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...
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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...
Nigerian deals ‘wasted billions’
Some $2.2bn-worth of Nigerian energy contracts were awarded without a bidding process by the former president and his energy minister, officials say. One was to a company with less than $200 of base capital at the...
The $16 Billion Expenditure on Energy & Power Supply
Nigeria’s Electricity Crisis: The Way ForwardThe National Association of Seadogs (NAS) notes with dismay the recent revelation that the General Olusegun Obasanjo administration “spent” about $16.00...
Nigerian party picks new leader
The governing People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Nigeria has elected Vincent Ogbulafor as its new leader at a convention in the capital, Abuja. Mr Ogbulafor is the party's former general secretary and is...