FG not withholding Sure-P funds, says Okonjo-Iweala
The Federal Government has dismissed reports that it was withholding Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme, SURE-P, funds, as alleged by the Chairman of the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on SURE-P, Sen. Abdul Ningi.
Confab: Why we initially opposed final report — Professor Yadudu
Auwalu Yadudu is a constitutional lawyer, professor of law and teacher at Bayero University, Kano. He was a delegate representing North-west at the just concluded National Conference in Abuja. He served at the Deputy Chairman of the Conference Standing Committee on Law, Judiciary, Human Rights and Law Reforms. In this interview, he explains why the north was initially opposed to the adoption of the final report of the conference
Army moves against insurgents’ use of uniform
Nigerian Army has commissioned an ultra-modern Nigerian Army Ordnance Tailoring Factory in Lagos. Major-General A. A. Martins, whose Nigerian Army Ordnance Corps (NAOC) transformational effort brought about the new tailoring factory, said the idea was strictly in compliance with the Chief of the Army Staff, COAS, Lieutenant General Kenneth Minimah’s transformational programmes. The COAS’ mission, he had made clear upon assumption of office, is to reposition the army in line with the transformation agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan, who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic.
They hid the facts after killing my only son, cries 65-yr-old widow
The murder of 41-year-old Peter Alechenu Anyebe in Makurdi, Benue State capital, is generating furore.
This is understandable. Alechenu was the only child of his aged mother and, until his death, was known for his gentility and humility.
Sambo, Yero and 2015: Uneasy calm in Kaduna PDP
Pressure is mounting on officials and potential delegates of Kaduna State branch of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ahead of its October primary elections to elect candidates for the 2015 polls, Sunday Vanguard findings revealed at the weekend.
Confab: The North’s opposition to ‘ new constitution’
In the beginning was crisis. It then reached the climax in the course of time, threatening the unity, peace and progress of Nigeria. The North and the South became virulently divided, holding each other at an arm’s length. Eventually, a truce was brokered. But at the National Conference twilight, tenure elongation fear played out and again posed grave threat to an envisaged success. But, on Thursday, the devil was collectively thrown to the evil forest. This is an account of the valedictory session of the 2014 National Conference, convened on March 17, 2014, in which the 492 delegates adopted the final report of the exercise
