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.
2011:PDP Chieftains drag Akala to Appeal Court over Nomination
DETERMINED to get redress for alleged breach of due process in securing the party’s flag for the April election, Alhaji Hazeem Gbalorumi, Elder Wole Oyelese and Alhaji Yekeen Adeojo, and 34 others have dragged Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala to the Appeal Court.
April polls: Igbo threaten PDP, Jonathan
Ahead of the April general elections, Igbo leaders have warned that it is dangerous for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its presidential candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan, to go into the polls without returning the position of the party’s national chairman to the South East geo-political zone.
Customs plans new data capturing method
Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Alhaji Dikko Abdulahi, says the service is to introduce a method of capturing data called WIFI through Customs server directly by agents.
April Polls: SSS, EFCC probe candidates
Security and anti-corruption agencies are now compiling dossiers on the candidates cleared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to contest the April elections.
INEC budget: N45bn not enough – Jega
THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday expressed fears that it may not be able to conduct the forthcoming elections with the N45.3 billion provision made for it in the 2011 budget of theFederal Government.
