Daily Archives: October 3, 2012
Where’s Cecilia Ibru’s loot?
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria yesterday morning ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), to declare the total cash and properties recovered from the former Chief Executive Officer of Oceanic Bank, Mrs.Cecilia Ibru, within 72 hours. ... Read More »
Boko Haram kills 43 students in 4 higher institutions
It was a bloody 52nd Independence Day gift for four higher institutions when gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram massacred 43 students on Monday. Many people were injured, fueling fears that the death toll may rise. The schools attacked were ... Read More »
How we killed US returnee -Kidnap suspects
Lagos State Police Command has arrested six suspected kidnappers who allegedly killed an United States returnee in Lagos. The victim, Oddi Nweze was said to have gone to buy some items along Old Ojo Road, Satellite Town when the hoodlums ... Read More »
Salami: NJC makes U-turn
The National Judicial Council (NJC) yesterday reversed itself over the suspension of former president, Court of Appeal (PCA), Justice Isa Ayo Salami. The NJC told a Federal High Court that President Goodluck Jonathan had no power or role under the ... Read More »
Transparency International rating: Confusion in Aso Rock
Clear indication of imminent emerged yesterday after a media report quoted Transparency International of denying President Goodluck Jonathan’s independence day claim that it rated Nigeria second, next to the United States in the fight against corruption. Read More »
Flood sacks 1,000 in Rivers
No fewer than 1,000 persons had been displaced by flood in Rivers State. This is even, as members of the Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, led by its Chairman and former governor of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki were ... Read More »
Pipeline vandalization: The unstoppable racket
“I was very young in the late 70s, when grandma used to fetch fresh fish from the water, cook delicious meals and we used to relish it.” Prince Agonaemi Evah told the reporter in Operemor, an oil producing community in ... Read More »
Apologise to Nigerians, ACN tells President Jonathan
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to apologize unreservedly to Nigerians for misleading them on the alleged positive rating given to the country by the global anti-corruption body Transparency International Read More »
Kano, Katsina resume airlift of hajj pilgrims
Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, has resumed airlift of pilgrims to this year’s hajj after the suspension of the exercise, following the deportation of Nigerian female pilgrims by Saudi authorities. Operators of the designated hajj airlines were in a better ... Read More »
Nigeria debt profile to hit $25bn by 2015 – DMO
The Federal Government yesterday disclosed plans to borrow $25 billion by 2015. Director General of Debt Management Office (DMO) Dr Abraham Nwankwo made the disclosure when he appeared before the House of Representatives joint commitees on Finance Read More »
