ABUJA—Prominent  Senator of the  South East, Senator Annie Okonkwo from Anambra Central, has called on the Inspector General of Police, the State Security  Service, the Governors of the zone as the chief security officers  in their states, to rise to the challenge of  the rampant kidnappings, armed robberies, and  wicked assassins that prowl  the states […]

*AC singing discordant tune, says Akala By Ola Ajayi IBADAN—Action Congress, AC, in Oyo State has challenged the State Governor, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala to publish how his administration has spent mind-boggling amount of money it realized in the past 31 months as the people of the state reserve the right to know the status of […]

By Gbenga Olarinoye OSOGBO—There was complete apathy on the part of the electorate in the re-run elections for Osun East Senatorial District and Osogbo State Constituencies held yesterday in Osun State as voters loyal to the opposition Action Congress, AC, stayed away from the voting centres. Contrary to widespread belief that the re-run election will […]

By Peter Duru MAKURDI — Irked by the disregard for its orders, the Benue State House of Assembly has issued an ultimatum to the chairman of Dangote Group of Companies, Alhaji Aliko Dangote to appear before it on 12th January 2010, failure upon which necessary laws would be invoked against him. Speaker of the Assembly, […]

By Emmanuel Aziken Abuja—The Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs yesterday vowed that it would in 2010 cut down the N2.7 billion expended by Foreign Affairs Minister, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, in his international travels in 2009. The Senate’s pledge was despite strong arguments by Chief Maduekwe for an increase on the amount as he argued that […]

…commend Abike Dabiri for press bill By Tordue Salem ABUJA—The Tony Momoh-led ad hoc committee set up to review the amendment to the Nigerian Press Council Bill, laid its report before the House of Representatives Committee on Information and National Orientation yesterday, as it declared that the National Assembly lacked the constitutional powers to legislate […]

By Daniel Idonor ABUJA—THE Federal Government yesterday approved the award of a contract for the construction of a befitting permanent residence to serve the accommodation need of the Vice President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, at the cost of N7.5 billion. The Nigerian Vice President has been operating without a permanent residence since the inception of democratic […]

By Emma Ujah ABUJA—The Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, raked in more than N1.1billion between January, this year and last weekend. The Corps Marshal of the commission, Mr. Osita Chidoka, who disclosed this during a chat with Abuja Bureau Chiefs, yesterday, said his organization was working round the clock with a view to ensuring an […]

By AbdulSalam Muhammad KANO — Governor Ibrahim Shekarau of Kano State has presented a N110 billion budget estimate for 2010. Presenting the bill before the Kano State House of Assembly, Governor Shekarau said the budget with recurrent expenditure of over N48billion, also had over N61billion dedicated to capital projects. Tagged “Budget of Sustainable Economic Growth […]

By Oscarline Onwuemenyi KANO — The national leadership of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employee, NULGE, has rejected the planned deregulation of the petroleum downstream sector by the Federal Government amid debilitating fuel crisis in the country. President of the union, Comrade Kingsley, told newsmen in Kano that the move, aside the fact that it […]