Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to disband the Presidential Task Force Implementation Committee on the alienation of Federal Government Landed Properties. In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Habib Aruna, the Governor said members of the Task Force are carrying out duties inimical to the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari said Tuesday in Abuja that the prosecution of persons who have stolen national resources will begin in a matter of weeks. Speaking at a meeting with members of the National Peace Committee led by Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar in the Presidential Villa, President Buhari declared that his administration was irrevocably committed to doing […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Owerri – A total of 30 suspected smugglers were last month nabbed by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘C’, Owerri, over importation of various contraband goods worth N197, 385,747. The Customs Area Controller, (CAC) in charge of the zone, Mr. Dimka Victor David, made this known to […]
Ayo Balogun – Three persons have died as a passenger bus collided with a trailer at Ajah area of Lagos, Nigeria. The passenger bus owned The Young Shall Grown was on a top speed when it ramped into an articulated trailer conveying an earth moving machine on Ajah-Epe Road around 10am on Tuesday. The accident […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen – Former Military Head of State and a member of the National Peace Committee for the 2015 general elections, Gen. Abdusalami Abubakar (retd.), is leading other committee members in a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at Presidential Villa, FCT Abuja. Also in the meeting which the subject is yet to […]
A group in Rivers state, COALITION OF CONCERNED RIVERS PROFESSIONALS (CORIP) has warned immediate past First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan; governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state and former governor of Rivers, Peter Odili to steer clear of the state’s immediate past governor, Chibuike Amaechi. In a press statement signed by the group’s President, Dr Owen T […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption headed by Professor Itse Sagay, a prominent professor of law and civil rights activist. The Committee’s brief is to advise the present administration on the prosecution of the war against corruption and the implementation of required reforms in Nigeria’s criminal justice system. Other members […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen – The anti-corruption campaign by the present administration has taken more serious dimension as President Muhammadu Buhari Monday demanded for explanations from the Federal Ministry of Finance on diversion of the sum of $1.5 billion external loan, meant for rail projects under the supervision of the last Finance Minister, Dr. (Mrs) Ngozi […]
By Agabus Pwanagba – Residents of the Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa State, whose communities were recently recaptured from Boko Haram, have raised alarm over alleged discrimination in distribution of relief materials. Some of the residents who just returned from self exile who spoke to newsmen in Yola, the State capital, complained that a […]
Nigeria’s most valuable bank brand, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, through its Sustainability Centre, FirstBank Sustainability Centre (FSC) has partnered with the Lagos Business School to host a Sustainability workshop for SME practitioners in Nigeria. The objective of the workshop is to drive home the need for SME entrepreneurs to embed sustainable practices into their […]
By Niyi Adeyi – The result of the May/June 2015 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) results have been released by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). Addressing a press conference in Lagos Monday, WAEC Head of National office, Mr. Charles Eguridu, announced that out of 1.5 million candidates who sat for the examination recently, the […]
For failing to carry out its statutory responsibility in prosecuting the Chairman, Police Service Commission , Mr. Mike Okiro over alleged abuse of office, corruption and misrepresentation of facts with a view to embezzle the sum of N275.5 million PSC election funds, a law firm Prodigy Chambers has challenged the anti graft bodies to either […]
Ayodele Ayodele, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counsels the All Progressives Congress (APC) to always be sincere and stop appropriating the achievements of past administration as theirs. The party said, instead, the APC and President Muhammadu Buhari should make haste and activate the various economic outlets which have been stagnated as a result […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu – The Enugu state chapter of the ruling All Progressive Congress, (APC) has expressed optimism that it will reclaim its alleged stolen mandate from Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). State Chairman of the party, Dr. Ben Nwoye, stated this Sunday while speaking with newsmen at the […]
The Ijaw Young Professionals (IYP) on Monday berated members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State who set to decamp to the All Progressives Congress (APC), describing their action as “shameful and disgraceful.” It was widely reported at the weekend that many of the ruling party’s leaders and members in the state were […]
A former Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Rt. Hon. Peremobowei Ebebi, has denied reports in some national newspapers that he has decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and declared for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ebebi’s denial was contained in a statement on Monday in reaction to media reports, stated that, he “never discussed […]
Pan-African Financial Services group, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc was on Saturday, August 8, 2015 honoured with an award as Nigeria’s biggest lender to agriculture. The award was conferred on the bank by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) at the chamber’s annual commerce and industry awards night. The LCCI awards night […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – Anambra state born business mogul and philanthropist, Engr. Arthur Eze, has demanded the sum of N200 billion naira from management of WemaBank Plc to assuage the damage he suffered on account of the false and defamatory publication of his personality. The Bank, had recently published the photograph of Eze, among […]
BY IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – Another round of crisis has enveloped the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, over the recent removal of the Principal of the hospital’s School of Post Basic Studies, Mrs. Cecilia Oduburu by its management Board. Mrs. Oduburu, was removed from office for allegedly running a full time 1st and masters degrees programmes […]
Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, immediate past SGF has dragged Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, the National Vice-Chairman (South-South) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) before an Abuja High Court, claiming the sum of One Billion Naira as general, aggravated, punitive and exemplary damages over publicatons and interviews granted by Ojougboh in which he alleged that the Centenary […]
