur Nzeribe, but the vehemence of his conviction remains ablaze as usual. From the way he fumes, not minding the situation of things, about the prevailing developments in Nigeria, he remains himself, unfazed, undiluted in sharp criticisms and unrelenting in what he […]
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Lagos, National Politics, Raw Politics, State News
Thursday, October 27th, 2011

ABUJA— Embattled former Governor of Lagos State and leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday, declined to either mount the dock or enter his plea to the 3-count criminal charge preferred against him before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja. The ex-governor who was charged by […]
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Lagos, National Politics, State News, Top Stories
Thursday, October 27th, 2011

Former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, would on November 30, 2011 know whether the Code of Conduct Tribunal can prosecute him for allegedly operating 16 foreign accounts while in office. The tribunal would also make a pronouncement on the former governor’s application to […]
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EFCC Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, October 23rd, 2011

BY CLIFFORD NDUJIHE, Deputy Political Editor THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was on the offensive last week and penultimate week arraigning former governors it accused of embezzling their states’ funds while in power. Former governors who waded through the anti-graft agency’s familiar stream of arrest, questioning, brief detention (in EFCC’s custody or prison), […]
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General Politics, Nasarawa, National Politics, State News, Top Stories
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

A Federal High Court sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has ordered a former governor of the state, Aliyu Akwe Doma and eight other accused persons arraigned by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over money laundering charges to be remanded in the commission’s custody till tomorrow. The order by the court, presided over by Justice […]
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EFCC Politics, Gombe, Latest Politics, National Politics, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, October 16th, 2011

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has revealed how the detained immediate past governor of Gombe State, Senator Danjuma Goje, spent N1.9 billion to print 98,000 copies of dictionary for students in the state. The revelation was contained in one of the 18 counts contained in the money laundering and misappropriation of funds charge […]
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General Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

DETROIT (AFP) – A Nigerian man dubbed the “underwear bomber” pleaded guilty Wednesday to trying to blow up a US-bound airliner on Christmas Day 2009, saying he had sought to avenge the killing of Muslims. In a six-minute speech to a shocked courtroom on the second day of his high profile-trial in Detroit, Michigan, Umar […]
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Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

In what appears to be subtle indictment of the Congress for Political Change (CPC), presidential candidate, General Mohammadu Buhari (rtd), for the post 2011 elections that erupted in some parts of the country, the Federal Government investigation panel on the 2011 Election Violence and Civil Disturbances, during it’s presentation of final report to President Goodluck […]
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EFCC Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Monday, October 10th, 2011

FORMER Governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel and his two other erstwhile colleagues, Adebayo Alao-Akala (Oyo) and Aliu Akwe Doma (Nassarawa), may be arraigned today at an Abuja High Court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged fraud committed against their states while at the helms of affairs there. […]
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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, National Politics, Top Stories
Friday, October 7th, 2011

Beauty queens reign for some time and then, they disappear into the thin air. But some daring ones hardly leave the scene as they enlarge their territories, break records and make something fantastic out of themselves. These queens are not just winners of beauty pageants, they are equally legends of our time, and they are […]