Why North is skeptical of Jonathan’s Acting Presidency
Going by recent development in the polity,there is no doubt that the on- going power play at Aso rock over the plight of ailing President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has angered the Northern elite who were convinced of ‘hi_tech conspiracy’ to rig the Hausa/Fulani dominated conservative region out of power through the back door.
PJ condemns Nigeria, others blocking of human rights report reading at UN-HRC meeting
A civil rights organisation, Partnership for Justice, PJ, has raised concern over the blocking of the reading of a human rights report on arrest and secret detentions around the world at the 13th session of United Nations Human Rights Council scheduled to hold from March 1- 30, 2010 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Blue chips’ loss deflates NSE market value by N4bn
Driven by losses on the prices of blue chips stocks on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Wednesday, the bullish run witnessed in the market since the beginning of the week was halted, Wednesday, as the value of listed equities dipped by N3.75 billion.
FG condemns Security situation in country, blasts Police High Command
The federal government Thursday threw caution to the winds and lambasted the Nigeria Police high command over what it termed ‘increase in current rate of crime across the nation, rising cases of extra-judicial killings, human rights violations, robberies, high profile assassinations and deliberate failure to comply with government directives’.
The SAN’s Pulpit : Constitutional saga: Fit for the home video?
Sometime last week, someone, somewhere, decided to bring back our dear and beloved President to his fatherland in circumstances that have triggered further debate as to our ability to manage our affairs as ordered by the extant Constitution.
States bonds: CBN grants liquidity status
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has granted liquidity status to bonds issued by state governments, subjects to specified eligibility criteria.
