Immediate past governor of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki has said for Nigeria to be great, the country has to move away from its present status of a mono-product economy. Saraki, who stated this in Abuja when playing host to a delegation of Kwara State students from the Federal Polytechnic Offa who visited him at […]
Elections Tribunal sitting in Awka Anambra State, Friday, upheld the election of Senator Andy Uba to represent Anambra South Senatorial district of the state. The tribunal dismissed the petition by Mr Nicholas Ukachukwu, who had challenged the declaration of Senator Uba as winner of the election for the senatorial district by the Independent National Electoral […]
The leadership of the House of Representatives Thursday opened dialogue with the Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity and the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress to explore ways of averting the impending nationwide industrial action being planned by organised labour. The lower chamber of the National Assembly has also constituted a twelve-member ad-hoc committee […]
The military Joint Task Force (JTF) established by the Federal Govern-ment to restore order to Borno State is now locked in a war of words with the Committee of Borno Elders and Leaders of Thought, accusing them of having sympathy for the sect, Boko Haram, which has been carrying out a bombing campaign in some […]
Noble laureate and social critic, Professor Wole Soyinka has advised the young ones in the country not to emulate him, saying that to be Wole Soyinka is problematic. Wole Soyinka gave the advice when he spoke to some youths who accompanied the Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun to his Kemta Idiaba, Abeokuta home as […]
THE tension generated in the northern part of the country by the violent activities of Boko Haram continued yesterday to draw condemnation amid efforts by state governments to evacuate their indigenes from Borno State. Ekiti, Imo and Abia were among states that expressed their intentions to evacuate their indigenes in Borno yesterday while the Rivers […]
THE Presidential Election Petition Tribunal yesterday rejected bids by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), seeking to dismiss the petition filed by the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC). CPC wants the tribunal to void the April 2011 presidential polls, which Jonathan was declared winner by […]
From daring Boko Haram came a threat yesterday that the Islamic militants have listed the Presidential Villa, Abuja as target. Their spokesman, Mallam Abu Zaid, who spoke to journalists on phone in Maiduguri, Borno State yesterday, also called for the removal of troops of the Joint Task Force (JTF) troops from the state, maintaining that […]
THE Senate resumed screening of ministerial nominees yesterday with candidates listing ways of realising the Vision 20:2020 agenda of the Federal Government. Among those screened were former Special Adviser to the President on Power, Prof. Barth Nnaji (Enugu State) and former Minister of Finance and Managing Director of the World Bank, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. As […]
A fresh plot aimed at stopping the nomination of the Managing Director of the World Bank, Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala from being nominated as minister of the Federal Republic has been flagged off in Abuja. Top level sources in the polity told Sunday Tribune that a plot was flagged off late last week following the […]
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