The Buhari administration may be considering merging all debtor airlines in the country into a national carrier, capable of serving the West and Central African regions, with Nigeria as the regional aviation hub. That is part of the recommendations by the Ahmed Joda transition committee, which submitted its report to President Muhammadu Buhari about two weeks ago. Volumes of the ... Read More »
Some of the 219 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped on April 14, 2014 have been forced to join the fighters of the Boko Haram sect, the BBC has been told. Witnesses told BBC Panorama Programme that some of them are now being used to terrorise other captives, and are even carrying out killings themselves. The BBC cannot verify the testimony, but Amnesty ... Read More »
The Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, on Monday described as baseless a claim by the former All Progressives Congress Interim National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, that their elections on June 9 were sponsored by oil barons. Saraki and Dogara stated this in separate statements by their aides in Abuja ... Read More »
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned in the strongest language the latest terrorist attacks on Borno and Yobe communities by the Boko Haram bandits. In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, the President said he was deeply touched by these mindless incidents of violence on innocent people during the month of Ramadan. ... Read More »
The Peoples Democratic Party has warned Governor Rauf Aregbesola to desist from the alleged plan to sack Justice Folahanmi Oloyede. The Publicity Secretary of the PDP in Osun State, Mr. Bola Ajao, gave this warning in a statement made available to our correspondent in Osogbo on Monday. Oloyede, a serving judge in Osun State Judiciary last week petitioned the House ... Read More »
Wema Bank Plc, (Bloomberg: WEMABANK: NL Reuters: WEMABANK: LG) announces opening of two new branches in Lagos Wema Bank Plc, Nigeria’s longest surviving indigenous bank has increased its branch network with two new additions. This is in a bid to take business opportunities to the door steps of customers and achieve part of the planned growth for the 2015 Financial ... Read More »
The presidency has denied reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has named his chief of staff. Rumours were rife on Monday that Mr. Buhari on Monday appointed a former military administrator of Kaduna State, Hamid Ali, as his Chief of Staff. However, the president’s spokesperson, Femi Adesina, told PREMIUM TIMES no appointment had been made. “No appointment yet,” Mr. Adesina said. ... Read More »
By Abia Ante, Okobo The advertorial on page 24 of The Nation of today, 29 June 2015, has significance that is beyond the meaning of an ordinary political commentary. This is because it comes from rare courage in the conquered and pocketed ranks of Akwa Ibom PDP (conquered and pocketed by Godswill Akpabio). Second, and more important, it has vindicated ... Read More »
Governor Nasir El-Rufa of Kaduna State has on Monday appointed Hadiza Bala Usman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as Chief of Staff. The newly appointed Chief of Staff, Ms. Usman, has served the APC in a number of committees and capacities as the Administrative Secretary of the Buhari Presidential Campaign Organization, Member APC Strategy Committee and Member Secretary APC ... Read More »
Radio Biafra is operating illegally without licence and security forces are on the trail of those behind it, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has said. NBC in a statement at the weekend said Radio Biafra is a pirate radio station which is transmitting seditious and divisive content contrary to the provisions of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code and the law. “The ... Read More »
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