‘Reverse sale of Legislators’ Quarters to Mark, Bankole’
The Progressive Leadership Organisation International, PLOI, yesterday, urged the Presidency to reverse the sale of official residential quarters of principal officers of the National Assembly to the Senate President, David Mark; former Speaker, Dimeji Bankole; the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and former Deputy Speaker, Usman Bayero Nafada; describing the purchase as the height of immorality.
4 die as Tricycle operators, youths clash
A bloody clash between tricycle operators in Ifelodun Local Council Development Area, and some youths in Apapa/Iganmu Local Council Development Area of Lagos State yesterday claimed the lives of four persons with several others injured and property damaged.
Ban Ki-Moon and a second term
THE UN Secretary General has formally initiated his bid for a second term having made his intention known by due process to both the Security Council and the General Assembly.
SPDC declares force majeure on Nigeria’s Bonny oil
Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has declared force majeure on Bonny Light loadings for June and July 2011. The declaration is as a result of production cutbacks caused by leaks and fires which occurred last week on the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP).
Anti-graft war: Auta stresses need for EFCC, judiciary’s collaboration
The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, yesterday stressed the need for collaboration between the judiciary and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the fight against corruption in the country.
Okogie asks FG to cut political office holders’ remuneration
THE Archbishop of Metropolitan See of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, has called on the federal government to drastically cut down the remuneration of political office holders to reflect the current realities.
Biogbolo killings: Fear grips ex-militant leaders in Bayelsa
The killing last Saturday, of a former militant leaders in Bayelsa State, ‘Commander’ Ebi Albert and his driver in broad day light by unknown gunmen may have triggered fresh panic among the former creek warlords in the state with many opting for police ordelies and use of bullet proof vests.
MKO fought for what we ‘re enjoying today – Amosun
GOVERNOR Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State yesterday said that his administration was looking into the possibility of putting the lives and roles of prominent indigenes in the state into the school curriculum for children and younger generations in the state to appreciate the contributions of such people to development of the state.
Madagascar’ll be as tough as Ethiopia – Okpala warns
Former Nigeria international, Silvanus Okpala has warned that Super Eagles next opponent in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifying series, Madagascar could prove to be as tough as Ethiopia when the two teams clash in Antananarivo in September.
NLC blames nation’s economic woes on corruption
The Benue State Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Simon Anchaver, has blamed the country’s worsening economic problems to corruption in high places, which he said was not being fought with vigour.
We’ll not call for congress, NFF insists
The board of the Nigeria Football Federation has unequivocally stated that they would not be calling for a congress as directed by the National Sports Commission.
