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…
Keyamo drags Delta State Governor to Court
A legal activist, Festus Keyamo has dragged the Delta State Governor before the State High Court in Asaba praying for a declarative order that the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission…
Tukur’s Statement on Insecurity is Admission of PDP’s Cluelessness—ACN
The statement of Bamanga Tukur, the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that PDP is not a security agency and is therefore not to blame for the crisis of…
Stakeholder Reject Amendment to TETfund Act
On Tuesday 13 November, 2012 stakeholders in the education sector debated the proposed amendment of the TETfund Act at the National Assembly. The Bill among other things sought to return…
N800m Fraud: EFCC Accuses Court of Indulging Kogi Officials
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on November 28, 2012, accused the presiding judge of the Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State, Justice I. E. Ekwo of…
N610m Scam: Court Denies Oluwaseun Ogunbambo Bail
A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja and presided over by Justice Adebisi Akinlade on November 27, 2012, turned down the bail application of Oluwaseun Ogumbambo who is being…
Nwosu, Others, Acquired N18bn Shares With Fake Customer Names
Former Managing Director of FinBank Plc (now First City Monument Bank), Okey Nwosu and three other directors — Dayo Famoroti, Danjuma Ocholi and Agnes Ebubedike — being prosecuted by the…