The Senate yesterday resolved to investigate the Ministry of Environment and the various states of the federation over perceived under-utilization of the ecological funds. The resolution was
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South-South will not give up Presidency if…
March 7, 2012 Comment Off 50 ViewsTony Princewill is a former gubernatorial candidate of the Action Congress in Rivers State during the 2007 general elections and now a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party. In this interview,
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Scores of LP members defect to ACN in Ondo
March 7, 2012 Comment Off 63 ViewsDozens of members of Ondo State Labor Party (LP) in the Ugbo Riverside community in Ilaje Local Government area have defected to Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). Among the defectors are the
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Legislators should not earn more than civil servants – Second Rep female MP
February 29, 2012 Comment Off 31 ViewsMrs. Justina Eze was elected into the House of Representatives on the platform of the Nigeria Peoples Party (NPP) in the Second Republic. In this interview, the former lawmaker said legislators
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Govs ‘pushed’ Jonathan to remove fuel subsidy – Gov. Aliyu
February 28, 2012 Comment Off 96 ViewsGovernor Mua'zu Babangida Aliyu of Niger state said the 36 state governors were the ones who "pushed" President Goodluck Jonathan to remove fuel subsidy. Governor Aliyu disclosed this Monday
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Kwara PDP reads riot act to appointees
February 28, 2012 Comment Off 73 ViewsThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kwara State Chapter, yesterday warned all appointed liaison officers and youth employment coordinators in all the 16 local government areas to rededicate
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Al-Makura knows fate March 6
February 28, 2012 Comment Off 93 ViewsThe Supreme Court yesterday slated March 6 to deliver judgment in a suit seeking to overrule the decision of the Appeal Court in Markudi, Benue State, which upheld the election of Umaru Tanko
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Will CPC dethrone the ruling PDP in Kebbi?
February 27, 2012 Comment Off 84 ViewsBirnin-Kebbi — The Supreme Court's decision nullifying the election of the Kebbi State's Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the April 2011 gubernatorial election, Alhaji Usman Saidu Nasamu
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EFCC drags Sylva to court over N6.4 bn
February 24, 2012 Comment Off 67 ViewsThe EFCC on Friday dragged former Bayelsa governor, Mr Timipre Sylva to a Federal High Court in Abuja for alleged misappropriation of N6.46 billion public funds. The anti-graft agency in suit
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Revenue allocation skewed against North
February 24, 2012 Comment Off 185 ViewsNorthern governors will engage stakeholders in pressing for a review of the revenue allocation formula to attain some level of equity for the overall development of the country, Niger State
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