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Following a motion moved by Honourable Ibrahim Gusau, the Federal House of Representatives has invited Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar; Minister of Defence, retired Lt.-Gen. Aliyu Gusau; and National Security Adviser, retired Col. Sambo Dasuki to give their accounts on the security situation in the country. The House summoned the trio on Tuesday and saddled […]

The Anambra State House of Assembly on Tuesday approved a list of 19 new commissioners and 10 special advisers sent to them by the state governor, Willie Obiano. According to the list, Architect Callistus Ilozumba and Barrister (Mrs.) Lilian Azuka Enemuo were both retained in their respective ministries of works and local government. Special Advisers, […]

The visit of former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode to President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday has rattled the All Progressive Congress (APC), the party which Fani-Kayode belongs.  Many of the party members never knew that Fani-Kayode had been planning the visit to the president, who is believed to have invited him.  Now, members of the […]

Seventy-two companies have been sealed off by the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) for evading the sum of N552.6m in tax in the first quarter of the year. The report was revealed by Mrs. Folasade Coker-Afolayan, head, Distrain Unit of LIRS, who explained the outstanding income tax profile of Lagos State to journalists during […]

President Goodluck Jonathan has restated his administration’s commitment to rid the country of terrorism. He gave the assurance on Tuesday while making remarks at the commissioning of the new Nigeria Police Force International Peacekeeping Centre and Force Museum at the Force Headquarters in Abuja. According to the president, terrorism and insurgencies are the bane of […]

The Delta State Government has denied paying any N500 million as ransom for the release of Mr. Ebikeme Clarke, son of Chief Edwin Clarke, who was kidnapped last Wednesday and released on Sunday. The state government denied the allegation in a statement signed by Comrade Ovuozorie Macaulay, secretary to the Delta State Government, which was […]

Deliberations on the speech by President Goodluck Jonathan as a road-map for the on-going National Conference continued on Monday with delegates dwelling on hair-raising issues that were either controversial or of national significance. For instance, a delegate on the platform of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Nurudeen Lemu, pulled the hall to its […]

Two years after its submission, President Goodluck Jonathan has accepted the recommendations of former Head of Civil Service, Steve Oronsaye to scrap the National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP) and Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC). The acceptance was communicated in a 105-page white paper report of the Presidential Committee on Restructuring and Rationalisation of Federal Government Parastatals, […]

  President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Mr. Ikechukwu Oguine as the new Coordinator of Legal Services and Company Secretary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Oguine is to replace Anthony Chukwuma Madichie, who has served as NNPC Legal Adviser and Secretary to the Corporation since February 2011. According to a statement […]

Professor Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has revealed that his commission is currently working on a new salary structure for its staffers. Discussing with journalists in Abuja at an interactive session on Monday, Jega said the review of salary structure is aimed at encouraging INEC workers to give their all […]

  Effa Okim — an investigative officer with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) standing as prosecution witness at an Ikeja High Court in a case concerning oil marketing mogul, Abdullahi Alao — has recounted how the son of Ibadan-based businessman, Alhaji AbdulAzeez Arisekola-Alao conspired with others to commit fuel subsidy fraud to the […]

Senator Iyiola Omisore, the former Senate Appropriation Committee Chairman, has won the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) primary election for gubernatorial candidates in Osun State. Omisore picked the ticket on Saturday after winning with 1,128 votes to defeat former Minister of Youth Development, Senator Olasunkanmi Akinlabi, and former House of Representatives Defence Committee chairman Hon. Busayo […]