2015: Group calls for Northern presidency
MAKURDI—A group under the aegis of Concerned Arewa Patriots, CAP, Monday, wants the north to produce the president of the country in 2015, saying it would not only solve the current problem of insecurity in the country but would compensate for the truncated tenure of late President Umaru Yar’Adua.
Man, 57 defiles 8 year-old girl
A 57-year-old man, Raphael Omada, has been arrested by the Police in Benin for allegedly defiling an 8-year-old girl.
TUC wants Jonathan to dialogue with Boko – Haram
AGAINST backdrop of the recent bombings at a motor park in Kano in which over 60 people lost their lives and weekend’s killing of 28 people in different locations in the Northern part of the country, President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Comrade Peter Esele has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to employ the carrot and stick approach as well as build an international network to solve the state of insecurity in the country.
Zambia ex-leader Banda arrested for abuse of power
– Zambia’s ex-leader Rupiah Banda was arrested Monday and charged with abuse of authority over an oil deal struck with a Nigerian firm while he was in power, an investigator said.
Curtail corruption, enhance discipline, Jonathan charges new HoS
President Goodluck Jonathan has tasked the new Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Bukar Goni Aji to enhance discipline and curtail corruption in the service.
Goni sworn in as Head of Service
President Goodluck Jonathan has sworn in Alhaji Bukar Goni Aji as the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.
