Acute kerosene, petrol scarcity hit PH
Acute kerosene scarcity has hit Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital and environs, causing hardship to consumers, particularly housewives, as well as triggering a spate of kerosene explosions in rural parts of the state.
Senate Presidency: Cracks in N-East Senate caucus
The bid by the North-East Senate caucus to grap the Senate Presidency from the North-Central zone yesterday suffered a major setback after the ranking senator from the zone dumped the prospective bid by Senator-elect Danjuma Goje for the incumbent, Senator David Mark.
S’East must produce House of Reps Speaker – Uwechue
The clamour for the position of the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the forthcoming National Assembly to be zoned to the South-East region peaked yesterday as the President of pan-Igbo organisation, Ohanaeze, Ambassador Ralph Uwechue said President Goodluck Jonathan and the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, must bow to the wishes of the region even as the PDP will hold an emergency extended national caucus today at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on the issue of zoning of key National Assembly and ministerial positions.
Public officers responsible for corruption in Nigeria – CCB
Determined to mount effective surveillance around their conduct in offices, the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, yesterday disclosed that it had distributed assets declaration forms to all politicians newly elected into various public offices during the April 2011 general elections.
Slain corps members: NANS gives Yuguda 72 hrs ultimatum to retract statement
The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has issued a 72-hour ultimatum to Bauchi State governor, Mallam Isa Yuguda, to retract his statement on the death of the nine corps members gruesomely murdered by irate mob during the post-presidential election crisis that rocked the state
Jonathan, Mark, Oshiomhole, Tinubu, 1st Lady console Katsina-Alu
President Goodluck Jonathan, his wife, Patience, Senate President David Mark, Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu have condoled with the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu over the death of his wife, Mrs Mimi Katsina-Alu last Sunday.
Akala insists on paying N18,000 minimum wage
The out-going Governor of Oyo State, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala, has insisted on implementing the N18,000 minimum wage for the workers in the state before leaving office
NDIC pays N6.14bn to failed banks depositors
THE Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC, said, yesterday, that it has paid over N6 billion to depositors of banks that failed to meet the N25 billion minimum capital requirement initiated by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, in 2005.
Alleged financial scam: Court orders EFCC to release Atuche’s wife
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to immediately release the wife of the former Managing Director of Bank PHB, Francis Atuche, Elizabeth, who was arrested last week by the anti-graft agency.
Ruling on Lagos State suit against Al-Mustapha for May 31
A Lagos High Court, yesterday, adjourned till May 31 to rule on the application by the Lagos State government to re-open its case against Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, former Chief Security Officer, CSO, to the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, and two others, who are standing trial over their alleged involvement in the murder of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola.
Okagbare flounders in Doha
The outdoor season kicked off at the first leg of the Samsung Diamond league in Doha, Qatar last weekend with 11 athletes achieving world leading times ahead of the World Championships billed for Daegu, Korea in August.
