Atiku, Tinubu, Ribadu ask FG to immortalise Abiola
Eminent Nigerians including former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar,former Lagos State Governor Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, pioneer chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mallam Nuhu Ribadu yesterday
called on the Federal Government to honour late business mogul and winner of annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola.
Jumbo pay: Falana drags Senate, Reps to court
Constitutional lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, yesterday approached a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, asking it to declare the allowances provided for members of the National Assembly in the Appropriation Act, 2010, illegal, unconstitutional and a quintessential abuse of the provisions of the 1999 constitution
2011: Anyim denies vice presidential ambition
FORMER Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim, has dismissed reports he was planning to run with either Alhaji Atiku Abubakar or any other person as vice presidential candidate in the 2011 general elections
Owie faults INEC on use of NYSC members in 2011 polls
FORMER Senate Chief whip, Senator Rowland Owie, has faulted the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to use serving members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, for the 2011 general elections.
First Lady ends visit to Rivers, commends Amaechi
THE two-day state visit of the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, to Rivers State nearly ended on a sour note, yesterday, when she publicly scolded the state Governor, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi for wanting to acquire more land in Okrika, her home town, for the expansion of a school project.
Shema didn’t cancel pro-Jonathan rally – Katsina govt
The Katsina State Government has denied a role in the circumstances that led to the cancellation of pro-Jonathan rally last weekend in the state capital.
