Drama as Ogunbambo Trial is Halted in Court
The trial of embattled billionaire businessman, Seun Ogunbambo, over an alleged N430 million fraud against Stanbic IBTC bank that was scheduled to open at an Ikeja High Court, Lagos suffered…
Nigeria Police Redeploys 7 AIGs
The Police has re-deployed seven Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) to various Police Commands across the country. The re-deployment, according to a statement released, Thursday by Frank Mba, Deputy Force…
Early Warning Signals To The Nigerian Opposition.
The present altercation over the registration of the All Progressives Congress should alert the opposition in Nigeria of the type and nature of what to expect as the ruling PDP…
UniAbuja Students Protest Planned Transfer to Other Institutions
Aggrieved students of the University of Abuja on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest at the National Assembly to express their displeasure with the plan to transfer them to Federal University…
Reps Delay Consideration of N259bn FCT Budget
The Federal House of Representatives on Wednesday stepped down the consideration of the N259bn Federal Capital Territory budget proposal, following the non-submission of the revenue framework for the 2013 fiscal…
NASS to Sanction 198 Staff Indicted for Unretired Fund
At least 198 staff of the National Assembly, including a staff of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), have been indicted for failing to retire multi-million naira collected for various…
Tambuwal Warns PIB Committee against Inducements
Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal on Wednesday warned members of the newly inaugurated Adhoc Committee on Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) chaired by Isiaka Bawa to ensure…
Pardon for Alamieyeseigha, Bulama is Arbitrary Exercise of Executive Power
As wide condemnations continue to trail the state pardon granted to some convicted Nigerians by President Goodluck Jonathan a rights group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has called…
Registration of APC: ACN accuses PDP of crass ignorance
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of either suffering from crass ignorance or engaging in palpable mischief (or both) by saying the leaders…
Argentina’s Jorge Mario Bergoglio elected Pope
The Catholic Church has elected a new Pope. He is Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the 76-year-old Archbishop of Buenos Aires. He is the first pope of the Americas, and…