Reports

President Goodluck Jonathan on has approved the appointment of Pius Osunyikanmi as the new Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the Technical Aid Corps (TAC). Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, announced this in a statement on Thursday saying that the appointment was immediate effect. According to Abati, Osunyikanmi takes […]

One time Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Benin, Isu-Ochiora Okogeri was on Wednesday arraigned before a Magistrate Court in Ekiadolor on the allegations of demanding and accepting a bribe of N100,000 from a female student.  The offence was alleged to have been committed in December 2012 while the accused wanted to […]

Deputy Director, Operations of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Tunde Lemo on Wednesday disclosed that the bank would take delivery of new naira notes for circulation before the end of September. Earlier, CBN had expected the circulation of the new naira notes by June, while the smaller denomination notes (N5, N10, N20, and […]

Corrupt Police officers will be identified and replaced with fresh recruits in order to sanitise the country’s security system, Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar has said. Speaking during the second Conference of Heads of Zonal and State Criminal Investigation Departments in Abuja, Abubakar pledged his determination to expunge all corrupt officers currently in the […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to go to court if he felt libelled by the description of his presidency as a kindergarten presidency by the Interim National Chairman of the APC,Chief Bisi Akande. In a statement issued in Accra on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the […]

In separate verdicts, the African Development Bank (AFDB) and the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) have slammed the Nigerian government for skyrocketing poverty and corruption levels in the country.  While the AFDB expressed pessimism concerning the government’s battle to end poverty by 2015, the CNPP said corruption is a major challenge against the country’s […]

Two former Heads of State, President Ibrahim Babangida and General Abdulsalam Abubakar, on Friday jointly paid a condolence visit to Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola (SAN) and his siblings over the demise of his father, Pa Ibrahim Ademola Fashola, praying for peace and tranquility in the country. Speaking during the condolence visit, which took […]

Unless the Federal Ministry of Finance reviews its strategy and adopts a new approach which will enthrone a faster method of paying oil marketing and importing companies their accumulated arrears, and then starts complying with the 2010 guideline for the administration of the Petroleum Support Fund, PSF, which stipulates payment within 45 days of submitting […]

Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika and a serving Senator, Babafemi Ojudu, on Wednesday expressed opposing views about the spread of terrorism in the country. While Ihejirika believes that terrorism in the country as propagated by the Boko Haram Islamic sect cannot spread beyond the north-eastern part of the country, Senator […]

If by next Monday, adequate measures are not put in place to flood Nigeria with enough kerosene for the citizens of the country, then ex-militants would disrupt activities at the National Assembly. The former militants released this threat on Wednesday in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state under the aegis of the Leadership, Peace and Cultural Development Initiatives […]

The Judicial Commission of Inquiry investigating last month’s rumpus at the Rivers State House of Assembly may travel to London to interrogate injured Hon. Michael Chinda, who is hospitalised there.  According to Chairman of the commission, Justice Biobele Georgewill, the commission wishes to be fair to all the parties and may therefore embark on the […]

There was a free-for-all in Issele-Uku, Aniocha North Local Government, Delta State on Tuesday after Chairman of the Transition Committee refused to brief members of the committee on the management of funds accruing to the council. “Things have fallen apart and the centre can no longer hold,” a source said. “As I speak to you, we […]