Ex-militants make case for Kuku
BY FESTUS AHON SATISFIED with the running of the Federal Government Amnesty Programme, Niger Delta ex-militant leaders under the third phase of the Programme have urged President Goodluck Jonathan to consider his Special Adviser on Niger Delta Affairs and Chairman Presidential Committee on Amnesty, Mr Kingsley Kuku, for higher office. They also passed a vote […]
Desmond Tutu not invited to Mandela’s burial
South African peace icon Desmond Tutu is to miss the burial of his friend Nelson Mandela, the archbishop’s office said Saturday, amid allegations he was not invited for political reasons.
Patience Jonathan moves to end Boko-Haram insurgency
First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan on Friday inaugurated the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme Maternal and Child Health otherwise known as MAMA Project with a declaration that henceforth she should no longer be called Patience but “Mama Peace.”
Court denies suspected rapists bail application
AN Akure Chief Magistrate Court has remanded a 71-year-old man, Alhaji Ganiyu Kolawole and two others in prison custody for alleged rape
‘Obasanjo’s letter capable of causing political strife’
REACTIONS have continued to trail the purported letter written by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to President Jonathan that was leaked to the media, as a coalition of Civil Society Organizations has said that the letter was borne out of malice and was capable of causing political tension in the country.
Non-remittance of $49.8 bn: NNPC says Sanusi playing politics
The allegation of non-remittance of $49.8 billion oil revenue made the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, by the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, took a new dimension on Friday as the Corporation accused the CBN Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, of turning the issue into a political instrument.
