Tinubu writes Senate, seeks approval to establish National Research Development Fund
By Henry Umoru ABUJA- PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has written the Senate, seeking for the approval to establish the National Research and Development Fund. The letter by the President was read yesterday by the President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, upon the resumption of plenary following a nine-week recess. According to the President, the National […]
Maryam Babangida passes on at 61
Former First Lady and founder of Better Life for Rural Women programme, Mrs. Maryam Babangida is dead.
Failed attack sparks airline security crackdown
THE United States, US, has asked airlines worldwide to tighten security after a Nigerian tried to blow up a US airliner he boarded in Amsterdam, Dutch authorities said yesterday. Officials said they were probing how the man smuggled explosives through security at Amsterdam-Schipol airport. “We are investigating from where he came, through which security barriers […]
Halliburton: Ex-minister quizzed over $6m bribe
•How he collected the money — Bodunde •I don’t know what he is talking about — Batagarawa •Officials threaten panel’s job By Kingsley Omonobi , Abuja-A FORMER minister of state for defence, Mallam Lawal Batagarawa, has been quizzed by the Federal Government’s investigation panel probing the $190 million Halliburton scam following an allegation by a […]
White House shocked over Christmas Terror Attack
The suspected terror attack shook the skeletal staff of the White house as the surprise attack happened in the absence of the President.Report reaching us raveled that Obama and most of the President’s staff are away on vacation in Honolulu, Hawia.
Terrorist suspect is my Son, Mutallab …. as FG orders probe
A renowned Nigerian ex-banker, Umaru Mutallab, on Saturday admitted that the man arrested, Mallam Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, over a botched attempt to blow up a US airliner on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit is his son.
