New Service Chiefs: 35 Maj-Generals, Air Vice Marshals may retire
There is palpable panic and unease in the Armed Forces following last Tuesday’s removal of the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Paul Dike; Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Abdurahman Dambazau and Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ishaya Ibrahim by President Goodluck Jonathan in what has been described as the most sweeping change of heads of security organisations by any sitting President
Delta North monarchs endorse Ojougboh for Senate
The League of Traditional Rulers in Delta North Senatorial district has endorsed the candidacy of Dr. Cairo Ojougboh for Delta North Senatorial seat in the National Assembly in the 2011 general elections.
Chevron staff kidnapped
UNKNOWN gunmen, weekend in Effurun, Delta State, abducted a staff of Chevron Nigeria Limited, Mr. Fred Ejutemieden, and took him to an unknown destination while the police authorities have arrested four suspects with his brand new Toyota Camry car in Kaduna State.
Who will save Nigeria from corruption?
Fifty years of independence and we are still crawling?” asked Pat, a commuter in an Ikeja-bound passenger bus while listening to an advert on radio about Nigeria’s forthcoming 50th independence anniversary celebration. “In what single area have we improved post-independence? Instead of all this noise, we should go to our closets and weep for our dear nation and what has become of what was once a promising nation.
Ribadu blames N-Delta woes on political leadership
POLITICAL leadership has been blamed for the problem of underdevelopment in the Niger Delta region.
Islamic leader counsels politicians on violence
THE Seriki-Muslimi of Ughelli Muslim community, Delta State, Alhaji Muhammadu Aruna, has charged politicians in the country to shun all forms of political violence in the forthcoming 2011 general elections.
Delta PDP chair tackles Orubebe
chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Delta State, Peter Nwaoboshi, weekend, took a swipe at the Minister of Niger-Delta, Elder Godsday Orubebe, over what he called his regrettable actions.
CBN to introduce three types of banks in 2011
Central Bank of Nigeria CBN will in January 2011, introduce three classes of banking licences. The licences will be for Commercial Banking, Merchant Banking, Specialised and Development Banking.
IT and Nigeria’s 2020 Goals (1)
Today’s real borders are not between nations, but between powerful and powerless, free and fettered, privileged and humiliated.”
NACCIMA plans to addresstrade challenges in ECOWAS
THE Director- General Director, the Nigerian Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), John Isemede, disclosed yesterday that most companies in the West African sub region have failed to achieve success because they have refused to recognize the need to register their membership with their countries’ Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
Air Nigeria, PAN partner on Nigeria’s 50th independence
Air Nigeria and Peugeot Automobile of Nigeria, PAN, are partnering on the celebration of Nigeria’s 50th independence anniversary, putting on offer a 307 Sedan Jubillee car and free return tickets as prizes.
