PDP Postpones Election of New BOT Chairman as Meeting Ends
The much anticipated election of chairman of Board of Trustees of the ruling PDP has been postponed till January 2013.A meeting of the BOT held […]
Month: November 2012
Security Agents Uncover Bomb Factory In Zaria
A combined team of security agencies have uncovered a bomb making factory in Zaria, Kaduna State, recovering Improvised Explosive devices in various stages of completion […]
Bianca Takes The Lion Share Of Ojukwu’s Estate, As Will Reveals Hitherto Unknown Daughter-PM News
The will of the late Ikemba Nnewi, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, was on Friday presented to the family with his widow, Bianca, getting the lion’s share. […]
EFCC:Court Did Not Stop Us From Prosecuting Babalakin
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ,EFCC has said that contrary to media reports, the commission has not been stopped from arraigning Dr. Wale Babalakin […]
Mark:We Can’t Fight For God ..Says Trying Times Will Soon Be Over
President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, for the umpteenth time counseled religious leaders and followers across the country not to see the present security […]
Northern Govs,CPC Condole Buhari over Daughter’s Death
The Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) has joined millions of Nigerians to condole with former Head of State and leader of the Congress for Progressive […]
Jonathan and the $31bn Question -By Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai
When I wrote an article in 2011, stating that the government of President Goodluck Jonathan was spending two billion naira every day, including weekends, on […]
The Fuel Subsidy Conundrum (Part 2) By Chido Onumah
I ended the first part of this piece last week by asking on whose side President Jonathan was on the fuel subsidy debacle: the Nigerian […]
OSIWA Presents FUELLING POVERTY , a Film By Ishaya Bako
One of the scenes in the film capturing Farouk Lawan, enmeshed in bribery scandal. Dignitaries led by Prof Okey Ibeanu discussing the film […]
The Manitoba Controversies: BPE, BPP and the Statutory Requirements-By Mohammed Bougei Attah
On March 6, 2010, as the Managing Editor of NGO Network, a general interest magazine for the non-profit sector, I had sent a Special Memo […]
Sanusi’s sack call exposes Labour leaders’ hypocrisy ,Says CPC
By Rotimi Fshakin The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has noted the recent call for the sack of the Central Bank Governor (CBN), Mallam Sanusi […]
N1.05 Bn Subsidy Fraud: EFCC Tenders Five Exhibits
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday November 29, 2012, presented five exhibits in the on-going trial of Alhaji Saminu Rabiu, Jubril Rowaye, […]
N479m Mass Literacy Fraud: Olagunju, Others Lose Bid to Stop Trial
The attempt by the former Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Adult Education, Dr. Dayo Olagunju and 10 others to […]
Ibori’s Money Laundering Machine: Babalakin’s Absence Stalls Arraignment
(Press Release) The arraignment of Dr. Wale Babalakin and four others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for offences bordering on money laundering […]
Nigerian Court Dismisses $12.5B Oil Windfall Suit- PMNews
Justice Gabriel Kolawole on Thursday finally delivered the much awaited judgment on the controversial $12.5 billion oil windfall recorded by Nigeria under the leadership of […]
Nobody can stop me from returning to PDP – Kalu
By Segun Adebowale Kalu, who spoke with the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation, said that his focus for now is the unity of […]
N800m Fraud: EFCC Accuses Court of Indulging Kogi Officials
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on November 28, 2012, accused the presiding judge of the Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State, […]
Atiku in Enugu, Advocates Financial Independence For Local Councils
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said financial independence is a necessary condition for effective local government system in the country. Speaking at the national […]
UNIABUJA: An Orphan Looking For A Care-Giver By Zainab Suleiman Okino
The first title I chose for this column was “UNIABUJA’s dwindling fortunes”, but had to change it. It is not apt because talking of a […]
Youth Corps Member Jailed Over Internet Hacking
Justice Adebisi Akinlade of the Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, on November 27, 2012, sentenced Ibok Benneth Preston, a national youth corps member to […]
Sack Sanusi Now -NLC Statement
By Abdulwahed Omar We were not shocked hearing the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi once again displaying his contempt for […]
Kogi: ACN blasts Wada over Jonathan 2015 Campaign
The Action Congress of Nigeria, Kogi State Chapter has described yesterdays call by the Kogi State Governor for the flag off of 2015 campaigns for […]
‘You Can’t Accuse Me of Corruption’-Wada Replies Kogi PDP Elders
By Danlami Nmodu Kogi State Governor Idris Wada has risen stoutly in defence of his records in office thus far.A principal claim of the governor […]
This Okada Country (1) By Dele Agekameh
There is a silent ‘war’ going on in Lagos at the moment. You may call it ‘Okada War’. The war was ignited recently when the […]
The Missing Framework of Accountability By Garba Shehu
Reports of the public presentations on constitutional amendment by the National Assembly have a common thread running through all of them from Calabar to Sokoto, […]