Ruth Bamidele, Lagos Former Lagos Deputy Governor, Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu, has been freed of the criminal charge against her as a Federal High Court Lagos, on Wednesday, dropped the charge of N130 million fraud against her. At the hearing on Wednesday, the prosecutor, Mr Effiong Asuquo made an oral application for the charge to be […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Operatives of the Anti Kidnapping Unit of the Enugu state police command Tuesday invaded a kidnappers hide out located in a forest within the state, and rescued some of the victims unhurt as well as arrested a member of the syndicate. The state police public Relations officer PPRO, Ebere Amarizu, who disclosed […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders has thrown its weight behind the plea for the reduction of the Lagos State University (LASU) tuition fee. Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), a human rights lawyer made this plea to Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola, in a statement on Sunday. The Coalition Chairman, Comrade Debo Adeniran, who […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA in AWKA The Anambra state governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Awka, Tuesday ruled that it cannot entertain issues concerning the alleged involvement of the Governor-elect, Chief Willie Obiano, on multiple registration. Besides, the tribunal also struck out the petition of Dr. Chike Obidigbo, who is contesting the All Progressives Grand Alliance ticket with […]
“What I see is fantastic, rapid development in Abeokuta. The roads, the bridges, the flyovers are very, very impressive. I have just told the Governor that we need his expertise to come help develop us in the United States.” United States Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle described the infrastructural development under the Senator Ibikunle Amosun […]
… Says FG Will Continue To Vigorously Prosecute War Against Terror President Goodluck Jonathan has received with immense sadness and anguish, news of the callous and senseless murder by terrorists of scores of students at a college in Yobe State in the early hours of today. On behalf of himself and the Federal Government, President […]
Ruth Bamidele, Lagos President of Aviation Roundtable, Captain Dele Ore has warned against the use of the open letter to President Goodluck Jonathan as an avenue by some self-seeking experts to advance their selfish desire to lobby for the position of aviation minister. According to him, “Our letter is now fraudulently being used to promote […]
The possibility of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and dissenting Governors who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) returning to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as requested by President Goodluck Jonathan is zero, the spokesman of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) has said. Addressing a PDP Grand Rally in Owerri, Imo […]
The Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria (MUSWEN) has called on President Goodluck Jonathan not to honour the purported delegates’ list sent to him by the self-acclaimed South West leaders. The group had alleged that some South-West leaders had sent in the list of 15 nominees from the Region to represent it at the forthcoming […]
(Reuters) – Gunmen from Islamist group Boko Haram stormed a boarding school in northeast Nigeria overnight and killed 29 pupils, many of whom died in flames as the school was burned to the ground, police and the military said on Tuesday. “Some of the students bodies were burned to ashes,” Police Commissioner Sanusi Rufai said […]
An Indian Neurosurgeon, Dr. Raju Bhuvaneswara Basina, has been arrested by officials of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria for operating without a practice licence. The 53 years old Doctor was arrested by the Police from Apo Resettlement Division on Monday in Abuja at Asokoro District Hospital in the Federal Capital Territory, following a […]
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal has described the on-going urban renewal programme in Ogun State as a display of politics of development. Tambuwal, who made this assertion during his visit to Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital yesterday, commended the state government for its successes so far in terms of […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos The Mega Progressive People’s Party (MPPP) has dragged Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to court over the party’s deregistration in 2011 general elections. Although, INEC has approached the court for out of court settlement but the party insists the matter should be heard in the law court. The matter is due for […]
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC has blasted the Supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike over his comments that the PDP Government will arrest Governor Rotimi Amaechi immediately after the victory of President Goodluck Jonathan come 2015. The party (APC) in an online press release by Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze […]
The African Examiner More facts have emerged over the probe of the allegedly missing N20 billion by the Senate finance committee as feelers from within showed that nothing incriminating has been found against the oil ministry and its agencies. Checks inside the committee showed that rather than the big discovery of fraud and mismanagement that […]
I whole-heartedly welcome the suspension of Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as Governor of Central Bank by President Goodluck Jonathan. He cannot fairly hold on to his office whilst his weighty allegations of missing funds are being forensically audited. Indeed, not only did the suspension come too late, it should also have been one of outright […]
By Ahmed Mohammed The picture one naturally has of Mallam Sanusi Lamido, the current Central Bank Governor is that he is pious spotless and saintly. One always thinks that he does not live in a glass house so he is capable of throwing stones fearlessly without looking behind. It has however been revealed that Holy […]
Ruth Bamidele, Lagos Justice Ibrahim Buba of a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on Friday restrained the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar and the State Security Service (SSS) from arresting the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. Sanusi’s Lawyers- Ikem Isiekwena, Mrs V.O.M. Longe, Bashiru Ramini, […]
…As Students Destroyed N51 Million Properties Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Friday directed the re-opening of the Lagos State University (LASU) from Monday February 24, in the overriding best interest of the students. This is after the state government put the value of properties destroyed by the students during the last protest at […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP, has picked holes on the suspension of the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, describing it as a selective witch- hunt Reacting to the development Thursday via a press statement issued by its publicity secretary Mr. Osita Okechukwu, made available to newsmen in […]
