Monthly Archives: October 2012
Suntai: Northern govs call for prayers
Governors of northern states under the aegis of the Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) have called on Nigerians to pray for the quick recovery of Governor Danbaba Danfulani Suntai of Taraba State who is currently receiving treatment in a German ... Read More »
The Lagos – Okada riders face-off
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State made a tactical mistake last week. He began earnest implementation of the state’s controversial Road Traffic Law barring commercial motorcycle operators (okada) from Lagos highways only few days after Read More »
Ex-militants donate N52.7m relief materials to flood victims in N’Delta
The 26,358 ex-militants rehabilitated by the former president, Alhaji Musa Yar’Adua, under the Federal Amnesty Programme, have proved cynics, who thought nothing good could come out of Nazareth, wrong. Read More »
Probe of oil revenue: Ribadu panel splits over leaked report
There was a new twist to the leaked report of the Mallam Nuhu Ribadu-led Presidential Task Force on Petroleum Revenue yesterday with some members accusing the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the leakage Read More »
Being a goalkeeper is challenging
The death of a spouse or significant other is an earth-shattering event that brings incomprehensible grief. Your partner was, after all, the person with whom you shared your dreams and built your life on, the person you loved more than ... Read More »
Panic grips oil sector over Ribadu’s report
Panic has gripped staff of the Petroleum ministry over the revelations contained in the just released report of the Petroleum Revenue Task Force Committee(PRTFC) headed by Mallam Nuhu Ribadu. Read More »
Our goal is a peoples constitution –Ekweremadu
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, is the chairman of the senate committee on Constitution amendment. In this interview he speaks on the review of the committee’s activities Read More »
Journalists as kickboxing sackcloth
It is becoming fashionable for the police and street corner gangs to attack journalists on official assignment in the public arena. In the past few months in particular, the police and some criminal groups have used journalists as a punching ... Read More »
Pilgrims return journey begins today
The Governor of Makkah, Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, who also is the chairman of the Central Hajj Committee, has urged the international media to always highlight the positive aspects of Islam, rather than focusing on certain bad tendencies, Read More »
Nigerian banking industry is over regulated – ex DG, SEC
Against the backdrop of intense regulation of the nation’s banking sector, former Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mr Wole Adetunji, Tuesday advocated an urgent review of Nigeria’s financial system to enable it Read More »
