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Showing posts with label POLITICS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label POLITICS. Show all posts

8 Jul 2016

Buhari’s anti-corruption war is not selective – Orji Uzor Kalu

 
Today, the former Governor of Abia State said those being investigated are individuals that handled the finances of the country in the last administration, and the present government is right to demand how the money was expended. He said people are biased in their reasoning if they think the anti-corruption war is

30 Jun 2016

Dasukigate: Metuh gives up legal fight, offers to refund N400m, supports Buhari’s anti-corruption war

 

The former National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Olisa Metuh, today, said he was prepared to pay back his share of N400m out of the $2.1billion cash meant for arms, which was allegedly diverted to political purposes.

Metuh, who has been on trial in the past few months, said he has had enough of legal travails. He said he had been in talks with the Ministry of Justice, the EFCC and other necessary bodies on how to refund the money and resolve the issue

7 Apr 2016

Dasukigate: EFCC arrests GEJ’s cousin over $40m contract scam

 
GEJ’s cousin, Azibaola Robert, the MD of Katakar Civil Engineering Company, and an Executive Director of the company, Dakoru Atukpa, have been arrested over a $40m pipeline contract awarded by the Office of the National Security Adviser under the leadership of Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.)

4 Apr 2016

PDP responsible for fuel scarcity, says Tinubu

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has asked Nigerians to hold the Peoples Democratic Party responsible for the ongoing fuel scarcity across the country.

According to Punch, speaking to journalists in Lagos on Saturday, Tinubu said the PDP destroyed Nigeria during its 16-year rule.He said

2 Apr 2016

Two suspected ritualists caught

 
According to multiple online sources, they’re caught this morning at Iyana Ilogbo, near the Ogun/Lagos border, carrying a dead and burnt human body inside a sack.

28 Mar 2016

Fayose gives the Ekiti lawmaker detained by the DSS, a car reward

 
Afolabi Akanni, was arrested detained for 18 days by the Department of State Services for allegedly breaching state security. At a point, he claimed he was terribly sick. Rumor even had it that he had died in custody. He was released when his health condition didn’t improve but regained his full health some hours

The Full List of the budgets of Nigeria states for the year 2016 are stated below

                                               
1. Abia State – 96.7 billion

2. Adamawa State – 100.89 billion

3. Akwa Ibom State – 426 billion

4. Anambra State – 101.4 billion

5. Bauchi State – 102 billion

6. Bayelsa State – 150.6billion

18 Mar 2016

Video: Cries before the DSS paraded the detained allegedly dead Ekiti lawmaker

 
The Department of State Services (DSS), arrested Afolabi Akanni for some serious breaches bordering on state security.

13 Mar 2016

Lagos bans sponsorship of pilgrimages to Mecca, Jerusalem

                 
The Lagos State’s commissioner for Home Affairs, Hon. Abdulateef Abdulhakeem, says the state has finally banned state sponsorship of people who embark on pilgrimages to Mecca or Jerusalem, saying it is the most

8 Mar 2016

Family suspects foul play in Ocholi, wife, son’s death

The Federal Government has promised to investigate how the driver of the Sport Utility Vehicle, in which the Minister of State for Labour, Mr. James Ocholi (SAN); his wife, Blessing; and son, Joshua, died along the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway on Sunday, was employed.

Swiss govt to hold talks with Nigeria on repatriation of fresh $321million Abacha loot

 

Today, a delegation led by the Swiss Minister for Foreign Affairs, Didier Burkhalter, will storm Nigeria to discuss with their Nigerian counterparts the repatriation of another tranche of money looted by late Head of

6 Mar 2016

Why Dasuki will end up in prison – Buhari

​President Muhammadu Buhari has again expressed his displeasure at how former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd) handled funds meant for purchase of arms under the Goodluck Jonathan administration.
Buhari in an interview with Al Jazeera television aired on Sunday and monitored by DAILY POST, was reacting to a question by the interviewer on controversial use of security votes by office holders.
Responding, Buhari said....

2 Mar 2016

Your Excellency, what is the cost of your latest swag? Lawyer writes Gov. Wike

 
Dear Sir,
I write you this letter as a concerned indigene of our beloved Rivers State. I did not set out to write because like other electronic vuvuzelas, I desire to scout for cheap popularity. Trust me, my intentions are quite noble. I may be unable to unlace your sandals, but I am sure that I can draw your attention to those matters which

28 Feb 2016

Photos from Robert Mugabe's lavish $1m 92nd birthday celebration

 The world's oldest leader,Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has celebrated his 92nd birthday with a lavish $1million party complete with a 92kg cake .
He hosted the extravagant televised celebrations on Saturday, drawing criticism from opponents who said the

“I’d rather invest in Agriculture than give N5k to unemployed Nigerians” – Buhari

                         
He allegedly made the statement while speaking during a meeting in Saudi Arabia. Mr. Buhari who indicated that he had a different opinion on the N5000 stipend his party promised to give to unemployed Nigerians,

Nigerian Army inducts combat motorbike battalion into battle against Boko Haram

 
Yesterday, to meet up with the renewed strategy of clearing the remnants of Boko Haram terrorists, the Nigerian Army inducted a combat motorbike battalion at the Headquarters of 25 Task Force Brigade, Damboa, Borno State. The Nigerian Army also launched the second set of 100 wanted suspected Boko

27 Feb 2016

Don’t kill Rev King-Igbo group begs FG

Ndigbo Cultural Society of Nigeria (NCSN) has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria not to  carry out the death sentence passed on Rev. Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, the General Overseer of Christian Praying Assembly, by the Supreme Court on Friday.

Want To Build The Next Mark ZuckerBerg In Africa? Learn from Silicon Valley’s Finest at #TechInSV

 
In 2013, the potential positioning of Nigeria as a hub for innovation and software development was boosted by the visit of the former Ministry of Communication Technology, Mrs Omobola Johnson to Silicon Valley