Court faults Aondoakaa over land allocation
JUSTICE Mudashiru Oniyanga, yesterday, faulted former AttorneyGeneral of the Federation and Minister of justice, Chief Michael Kaase Aondoakaa, over a plot of land the court said was illegally allocated to the Chief Security Officer of late President Umar Musa Yar’ Adua, Mr. Yusuf Tilde.
PENGASSAN urges FG to stop CBN on Pension funds
PETROLEUM and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has called on the Federal Government to halt planned by the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, to draw about N400 billion from the accumulated pension fund to fund power sector project.
Mimiko pays retired teachers 7 months arrears
GOVERNOR Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo state, has paid about 1,576 retired Primary Schools teachers across the states as payment of seven months pension arrears, totaling over N81 million.
Osayomi on hunger strike
Sprinter Damola Osayomi who tested positive to stimulants and had her women 100m gold medal stripped by the Commonwealth Games Federation, has refused to take food and wouldn’t talk to any Nigerian official.
2011: Why I won’t endorse any aspirant – Uduaghan
DELTA State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has charged aspirants seeking election in 2011 to feel free to consult and campaign in any part of their constituency in a decent manner and stop the politics of cheap blackmail.
Lagos workers, others lament tax burden
Apparently un-comfortable with various tax payments in the state, civil servants in Lagos State have demanded an immediate reduction in the Pay as You Earn (PAYE) tax deducted by the state government from their monthly salary.
