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.
Force hqtrs bombing: Suicide bomber was a foreigner — Interim report
Police Interim Report submitted to the Inspector General of Police, Hafiz Ringim by the investigating Police team looking into the bomb blast of last Thursday, showed that the suicide bomber was not a Nigerian but possibly a Sudanese or a Somali national and that the bombs that exploded, twin bombs tied together, were foreign made explosives.
Suicide bomber blasts Police Hqtrs
THE horror and devastation suicide bombers cause in distant lands usually seen on television were brought to Nigeria forcefully, yesterday morning, when a suicide bomber struck at the headquarters of the Nigeria police in Abuja.
FEDERAL CABINET: Diezani, Olubolade, 11 others screened
MANY members of the immediate past cabinet are ontheir way back to the new federal cabinet being constituted as the security screening for the ministerial nominees formally commenced yesterday.
N40Bn loan: We warned Bankole, Nafada – NASS officials
THE ongoing probe and trial of former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, and his Deputy, Alhaji Usman Bayero Nafada, for alleged fraud during their tenure took a dramatic turn, yesterday, following alleged decision of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to use top officers of the National Assembly, NASS, as prosecution witnesses.
I won’t get fair trial, Bankole tells court
EMBATTLED former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, yesterday, challenged the entire 16-count criminal charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, insisting that they were baseless and dubious.
