In a statement by presidential spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, the Presidency said that Jonathan had nothing to do with the dispute as insinuated in some quarters, describing it as irresponsible and unfortunate
Author: Segun Adebowale
The FEC agenda, obtained by The Eagle Online, showed that the contract variation proposal would be presented by the Minister of Interior at the weekly meeting on Wednesday
Specifically, they were alleged to have conspired to defraud one Lady Lora Marire of N66.5 million under the pretence of helping to register her as a contractor with the Nigerian Ports Authority and offering her a contract to build 100 units of duplex at Lekki, Lagos
The Plateau State Government has secured a N8 billion loan from Zenith Bank to embark on the projects of reticulation, expansion, rehabilitation, changing of old pipes as well as purchasing of two new electrical generating sets, Waziri said
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday arraigned five suspects before a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on a four count charge bordering on conspiracy to store 185 Metric Tons of automotive gas oil, popularly known as diesel, without appropriate licence
Oni stated that it was the unethical behaviours, which he noticed in Justice Salami’s conduct in the handling of the appeal of the candidate of the ACN against him that informed his petition to the NJC, upon which, along with other unethical conduct, made the body to recommend the suspension of Justice Salami to the President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
The incident brought government closer to the people; it highlighted the value of strategic institutions such as the National Emergency Management Agency, which deployed human and material resources nationwide, and worked with other agencies such as the Red Cross, the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps and the state governments to ameliorate the people’s suffering
Osezua Osolase, 42, preyed on poverty-stricken Nigerian orphans and tricked them into travelling to the UK with a promise of a better life. He treated the victims as commodities to be used in a form of modern-day slavery by attempting to send them to mainland Europe to be sexually assaulted by gangs, his trial heard
According to Ahmed, the state will not only encourage the youths of the state to be groomed at its Youth Farm Centre in Malete, Moro Local Government Area, to go into large scale Moringa farming, but work out a system that will ensure availability of prepared farmland with irrigation system to enhance Moringa and other farming activities in the state
t said the warning is predicated on an alert by the Food and Agricultural Organisation that swarms of adult locusts are currently forming in Chad and are about to form in Mali and Niger to spread in West Africa
The Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, said the Presidency had nothing to hide and that accounted for why it set up the Ribadu committee in the first instance
Aregbesola, while explaining the major rationale behind the establishment of the O-BEEF project in the state, said growing unemployment and the fast dwindling national resources represented potent threats to peace
In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the senseless suicide bombing that led to the death of eight persons and left 145 others injured, showed that those perpetrating acts of terror in the country have yet to be curtailed, despite the chest beating by the authorities over their supposed progress in the fight against terror
Oshiomhole gave the warning on Monday at the Central Hospital, Benin City, the state capital, when he paid an unscheduled visit
Available information has it that Pastor Olanrewaju Oladipo of The Apostolic Church was kidnapped on Sunday at about 9:20pm from the Mission House in Oke Igbogi, Ilesa, Osun State.
Kalu made the call during a birthday thanksgiving mass in his Aso Villa Chapel in honour of the Senator representing Imo East Senatorial District, Christiana Ayanwu, on Monday in Abuja
The Change Advocacy Party and its candidate, Dr. Imoro Kubor, had gone to court to contest the suitability of Dickson standing for the election, saying the governor was not the flag bearer of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party
Clark, at a press conference in Abuja, called for the removal of the EFCC boss on the grounds that he lied in the sworn affidavit he deposed to as Director of Operations regarding the Ibori bribe
The ACN said it was glaring that the election was not perfect but the extent of the imperfection will shape its position after a careful analysis
The report of the committee, which has been leaked in the media, accused government officials and oil marketers of fraud running into billions of dollars