Monetary provision for roads is inadequate – Frank Nneji
Mr. Frank Nneji is the managing director of ABC Transport Plc. He recently withdrew his luxury bus from plying some parts of the country, citing the poor state of roads in the affected areas. In this interview, Mr. Nneji calls for increased funding for the road sector. Excerpts LET’S look at the Lagos-Benin highway. Many […]
Ibori: Anxiety in Asaba as Judge shifts ruling again
Loyalists of the immediate past governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, were apprehensive yesterday as the much- expected ruling by the Federal High Court, Asaba, on the application filed by Ibori seeking to strike out the 170-count charge filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) did not hold.
Forgery : Police lose bid to send Aregbesola to prison
By Ise-Oluwa Ige ABUJA—The Nigeria Police yesterday arraigned the 2007 gubernatorial candidate of the opposition Action Congress (AC), Engineer Rauf Aregbesola and a lawyer, Mr Olayinka Okedara before an Abuja high court sitting on a six count charge of conspiracy and forgery. The arraignment followed an earlier order procured from the court to prosecute the […]
Battle for my mandate not over, says Andy Uba
By Enyim Enyim ONITSHA—The Peoples Democratic Party candidate in the 2007 governorship election in Anambra State, Dr Andy Uba, who recently lost his case at the Court of Appeal, Enugu , where he had sought to be declared Governor-in- waiting to take over from Governor Peter Obi on March 17, 2010, has said that the […]
Sale of Govt houses: Senate indicts Bode George, Ogunlewe, Azazi, others
By Emmanuel Aziken ABUJA—Erstwhile chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Chief Olabode George was yesterday listed among other notable Nigerians who got Federal Government houses at the expense of deserving civil servants. Others listed by the Senate Committee on Housing and Urban Development at the public hearing were former Minister of Foreign Affairs and […]
Joint sitting: Reps can sue Senate …. Court
By Luka Binniyat & Tordue Salem ABUJA—There is a judicial buffer to the budget crisis rocking the National Assembly, as a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ruled that the House of Representatives can seek the court’s interpretation of the relevant sections of the Constitution. Members of the House of Representatives under the auspices […]
PPA chieftain carpets Gov Chime
By Tony Edike ENUGU—LEADER of the People’s Progressive Alliance (PPA) in Enugu State, Chief Okey Ezea, yesterday, challenged the recent statement by Governor Sullivan Chime, in which he claimed that opposition parties in the state have been silenced by his development programmes.The PPA described the statement as provoking, misleading and a mere misrepresentation of facts. […]
Gunmen kill 2 cops, kidnap two pupils in P-Harcourt
TWO Policemen were killed yesterday in Port Harcourt and two others sustained gun shot wounds during a fierce encounter between the Police and gunmen around Woji road area of the state capital.
Ekaette protests House C’ttee’s attacks
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Chief Ufot Ekaette, said yesterday that the Ministry had not done anything to undermine the execution of the 2009 budget. He said that there was no justification whatsoever for the kind of attacks that the House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta unleashed on him and the Ministry last week.
Amaechi cuts short foreign trip over Nsiegbe’s death
Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has cut short his foreign trip and returned to the state following the killing of a former member of the State Assembly, Mr. Charles Nsiegbe, by some persons alleged to be policemen, weekend, in Port Harcourt.
Ex-militant, Maciver, 200 others screened for LG polls
Former militant leader, Joshua Maciver, and over two hundred other aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the chairman-ship positions in the original eight local government areas in Bayelsa State were, yesterday, screened for the April local government poll in the state.
