Six months to the commencement of the cash withdrawal/deposit limit imposed by the CBN, some banks have commenced selective implementation of the policy barring cash transactions by some organisations.

The Bureau of Public Procurement, BPP, has saved the Federal Government N216,690,945,419.56 in the implementation of 2010 budget, following review of project proposals submitted by Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs.

SMARTING from the bombing of Police Headquarters in Abuja, Thursday, the police authorities, yesterday, arrested 58 sect members including some Somalis when its crack investigating team stormed Maiduguri, the Boko Haram headquarters.

There was bloodbath, yesterday, on Ikorodu Expressway, Lagos, following a clash between factions of street urchins otherwise known as area boys, leading to the death of an unspecified number of persons.

THE immediate past deputy governor of Plateau State, Mrs. Pauline Tallen, weekend, scoffed at Governor Jonah Jang’s call on her to apologise to him.

A PRESSURE group, “Omoilu Foundation”, has faulted critics of former President Olusegun Obasanjo on the politics of the South West geo-political zone.

OUR security agencies are becoming an embarrassment. President Goodluck Jonathan compounds the situation by excusing the lapses. According to him, the bombs that have been going off in Nigeria were the country’s portion of the rise in global terrorism.

GOVERNOR Peter Obi of Anambra State has promised to implement the N18,000 minimum wage, saying no governor worth his onions would deny workers the wage approved for all government workers in the country.

*We are creating more states By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor Senator Ike Ekweremadu, lawyer, academician is unarguably one of the most enduring political stalwarts of the Fourth Republic. His political progression has seen him pack experience from the executive and legislative branches of government having been local government chairman, 1998, Chief of Staff to Governor […]

ABIA State House of Assembly has, for the second time, rejected the nomination of Justice Ijeoma Offonry as the Chief Judge of the state, saying her appointment did not follow due process.

Nigeria Inter-Religious Council, NIREC, South-East zone, weekend, condemned the recent bomb attacks in different parts of the country, especially last Thursday’s explosion in the premises of Nigeria Police Headquarters, Abuja, which led to loss of lives and destruction of property.

Association of Electricity and Allied Companies, SSAEAC, has condemned the suicide bomb attack on the Police Headquarters and called on President Goodluck Jonathan to evolve a new security blueprint to address to
the high rate of insecurity in the country.

The National Beach Soccer team, otherwise known as Supersand Eagles, reached this year’s FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup after a hard-fought 7-6 defeat of Madagascar in Casablanca on Saturday evening.

IF political careers were judged by years of service or number of positions held, then there would be no shortage of those with outstanding record of public service in Nigeria. If, however, they are judged by the significance of one’s political moments, then we would have to look harder to find those with truly remarkable records in public service.

Cross River State showed a glimpse of its athletics future, when it won the South South All Comers Athletics championships concluded last weekend at the U.J Esuene Stadium in Calabar.