TRIBUNAL: Abe faults PDP on conduct of security agencies
PORT HARCOURT—SENATOR Magnus Abe has absolved the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State over alleged use of security agencies to their advantage at the election petitions tribunal sitting in Abuja.
Tribunal admits more exhibits against Amosun
Meantime, there is palpable tension in Ogun State as the Tribunal on governorship elections sitting in Abeokuta, on Saturday granted an application by the Peoples Democratic Party and its governorship candidate, Gboyega Isiaka seeking to tender more exhibits against the victory of Governor Ibikunle Amosun of the All Progressives Congress.
This is an emergency, rescue the police!
THE Presidency in announcing that 10,000 more policemen and women are to be recruited, accompanied it with a warning that there must be no extortion of potential recruits. This is not only an indictment, but also a vote of no confidence in the police. The public Presidential warning, tears away at the self-esteem of the police.
In support of Senate probe of Obasanjo – 2
An army is a nation within a nation…” Alfred De Vigny, 1797-1863. (VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 14). President Buhari will not probe Obasanjo’s government, not because it will constitute a distraction, as eager propagandists will like us to believe but because of the military tradition of esprit de corps. Once an officer was your superior officer in service, you don’t disgrace him in public. The rare exceptions occur when there is a coup arising out of disagreements among the officers.
PenCom issues draft guidelines on mortgage financing
National Pension Commission (PenCom) has issued draft guidelines on withdrawals from Retirement Saving Accounts (RSA) for equity payment of residential mortgage. This is contained in a document released by the commission on its website last week, the guidelines help to determine the eligibility requirements, procedures and documentation required to enable RSA contributors to access and utilise part of their RSA balances.
Uncertainty in FG’s policy cripples capital market growth – NSE boss
“When you compare them to the fact that the U.S is beginning to consider whether they should start increasing interest rate, and you also have the situation in Europe and Greece, which is really a European story. So if you have all of that, and you are looking from a global perspective where we are looking to have global growth of 3.5 percent, and we have the largest second economy in the world slowing down, which is a major source of that growth that we have seen across the globe. Sure it is going to affect economies that are highly connected to such economy.”
