An Action Congress senatorial candidate in the last National Assembly elections in Ogun State, Chief Remilekun Bakare, on Thursday said before the Election Petition Tribunal that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic...
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Tribunal sacks Adamawa governor
Another governor, Vice-Admiral Murtala Nyako (rtd.) of Adamawa State, has lost his post. His election was on Thursday voided by the Adamawa Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Yola. A fresh election in which he will...
Adedibu faces trial in Abuja
A Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, Chief Lamidi Adedibu, was on Thursday, arraigned at an Abuja Magistrate’s Court on a two-count charge of acts capable of breaching the peace. His arraignment elicited...
FG to privatise roads, bridges
Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday said that the Federal Government would privatise more public enterprises, especially roads and bridges. The Vice-President, who spoke at a meeting with a delegation of the...
EFCC ready to probe Obasanjo
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Wednesday, said that it would investigate allegations of corrupt enrichment against former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The Head, General Investigations of the...
African economies on growth path
Many African economies appear to have turned the corner and may be moving to a path of faster and steadier economic growth needed to reduce high level of poverty, according to the World Bank Africa Development...
No protection for corrupt Nigerians
President Umaru Yar’Adua on Tuesday insisted that his administration would not shield any corrupt Nigerian from prosecution no matter how highly placed. The President, who spoke at a national seminar by the...
EXPLOITATIVE ABUSE AND PERENNIAL CRISIS – The way out of the Niger Delta Debacle
Nigeria is the world's sixth largest producer of crude oil. This is in addition to her huge reserves of mineral and agricultural riches and human resources. Nigerians therefore should be enjoying some of the...
Virgin Nigeria Orders 24 New Aircraft
Virgin Nigeria has announced that it is spending N101,375 billion on the purchase of new aircraft from Embraer, a Brazilian manufacturer. The announcement was made at the 10th edition of the Dubai Air Show, the third...
Iweala regrets leaving Obasanjo’s cabinet
A World Bank’s Managing Director, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Friday expressed regrets over her premature exit from the cabinet of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Okonjo-Iweala was the country’s...
How Amaechi was made Rivers gov
Rivers State governor, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, over the weekend spoke of how he put God on the spot to right his wrongful preclusion from the April 2007 governorship race in Rivers State. Speaking with journalists in...
Five ex-governors to return N50bn
Five former governors may have given the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission undertakings to return more than N50bn looted public funds within the next two weeks. A top source in the EFCC told our correspondent...