The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said, yesterday, it would soon carry out a critical examination into what past administrations in the country did with the $500 billion generated from oil in the last...
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THE RULE OF LAW
The Challenge of the Nigerian NationBy Andrew Obinna OnyearuOn assumption of office on 29 May 2007, President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua expressed the view that upholding the rule of law was a corner stone of the manner...
LIFTING THE VEIL OF IGNORANCE
The Issue of Discrimination, Ethnicity and National Integration in NigeriaBy Roy ChikwemThere has been much said and written about Nigeria, her people and culture. However, little is known to the outside world about...
How we shared N10m – Iyabo Obasanjo
Embattled Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello has said that N500,000 was disbursed to each member of the Senate Committee on Health from the controversial N300m scam in the Federal Ministry of Health. The Senator, who the...
Shock, Disbelief as House Panel Tours Power Projects
The inspection tour of power plants under the National Integrated Power Projects (NIPP) by the House Committee on Power began yesterday with an avalanche of revelations on the controversial project. The tour took...
Health ministers resign over N300m scam
Eminent professor of paediatrics, Mrs. Adenike Grange, made an emotional exit from the federal cabinet on Tuesday after just nine months as Minister of Health. Grange and the Minister of State for Health, Mr. Gabriel...
Seadogs Get U.S Congress Speaker’s Nod
The National Association of Seadogs has got rare recognition from the Speaker of the United States House and Oakland Council member, Nancy J. Nadel, during their 5th annual programme in a series of Black History...
Good Governance, A Desiderata For Popular Democracy
By Prince Charles DicksonDuring the week the House of Representatives Committee on Power drilled players in that sector, while it lasted the whole thing was no more than a drama. We saw the pitiable defence put up by...
Seadogs to help Police on crime
The National Association of Seadogs (NAS) has offered to assist the Cross River State Police Command in fighting crime in the Obudu axis of the state because “Obudu as a border area is bound to witness high rate...
Obasanjo, Iweala Took Loan From Excess Crude Account – Tukur
Chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Engr. Hamman Tukur, yesterday disclosed that former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his finance minister, Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala,...
Election tribunal gives Edo to Oshiomhole
Former Labour leader Adams Oshiomhole scored a major political victory yesterday as the Edo State gubernatorial election tribunal sitting in Benin City declared him the rightful winner of the April 14, 2007...
Panel alleges Nigeria corruption
The government of former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo paid $50m (£25m) to non-existent companies, a parliamentary panel alleges. The investigative committee said the money was paid as the administration...