President Muhammadu Buhari said Tuesday in Abuja that the prosecution of persons who have stolen national resources will begin in a matter of weeks. Speaking at a meeting with members of the National Peace Committee led by Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar in the Presidential Villa, President Buhari declared that his administration was irrevocably committed to doing all within its powers to break the ... Read More »
Following the recent redeployment of Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola from Lagos State Ministry of Lands to Lagos State Ministry of Youths and Sports by Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode, there have been speculations that this development may be due to some political reasons. It would be recalled that last week, the Executive Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode had transferred the appointment of ... Read More »
…berates Jonathan and Wike for frustrating project The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for fast-tracking the clean-up of Ogoniland in accordance with the Report and recommendations of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). In a statement signed by the Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, and issued on Friday in Port Harcourt, Rivers APC ... Read More »
The immediate past National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, (retd), has given a hint that some arms and ammunition procured by the Jonathan administration had not arrived the country. The former NSA said that some elements whose identities he did not disclose were frustrating the nation’s efforts to get the critically needed equipment to fight the Boko Haram insurgency. According ... Read More »
The House of Assembly panel which investigated the petition written by Justice Folahanmi Oloyede, against Governor Rauf Aregbesola, today in Osogbo said that the allegations of corruption contained in the petition were based on rumour. The Chairman of the panel, Mr. Adegboye Akintunde, who presented the report at the plenary sitting of the House of Assembly also recommended disciplinary action ... Read More »
On 3rd day of August 2015, we issued a public statement condemning the blundered presidential appointment of retired Senior Agent (director) Lawal Musa Daura of Daura-Katsina State origin as the “acting” Director General of the Department of State Security Services (DSS/SSS). We also gave the appointing authority, President Muhammadu Buhari and his ruling party-APC 72hours to present publicly relevant constitutional or statutory sections ... Read More »
Kola Popson The recently appointed Chief of Staff to Zamfara State Governor, Alhaji Dahiru Zubairu has passed on. This was contained in a statement issued and made available to the press by the Secretary to Zamfara State Government, Prof. Abdullahi Shinkafi, in Gusau on Thursday. This statement, indicated that the late Alhaji Zubairu died at age 49 after a brief ... Read More »
Kola Popson Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has ordered that all state accounts with various banks be closed to pave way for the implementation of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) initiative, which will take off by 1st of September this year. This information was made available through an official statement signed by the Special Assistant on Media and Publicity ... Read More »
A daughter of Vice President Atiku Abubakar has been nominated as commissioner in Adamawa State. Fatima Atiku Abubakar was listed as one of 22 commissioner nominees sent by Governor Bindow Jibirilla on Thursday to the state House of Assembly for screening. Two associates of the former vice president were also nominated, a pointer to the improved relations between the governor ... Read More »
Kola Popson A former member of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Hon. Kafayat Abike Dabiri-Erewa has filed a five hundred million naira (N500, 000000) damage suit against Diamond Bank for falsely linking her to the ownership of a company ‘Thriller Endeavor’, on the premise that the company owes the bank to the tune of over hundred million naira. The filing ... Read More »
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