Posted by admin
Latest Politics, National Politics, Raw Politics, Women Politics
Sunday, December 4th, 2011
By Emma Ujah, Abuja A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed against the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke, challenging her appointment by President Goodluck Jonathan over alleged fake National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate. Justice Gabriel Kolawole, on Friday, dismissed the suit in its entirety, and awarded N150,000 […]
Posted by admin
Latest Politics, National Politics, Raw Politics
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
President of the Civil Rights Congress, Mallam Shehu Sani, on Monday in Kaduna said President Goodluck Jonathan should have removed the heads of the nation’s security agencies rather than removing the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mrs. Farida Waziri, from office. Sani also described the arrest and detention of Senator Mohammed Ali […]
Posted by admin
Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Raw Politics, Women Politics
Monday, November 21st, 2011
Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Ethics and Values, Mrs Sarah Jubril, has become a recurring decimal in national politics. In this interview with REMI ADEFULU, the presidential aide laments the insecurity in the country, especially the activities of the Boko Haram sect which is peopled by northern youths. She opined that most worrisome […]
Posted by admin
Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Presidency, Raw Politics
Sunday, November 13th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed regrets over Prof Chinua Achebe’s decision to reject, once again, the conferment on him of the national honour of Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR). He has, however, said despite the rejection which might have been borne out of misinformation as to the true state of affairs in Nigeria and […]
Posted by admin
Headlines, Raw Politics
Thursday, November 10th, 2011
Justice Mojisola Dada of a Lagos High Court, on Thursday, fixed January 30, 2012, as the date to deliver judgment on the conspiracy to murder and murder charge, preferred against Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, the former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the late General Sani Abacha and Alhaji Lateef Shofolahan by the Lagos State Government. The date […]
Posted by admin
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 […]
Posted by admin
EFCC Politics, Ekiti, Headlines, Raw Politics, State News
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
Erstwhile Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose was on Wednesday arraigned at the Federal High Court, Ado-Ekiti by the officials of the Economic and Financial and Crimes Commission, EFCC, for alleged diversion of Ekiti State fund to the tune of N1.3 billion while in office. The case with number FHC/L/179c/2006, brought before Justice Emmanuel […]
Posted by admin
Latest Politics, Raw Politics
Sunday, October 9th, 2011
• David Attah • Photo: The Sun Publishing More Stories on This Section In this interview, elder statesman, Chief David Attah, examines Nigeria’s 51 years of existence and calls for attitudinal change by all Nigerians. Attah who served two former military Heads of State, Generals Sanni Abacha and Abdulsalami Abubakar as Chief Press Secretary, […]
Posted by admin
Headlines, National Politics, Raw Politics, Women Politics
Monday, October 3rd, 2011
The son of the late legal icon and human rights activist, Mohammed Fawehinmi, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to sack, without further delay, the two ministers in charge of education in the country, saying both lack quality to move the sector forward. Mohammed, who spoke after the thanksgiving service to celebrate the 60th anniversary […]
Posted by admin
Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Raw Politics
Friday, September 30th, 2011
IT emerged, on Wednesday, that ousted Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, recruited several young Nigerians into his armed forces in his heyday. Security sources told the Nigerian Tribune that the former Libyan leader targeted young university graduates, who were about going for the youth service. A security expert told the Nigerian Tribune that the deposed Libyan […]
