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A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday remanded erstwhile Managing Director of the defunct Integrated Micro Finance Bank, Akinteye Ademola at the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police Force. Ademola is facing an amended three-count charge bordering on banking and financial crimes, which he has pleaded not guilty to. He is […]

Hundreds of young men and women on Wednesday took their protest to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) office in Benin City, the Edo state capital, chasing out all the workers and shutting the entire office. Their grouse was the continued delay in the appointment of someone to the present board of the NDDC. Mr. Henry Okhuarobo, […]

At least 20 people were murdered on Tuesday night when unknown gunmen invaded five villages in Riyom and Langtang South Local Governments. The villages attacked in Riyom are Gwon, Gwarama, Gwarim and Torok, in its Rim District, while Gida Bua Village was attacked in Langtang South. Sources said that in Riyom, I6 people were burnt to […]

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday continued with the gale of sack as he fired Minister of Sports, Bolaji Abdullahi.The sack was announced just as he was about to begin the day’s edition of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting. The president replaced him with a newly sworn-in minister, Tamuno Danagogo, from Rivers State.  The other 10 confirmed […]Read More

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday approved wholesale re-organization of the Nigerian Aviation sector.A press statement issued by Sam Nwaboshi, Special Assistant (Media) to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, said, “His Excellency, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has approved the following re-organization in the Ministry of Aviation: (i) Engr. […]

Managing Director of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim on Tuesday revealed that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has sanctioned the liquidation of 83 of the about-900 licensed microfinance banks in the country. Speaking during an appearance before the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency to defend NDIC’s 2014 budget, Ibrahim […]

www.www.aso.rocks search engine understands that President Jonathan has appointed former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Honourable Justice Idris Lebo Kutigi as the chairman of  the National Conference. He is to be assisted by Professor Bolaji Akinyemi and Dr. (Mrs.) Valerie Azinge, who will serve as Vice Chairman and Secretary respectively. A statement issued on Monday by  Anyim […]Read More

Nigeria is currently experiencing its share of the terrorism that has come to define the world, but the Armed Forces would continue training fine minds to work out solutions, Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshall Alex Badeh has said. Speaking at the 2014 symposium for Senior Course 36 at the Armed Forces Command and Staff […]

Silverbird has granted awards and honours to nine persons adjudged to have distinguished themselves in different walks of life. The awardees are His Excellency, President Paul Kageme of the Republic of Rwanda, who received an Award of Distinction in recognition of his leadership in peace-building and reconciliation, development, good governance, promotion of human rights and […]

The opinion poll of the All Progressives Congress casting the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan in bad light does not make sense, the Presidency said on Sunday. In a statement released on Sunday to announce the unveiling of its manifesto slated for Thursday, APC had claimed that 44 per cent of respondents to its “largest-ever […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) is set to unveil its manifesto, which it describes as the “Roadmap to a New Nigeria”, at the party’s National Summit to be held in Abuja on Thursday 6th March 2014. Interim National Publicity Secretary of the party, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said in a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday that the roadmap […]Read More

Our attention was drawn to a statement by the Defence Headquarters on the incident in Shuwa, Adamawa State. The statement did not reflect the occurrence or the geography and location the event took place. Here’s a blow-by-blow report of the incident.  We shall release recorded tapes of the incident, as shot by cameramen at the […]