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House, Legislature, Senate, Top Stories
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
Controversies have continued to trail the structuring of salaries of political, public and judicial officeholders by the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC). LEADERSHIP investigations reveal that Nigeria’s lawmakers may be earning far more than the public knows. Details of the remuneration package of political, public and judicial officeholders published by RMAFC on July […]
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Adamawa, Benue, Boko Haram, Borno, Gombe, Top Stories, Yobe
Saturday, July 16th, 2011
THE attacks that rocked two state capitals in the North East; Maiduguri, Bauchi, last week were typical Boko Haram terror acts. And the effect as expected further sent chills through already jarred nerves of the residents of the states; the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja inclusive. Feelers from the Presidency indicated that the country’s number one […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Delta, Ekiti, Lagos, State News, Top Stories
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Following the degenerating security situation in Borno state as a result of the activities of Boko Haram, Lagos, Ekiti , Edo and Delta state governments yesterday commenced the evacuation of their indigenes from the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID). No fewer than 14 of the 200 Lagos students from Lagos state arrived the General Aviation Terminal […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, arraigned four police officers alleged to have killed the Boko Haram leader, Mallam Mohammed, on July 30, 2009. The policemen, who were arraigned before Justice Donaltus Okorowo are ACP J.B Abang, ACP Akeera, CSP Mohammed Ahmadu and ACP Mada Buba. When the matter came up on […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Latest Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
CENTRAL Bank Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has given reasons why Nigeria has continually failed to achieve meaningful economic growth. Sanusi gave the reasons while delivering the First Professor William Okefie Uzoaga Memorial Lecture organised by the Department of Banking and Finance, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus. Speaking on the topic “Growing Nigeria’s Real Sector […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
For the second time within 48 hours, daring Boko Haram members yesterday bombed a Joint Task Force (JTF) patrol van, killing four people and injuring two soldiers in Maiduguri, Borno State. As the security situation keeps worsening, thousands of residents are fleeing the city to other parts of the country. Most private and public schools […]
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Africa & World Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, July 9th, 2011
In his first address as the President of the new South Sudan Republic, Mr Salva Kiir asked the people of the South Sudan to forgive but not forget those who committed atrocities against them during decades of conflict with the north in which some 1.5 million people died. Mr Kiir, who signed the constitution and […]
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Latest Politics, Ministries, Top Stories
Friday, July 8th, 2011
DURING the year that Odein Ajumogobia, SAN, was Foreign Minister, many Nigerians and foreigners sang his praises and told me that they regarded him as the best Foreign Minister this country has ever had. And I would bask in the reflected glory whenever I heard the compliments that frequently were lavished on him because he […]
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Latest Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday approved the appointment of 18 aides for his office and that of Vice President Namadi Sambo Secretary to the Government of the Federation , Senator Anyim Pius Anyim , in a statement in Abuja said the new aides will be sworn in by President Jonathan on Thursday by 2 pm at […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Latest Politics, Religion, Top Stories
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
KANO – The Central Bank Governor, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has cautioned Muslim faithful not to join issues with Christians over their opposition to the proposed introduction of Islamic Banking System in the country, saying the idea for the new system was rooted in the 1999 Constitution. Sanusi who addressed Muslim clerics in Kano, weekend, […]
