PFIPC probe: Reps to quiz Accountant-General over N1.32bn budget today
The Accountant-General of the Federation, Shamseldeen Ogunjimi, is expected to appear before the House of Representatives ad hoc committee on Monday over the controversial budgetary allocation to the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), an agency the federal government has described as non-existent.
Terror attack: Mutallab spent only 27 mins in Nigeria, says Govt
Fresh facts emerged yesterday on the circumstances in which Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian suspected in the attempted attack on a U.S. airliner came into Nigeria before boarding a Delta airline to Detroit through Amsterdam.
Benue A-G appeals to judicial staff over strike
Makurdi — As Benue State government meets 90 per cent of the demands of the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria,JUSUN, the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice,Mr Chive Kaave, has appealed to them to call off their strike. Kaave who made the appeal yesterday in Makurdi, however, advised them to resume work while negotiations continued. […]
Elechi forecloses resuscitation of NIGERCEM
By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI—Ebonyi State Governor, Martin Elechi has disclosed that Nigeria’s Premier Cement factory, NIGERCEM, situated at Nkalagu in Ishielu Local Government Area of the state was now despoiled and beyond revival. Governor Elechi made the disclosure while presenting the 2010 budget and appropriation bill before the State House of Assembly in Abakaliki, where […]
Adenuga emerges Silverbird’s 2009 Man of the Year
The Chairman of Globacom Communications, Dr. Mike Adenuga, has won the 2009 Silverbird Communications Man of the Year award. He poled over 75% of votes sent in by text messaging. Dr Adenuga was nominated for Globacom’ s successful completion of the intercontinental state of the art submarine fibre optic cable and the optical fibre cable […]
Oyo AC promises to liberate people from bad governance
By Ola Ajayi IBADAN—Action Congress, AC, in Oyo State has assured the people of the state to expect landmark development that would usher in their liberation from bad governance and political oppression in the year 2010. While congratulating the citizens for seeing the new year, AC, through its Director of Publicity and Strategy, Mr. Abdul […]
