Mainagate, Buhari’s tipping point – Ochereome Nnanna
DID you notice? Before President Muhammadu Buhari finally reluctantly sacked the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation , SGF), David Babachir Lawal (“heh-heh, who is the Presidency”) and Director General of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency, NIA, Ayo Oke, the Abdulrasheed Maina scandal had the Presidency in knots.
Affirmative action: Politics or development
THE appointment of 40-year-old Aishah Ahmad recently as a Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, was greeted with excitement amongst young Nigerians and women who were glad another woman is being given a place in the apex bank’s top echelon at her relatively young age.
Okorocha denies plot to sack Eze Imo
Owerri—Confusion, yesterday, gripped Imo monarchs over alleged plot to sack the state chairman of traditional rulers, Eze Samuel Ohiri, by Governor Rochas Okorocha.
Judge threatens to revoke Tsav’s bail over application for adjournment
MAKURDI—A Makurdi Magistrate’s Court judge, Justice Isaac Ajim, has threatened to revoke the bail granted Alhaji Abubakar Tsav, following his application for another adjournment in the criminal proceedings filed against him by Benue State government.
Why there’re no longer jailbreaks, by Prisons CG
ABUJA—THE Comptroller General of the Nigeria Prisons Service, NPS, Jafa’aru Ahmed has attributed the reduction in cases of jailbreak to new measures by management of the service, including sanction of erring officials.
Kwara LG polls: NDLEA clamps down on drug manufacturers, traffickers
ILORIN—To ensure a violence-free poll in the 18 local government elections in Kwara State on November 18, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, yesterday, vowed to clamp down and prosecute those dealing in production, sales and abuse of hard drugs in the state.
