Aregbesola, who stated this in his acceptance speech, said Osun State was unduly militarised in an unprecedented manner through criminal intimidation and psychological assault on the people of the state before and during the election
Author: Emmanuel Leke
According to the statement, Switzerland stated clearly and repeatedly that it refuses to pay ransoms to terrorists and urged all states to follow its example
According to the statement issued by the Benue State chapter of the APC, workers in the state deserve to be paid their salaries as long as the state continues to receive her own share of the federation allocation
The poster bears the logo of the All Progressives Congress, although both Tambuwal and Ihedioha belong to the Peoples Democratic Party
El-Rufai broke the news on his Facebook page at about 8am
Recent investigations by The Eagle Online over the delay of the Senate’s consideration of the report revealed that the report may not be considered at all before the expiration of this seventh National Assembly
Fayemi, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the election, disclosed this during an award ceremony for outstanding senators, organized by Senate Press corps
In a letter read on the floor of the Senate by the Senate President, Senator David Mark, Jonathan said the money will be used to upgrade the equipment of the armed forces
While responding to questions, Chidoka said that most Nigerian airports are run at a loss
He said when eventually the Governor of Enugu State, Sullivan Chime, made provision for 200 hectares of land for the training school, the commission had no other option than to relocate it to Enugu, which was the original plan
Speaking on the position of the Consensus Group, the Chairman of Conference, retired Justice Idris Kutigi, said President Jonathan should set up technical committee to decide on the appropriate percentage for oil producing states and areas destroyed by insurgency in the country
Oando said the debt is part of a $1.2 billion facility it approved for its subsidiary in February to help finance the acquisition of ConocoPhillips Nigerian assets
However, the lawmakers unanimously adopted the recommendations, which directed NNPC to remit $927 million into the Federation Account as recommended in the report
Members of the Consensus Committee derived from the six geopolitical zones to find a middle ground to the contentious issue of derivation formula could not reach an agreement on the resolution to be presented to the plenary
The issue, which had divided the Conference along the Northern and Southern lines, could not be resolved amicably on Monday and Tuesday
Kutigi said the confab secretariat is just getting ready for “any eventuality, but we hope will reach consensus on everything”
The slim-volume submission, loaded with serious issues, focused principally on devolving power from the centre to the federating units and the issue of resources
This was disclosed on Monday while the delegates were speaking on the report of the Conference Committee on Power Devolution
Lawan, who expressed dissatisfaction with the policy of Okorocha, blamed the Federal government for the insecurity problem facing Nigeria
It could be recalled that a national newspaper alleged that Akinyemi lobbied some Northern delegates to adopt the proposal to write a new constitution