A FEDERAL High Court in Lagos yesterday ordered First Bank of Nigeria Plc to disclose details of the loan facility it granted the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for the 2013 purchase of two bullet-proof BMW cars for the then Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah. According to a statement, Justice Mohammed Yunusa issued the order while delivering judgment in a suit ... Read More »
United States has pledged a $5million contribution to the Nigeria led Multinational Joint Task force fighting Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast and some parts of the West Africa sub-region. The U.S embassy in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday said it announced $5million contribution and not $10million as reported by the media. Leader of the U.S government delegation ... Read More »
Nigeria’s new leader will meet the head of a leading global watchdog on corruption to see how billions of dollars in oil revenue leakage can be curbed. The head of Oslo-based the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is expected to meet Nigeria’s president or vice president this week, its local arm said on Monday. Stamping out corruption was one of ... Read More »
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has sacked 76 Managing Directors, General Managers and all heads of Government Parastatals and Agencies as he dissolves all boards of parastatals in the State. Affected by the sack are the General Manager, Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA); former Governor Babatunde Fashola’s sisters, Ms Olayinka Fashola; Managing Director, Lagos Internal Revenue Service, Tunde ... Read More »
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to employ five proposed laws as his weapons in the fight against corruption, close associates of the President have disclosed. Presidency sources disclosed that a committee of legends in law, led by the vice-president, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo identified the five bills which have been passed on to the President for further scrutiny. The President in ... Read More »
Officials in the office of the Head of Service of the Federation are to conduct a second round of examinations to select a new Accountant General of the Federation. The first round of the test held on Monday at the conference hall of the office of the Head of Service at the federal secretariat complex Abuja. All Directors of Finance ... Read More »
Former Kano State Governor and member of the Senate, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has called the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to sanction the Senate President Bukola Saraki for violating the party discipline. Speaking in an interview with selected journalists in Abuja on Monday, Kwankwasho said Saraki’s over-ambition gave way for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to reap where ... Read More »
By Abdul Gafaar Bello – The newly-elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has appointed an ex-colleague in the lower Federal legislative chamber, Hon. Jerry Manwe as his Chief of Staff (COS). The appointment which was made public Monday, was stated in a letter signed by Dogara, dated June 15, 2015, with reference number, NASS/SPK/MGT/VOL.I/002 and ... Read More »
The All Progressives Congress in Bayelsa State has expelled two and suspended seven of its leaders for anti-party activities. The two expelled members were former Chairman of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Perekeme Kpodo and a stalwart of the party, Mr. Sunday Oputu. Those suspended were Mr. Godwin Sidi, Fred Akamu, Rosemary Okeazi, Chief Livinus Opratapu, Harrow Zuokumo, ... Read More »
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