Nigeria’s central bank governor Lamido Sanusi has been suspended by the president for “financial recklessness and misconduct”. Mr Sanusi caused shockwaves in Nigeria when he alleged that $20bn (£12bn) in oil revenue had gone missing. Nigeria’s state oil firm has denied failing to account for the money, saying the claim was “unsubstantiated”. Mr Sanusi is widely respected after undertaking reforms ... Read More »
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Boko Haram leader, Shekau, speaks; vows to attack Nigerian refineries, Buhari, Babangida, others
The fugitive claimed responsibility for the killing of a Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Albani The leader of the extremist Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau, has, in a video released to journalists, threatened more attacks against Nigeria, saying his members would target Nigeria’s sources of revenue, and her refineries. Mr. Shekau, a fugitive, who is wanted for terrorism by both Nigeria and ... Read More »
Meet Dr Sarah Alade The New Acting Governor of CBN
Dr. Sarah Omotunde Alade was appointed Deputy Governor (Economic Policy) Central Bank of Nigeria on 26th March, 2007. She attended the University of Ife, Ile-Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) where she obtained a B.Sc (Hons) degree in Economics in 1976. She also obtained an M.Comm degree at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia in 1983 and a Ph.D Management Science ... Read More »
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APC under fire for hiring foreign PR consultants •Enough is enough, says PRCAN, slams ‘progressive’ party
The Public Relations Consultants Association of Nigeria (PRCAN), the umbrella body of certified Public Relations firms in Nigeria, has condemned the disclosure by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that it had engaged the services of AKPD Message and Media, a United States-based Public Relations and Public Affairs Consultancy firm, to manage the party’s campaign for the 2015 general elections. In ... Read More »
Olubadan’s chiefs fault Jonathan’s visit to Alaafin, caution Ajimobi
The Olubadan-in-Council has described the visit of President Goodluck Jonathan to the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, on Saturday as selective and a contravention of the protocol of the existing chieftaincy law of Oyo State. On his way to Ile Ife, where he held a meeting with the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade, Jonathan landed in Ibadan Cargo ... Read More »
LEADERSHIP TUSSLE: EKITI LP CHAIR CHARGES POLITICIANS AND THE MEDIA TO BE VIGILANT
THE Chairman of Labour Party in Ekiti State, Barr Akinbowale Omole, has called on politicians and the media to be vigilant and not to allow themselves to be used in misleading the public and heating up the polity by the paid agent of the Governor Kayode Fayemi administration pretending to be aggrieved members of the Labour Party. In their ... Read More »
FASHOLA URGES REFLECTION ON PAST SUCCESSES AS INSPIRATION TO REBUILD NATION “We did it before and we can find it in us to do it again”, he says
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Wednesday urged Nigerians to reflect on the past successes associated with Nigeria as a nation in order to find the right inspiration towards rebuilding of country. Fashola, who spoke as Guest of Honour at the Metropolitan Club, Victoria Island, venue of the Public Presentation of the books, “The Life and Times of James ... Read More »
Fayemi Swears in New Council Bosses…Says Council Poll Will Hold This Year
The Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has sworn in new Local Government caretaker chairmen, with a charge to them to ensure that they do not let down the people in their various local governments. The governor also urged them to ensure peace in their domains in the discharge of their duties and to cultivate a good relationship with the ... Read More »
How Abia Gov’s Son Runs Abia,Slaps Commissioner and has police Aides
Abia state governor’s son Chief T.A Orji has one secret pain and it is the fact that Chinedu his son popularly known as Ikuku has refused to live his age with his excesses. Naijahottestgist gathered that the Abia state Chief Executive has gotten worried over the excesses of his son, whose misconducts since his father assumed office have attracted bad ... Read More »