Army foils female bombers’ attack on Borno IDPs camp
Nigerian Army yesterday foiled an attempt by three female suicide bombers to attack Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in Monguno, Borno State.
Buhari appoints Baru NNPC GMD
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr. Maikanti Baru as new Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC.
Reps summon Julius Berger over eviction of workers
THE House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has summoned the management of Julius Berger over alleged eviction notice it served about 720 workers and their families from various residential camps across the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Court declares Makarfi National Chairman of PDP
PORT HARCOURT— JUSTICE Mohammed Liman of a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt yesterday upheld the dissolution of Senator Ali Modu Sherif led executive of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
N8.5bn scam: Court refuses CBN staff, others bail
THE countenances of some staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria and other commercial banks standing trial over alleged stealing of N8.5 billion fell yesterday when a Federal High Court in Ibadan refused to grant their bail applications.
Igbafe drags Obaseki, others to court
Mrs. Evelyn Igbafe, who was sacked as the executive director of the Poverty Alleviation and Women Mobilisation Agency after she publicly ridiculed Godwin Obaseki, the APC candidate as unsellable has dragged the candidate and the government to court.
Bank of Agriculture in deficit of N40bn —Ogbeh
THE Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has said the Bank of Agriculture has been in deficit of N40 billion.
FG, states partner investors to fast track devt in N-Delta
The Federal Government has said that it has reached an agreement with the state governments in the Niger Delta region and some investors to fast tract the development of the region.
Forgery Trial: Enugu group slams APC over Ekweremadu’s letter
The Enugu Peoples Forum,EPF, yesterday, faulted the Enugu State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress,APC, on the letter to international community by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu representing Enugu-West senatorial district.
The Bishop, tax and social responsibility
MY attention was drawn recently to page 18 of Vanguard of Monday October 12, 2015 where one Archbishop God-Do-Well Avwomakpa, the South-South President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, published an article railing against the payment of tax. It would appear that Avwomakpa is quite determined not to pay his taxes and similarly prepared to discourage others from doing so. I find this rather surprising for I would have expected someone in Avwomakpa’s position to have long realised that for government to function, it simply has to levy and collect taxes. When I served in government,
14 suspended over Kuje prison break
The Nigeria Prisons Service has announced the suspension of 14 officers, following the escape of two high profile inmates, Solomon Amodu and Maxwell Ajukwu, from lawful custody in Kuje Medium Security Prison on June 24. Both are standing trial for culpable homicide.
