Still on Dangote’s PhD drivers
A torrent of comments and discussions has trailed the recent announcement by the President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, that PhD holders were among applicants for the position of truck…
Orubebe`s house gift from SETRACO under probe
The Federal House of Representatives on Thursday mandated its Committee on Niger Delta Ministry Affairs and Committee on Anti-corruption Agencies to investigate the allegations of corruptly receiving a house gift…
Reps to Sanusi: Practice what you preach
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Lamido Sanusi Lamido is an economist with bias for political turbulence, the Federal House of Representatives said on Thursday. The lower…
$12.4B Gulf Oil Windfall: Court dismisses suit against FG, Others
Former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd) on Thursday escaped being put on trial on the alleged mismanagement of the $12.4bn oil windfall that accrued to the nation between…
Right-of-Reply: Voter Registration Drive
Sir: The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has read the Editorial piece in your newspaper issue for Monday, November 26, 2012 titled ‘ Voter Registration Drive ’. Much as the…
Reps Worried By Raging Insecurity, Says It Cannot Continue
The recent daredevil armed robbery in Edo State and the attack on the headquarters of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) got members of the Federal House of Representatives fretting on…
Sack CBN Governor – NLC
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has demanded the sack of Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi on the basis of his “contemptible” recommendation to the…
Reps Threatens Zero Budget Allocation for EFCC & NDLEA
For the failure of their heads to make appearances to defend the performance of the 2012 budget in their agencies, the Federal House of Representatives has threatened zero budget allocation…
113 Ex-Militants Employed In Nigeria, Abroad — Amnesty office
A total of 113 former militants have been employed in the country’s maritime, welding and fabrication sectors in continuance of the federal government’s amnesty programme that has successfully quelled fightings…
Youth corp member get 8-months jail term
Justice Adebisi Akinlade of the Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, onNovember 27, 2012, sentenced Ibok Benneth Preston, a national youth corps member to eight months imprisonment for attempting to…