Why grains importation won’t happen soon – Stakeholders
There may be delay in implementation of the zero-tariff grains importation policy of the federal government as Financial Vanguard reliably learnt at the weekend that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is yet to receive a comprehensive list of the firms to select for participation in the intervention programme.
PRESIDENCY: Northern Elders lambast ACN, CPC, others
THE Northern Political Leaders Forum has blasted the major opposition political parties saying they are not better alternatives to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP judging by the primaries they conducted.
Salami drops suit againt CJN
PRESIDENT of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Isa Salami, yesterday, instructed his lawyers to terminate the legal proceeding he initiated against the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloysius Katsina Alu, following plans to elevate him to the Supreme Court bench.
APRIL POLLS: Akala in, Chime out
GOVERNOR Adebayo Alao_Akala, yesterday, won judicial relief to contest the forthcoming gubernatorial election even as his Enugu State counterpart, Mr. Sullivan Chime, suffered a major set back when the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, removed his name and those of his loyalists from the ballot.
Don’t defect, we’re behind you, S-South Govs plead with Daniel
Governors of the South South geo-political zone last Saturday sent a note of caution to Governor Gbenga Daniel of Ogun State just as they also expressed solidarity with him on his present face-off with former President Olusegun Obasanjo regarding the list of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidates for the April general elections.
Today is D-Day for Bankole, Ekweremadu, others
SPEAKER of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, and other embattled federal legislators enmeshed in court litigations have to sort out their eligibility for this year’s election today according to regulations of INEC.
Son in-law drags Igbinedion to court
THE Esama of Benin Kingdom, Gabriel Osawaru Igbinedion has been dragged before a Benin High Court by his son in-law, Prince Avan Akenzua 11 over an alleged illegal breaking and entry into his house and removed property worth millions of Naira.
Obasanjo rejects ‘compromise list’
The battle for the soul of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Governor Gbenga Daniel took a dramatic turn when Obasanjo, reportedly, rejected the ‘compromise list’ of candidates for the party in the state for the April polls.
Deposed Ondo monarch’s house ‘bombed’; wife, 3 children roasted
ONE of the wives and three daughters of the deposed Olugbo of Ugbo Kingdom, an oil-rich Ilaje community in Ondo State, Prince Adebanjo Mafimisebi, were roasted in an early morning inferno in Akure, the state capital, Saturday.
PDP brought bombing, kidnapping to Nigeria- Fashola
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state yesterday blamed the PDP-led federal government for the poor state of the country’s security and electricity, saying; “Before they assumed office in 1999, there was no bombing in Nigeria and there was no kidnapping.”
Obama hails Egyptian protesters
The President Barack Obama of the United state of America has hailed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s abrupt decision earlier today to step down, ending his 30-year-reign, as Egyptian armed forces took control of the country’s leadership.
