A Federal high court sitting in Abuja yesterday issued an interim order restraining the Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel from dissolving the Ijebu-Ife Local Government Council on the account of the mayhem which killed an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Omolodun Oladokun and several others.

SOME suspected political thugs yesterday dispossessed a policeman of his pistol as they engaged some policemen in a free-for-all over a minor disagreement.

GOVERNOR Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has said that Nigeria can convert wastes generated in the country into fuel, declaring that what is needed is the total commitment and determination.

FORMER Minister of Information, Chief Alex Akinyele, has called on Nigerians to have sympathy on President Umaru Yar’Adua over the failure of his government to deliver 6,000 Megawatts of electric power by the end of December 2009 as promised.

UMBRELLA body for senior staff in the nation’s banking industry under the aegis of Association of Banks, Insurance, and Financial Institutions (ASSBIFI, has petitioned the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, informing him that organised labour can no longer guarantee industrial peace in the nation because of ongoing mass retrenchments in the banks following alleged directives by the governor.

The Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs yesterday vowed to cut down the N2.7 billion expended by Foreign Affairs Minister, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, in his international travels this year in 2010.

By  Vincent Ujumadu AWKA—GOVERNOR Peter Obi has presented a budget proposal of N67 billion for the 2010 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly for approval. The estimate is N8.534 billion or 11.3 % less than the 2009 budget. Titled, “People’s budget for integrated development 111,” the expenditure profile showed that N39.508 billion is […]

THE Federal Government yesterday said that a new wage regime for workers in the country will be unfolded next year, just as Nigerians await the full deregulation of the oil sector.

His resolve to return remains unchanged given his conviction that in serving this great country as a public officer he committed no offence known to our laws or at all, and that all the charges contrived against him and that are being assembled against him remain hopeless attempts to discredit him and his contributions to civilized governance.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday registered 3 more political parties bringing the total number of parties in Nigeria to 54.

By Demola Akinyemi Ilorin —  Govenor Bukola Saraki of Kwara State, yesterday, presented the state’s 2010 budget of N67 billion, christened, Budget of Consolidation to the state House of Assembly. Last year’s budget was N70 billion. According to him, the 2010 budget, which is made up of N37 billion capital expendi-ture and N30.8 billion recurrent […]

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 state, to rise to the challenge of  rampant kidnappings, armed robberies, and  wicked assassins that prowl  the states unimpeded. […]

Quite often, the deficit between the rental fee of the hostel and revenues from the restaurant and the rooms was made up from the proceeds of Ladipo Solanke’s legal practice. The entire restaurant’s staff and the room cleaners (who were mostly whites) were paid by the Warden (Solanke), while the warden’s wife (my humble self […]

Super Eagles’ Head Coach Shaibu Amodu will today in Lagos meet with Sports Editors and managers at a parley organised by Cadbury Nigeria Plc, under the banner of Tom Tom, the official candy of the national teams.

By Oscarline Onwuemenyi ABUJA — Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Remi Babalola, has said policy agenda of the Federal Government would bring succour to the socio-economic crises in the Niger Delta. According to a release signed by the Special Assistant on Communications to the minister, Mr. Oluyinka Akintunde, Babalola further stressed that government was […]