Before the bail out funds are diverted
One of the earliest demands placed before President Muhammadu Buhari, even before he was sworn-in, was a request for financial bailout of states which could not pay their workers’ salaries. It was championed by the governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led by Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State.
NNPC failed to remit N2.5trn crude oil sales proceeds — NRGI
ABUJA — An international governance watchdog, the Natural Resource Governance Institute, NRGI, yesterday, accused the NNPC of failing to remit $12.3 billion (about N2.46 trillion) into the Federation Account, being proceeds of sales of one of Nigeria’s crude oil grade over the last 10 years.
Victim demands N500m from bank over bullion van accident
THE victim of a July 13 bullion van accident, Mrs. Onome Akporode, is demanding N500 million from the management of a bank (name withheld) for its culpability in the crash.
Ambode retires 15 perm secs, appoints 19 others
Lagos—Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State yesterday retired 15 Permanent Secretaries in the state civil service. Nineteen others were also appointed.
When will Arole Oodua return?
Among Yoruba people of South West Nigeria, even those in diaspora, kings don’t die, they join their ancestors.
2016: I see a Buhari revolution in Edo — Imasuagbon
Kenneth Imasuagbon who hails from Ewohimi, Edo Central, is a lawyer, educationist, administrator and politician. In this interview, Imasuagbon who recently dumped the the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the All Progressives Congress, APC, bares his mind on a lot of issues ranging from how he stepped down for Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, Edo politics and the 2016 governorship elections in the state among others.
Why we want Orbih back as Edo PDP chairman —UGBOME
BENIN CITY— FORMER Vice chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, Mr Paschal Ugbome, has said that majority of members of the party have resolved to return Chief Dan Orbih as chairman of the party in the forthcoming congresses of the state due to the confidence they have in him to return the party back to the Government House come 2016.
Child trafficker escapes lynching in Delta
Irate villagers at Issele-Uku in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State almost lynched a 26-year-old man from Atuma, Onuwa, who stole two children, aged four and three years, respectively, at the weekend.
Bottlenecks threaten National mobile health insurance programme
The National Mobile Health Insurance Programme, NMHIP, launched last year under the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, is being undermined by series of bureaucratic bottlenecks and disagreements between identity managers over exorbitant administrative charges demanded and Mobile Network Operators.
A-Ibom APC in fresh leadership crisis
The Akwa Ibom state chapter of the All Progressives Congress APC is locked in another leadership crisis following the recent suspension of 41 officers and party elders.
N30 billion loan: Conspiracy, craft in Abia House
The Abia State House of Assembly may be heading for a major crisis as some lawmakers elected on the platform of the opposition All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, have accused the Speaker, Martin Azubuike, of deceiving them over the N30bn loan recently approved for the state government.
