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Efforts of the Delta State Government to claim the $15 million allegedly offered as bribe by former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori to officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) failed on Friday, as a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered that the money should be ceded to the Federal Government. Delivering […]

Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah has defended herself of allegations of shady dealings in the procurement of two bulletproof cars for her by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). In a memo sent in response to a query by President Goodluck Jonathan, Oduah revealed that the two cars were part of a larger 56 […]

PIC 1. FROM LEFT: GOV GABRIEL SUSWAM OF BENUE STATE. GOV. MARTINS ELECHI OF ENONYI; CHIEF OF STAFF; CHIEF MIKE OGHIADOMHE; PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN; GOV. THEODORE ORJI OF ABIA STATE; PRESIDENT, CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA, PASTOR AYO ORITSEJAFOR AND THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, NIGERIAN CHRISTIAN PILGRIMS COMMISSION, MR JOHN KENNEDY OPARA PRAYING AT THE DOMINUS FLEVIT […]

The captain and chief engineer of an oil supply vessel have been kidnapped off the Nigerian coast in an attack by pirates. According to security sources, the two United States citizens were kidnapped alongside a United States defence official. Pirate attacks off Nigeria’s coast have increased since the turn of the year, ships moving through […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned against any attempt by the “unimaginative spin doctors of the Aviation Ministry” to use politics as a cover for the alleged egregious corruption scandal surrounding the illegal purchase of two armoured cars for Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah. In a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by Interim National Publicity […]

The family of late Ikemba of Nnewi, Chief Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu have told his wife, Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu, to provide evidence of her legal marriage to the late warlord to warrant having a stake in the transport company and his estate, which are a subject of dispute. In a statement of defence filed before Justice […]

As the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) continue with its nationwide protests over the lingering industrial action embarked upon by lecturers, the Police in Ondo State have warned the union branch in the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State against embarking on its planned protest on Thursday. Since last week, some branches have been […]

Eleven out of the 36 states of the federation have rejected the proposed National Conference announced by President Goodluck Jonathan on Independence Day, saying they would boycott the process and the dialogue itself. The states are Lagos, Ogun, Osun, Oyo, Ekiti, Edo, Imo, Nasarawa, Borno, Yobe and Zamfara, all controlled by the All Progressives Congress […]

Prominent human and social rights activist, Shehu Sanni on Wednesday evening described the proposed national conference as a political chess game meant to blackmail a set of Nigerians, as the report of the dialogue and contributions from people are sure to end up in the hands of traders selling bean cakes. Sanni, the president of […]

After repeatedly ignoring public condemnation on the recent purchase of two bulletproof cars for Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah at the cost of N225m, President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday inaugurated a three-man committee to investigate the matter. The committee, christened Administrative Panel of Inquiry, will be chaired by immediate past Head of Service of the Federation (HoS), […]

Both chambers of the National Assembly on Tuesday initiated concrete step towards investigations into the purchase of N225m-worth bulletproof cars by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah. First, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Hope Uzodinma assured that the committee would embark on a thorough investigation […]

Lecturers of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife on Monday protested their continued stay at home, following the prolonged industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). But www.www.aso.rocks search engine learnt that a simultaneous protest embarked upon by lecturers of the University of Calabar was frustrated by the Police. The […]