US refuses visas for Iran UN delegation members
The United States has refused to issue visas for members of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian's delegation, including his communications team, for this week's trip to the UN General Assembly, Iranian state media reported Monday.
Nigeria is 35th most corrupt in the world -Transparency Int’l report
The much talked about fight against corruption by the federal government may not have started yielding the desired result as Nigeria is ranked the 35th most corrupt country in the world, according to a 2012 report by Transparency International on global corruption.
Abacha loot: Switzerland has returned $700m to Nigeria – Swiss envoy
Nearly 15 years after the death of General Sani Abacha, Nigeria’s former military ruler, the Swiss Government has said that it has so far returned to Nigeria the sum of $700 million stolen by the late dictator and deposited in several Swiss banks.
The Swiss Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr. Hans-Rudolf Hodel, announced the figure at a media briefing in Abuja, yesterday.
Outrage greets N2.2b presidential banquet hall
Senator Bala Mohamed’s devotion to the well being of President Goodluck Jonathan had in the past not been doubted. As Minister of theFederalCapitalTerritory, FCT with concurrent duty as landlord to the president, he had rustled not a few feathers when he named a new layout in the federal capital after President Jonathan.
I acted in accordance with the Constitution, Jonathan tells court
President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, justified the actions he took regarding the removal of the embattled President of the Court of Appeal, PCA, Justice Isa Ayo Salami, from office, insisting that he acted in accordance with the 1999 constitution as amended.
Gambari, Aliyu, others lament deteriorating security in the North
NORTHERN leaders, yesterday, spoke in unison, condemning the activities of members of Boko Haram sect, just as they lamented that the security situation in the north was fast deteriorating.
