Members of the Edo State House of Assembly, on Wednesday, asked the Commissioner for Health, Mrs Aihamuwa Eregie, to leave the assembly chambers for ‘improper dressing.’ Eregie was asked to leave the hallowed chamber during the presentation of the 2015 budget performance of the Ministry of Health. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that no Nigerian bank is ‘experiencing stress,’ and as such has not compelled any to recapitalise before June 2016. This followed an online publication purporting that some deposit money banks in Nigeria are ‘experiencing stress.’ Describing as fictitious, CBN said the story as published “is not only…
SOCIO-ECONOMIC Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has “received several documents from the World Bank totalling over 700 pages on information on the spending of recovered assets stolen by the late General Abacha, with some of the documents suggesting that Abacha loot was spent on roads, electricity, education, health and water.” This information was disclosed by…
By Babajide Alabi Dear Mr President, May I seize this opportunity to congratulate you on your success at the last General Elections in which you won convincingly. Pardon me this is coming late. This is the first in the series of letter I shall be writing to you, first as a Nigerian with the love…
A major division surfaced on Friday in the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the presidency is reported to have endorsed the candidature of Alhaji Yahaya Bello who came second in the primary that produced the late Alhaji Abubakar Audu as the party’s governorship candidate. Audu’s running mate, James Abiodun Faleke, who is…
The Federal Government has countered a claim by the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, that the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan spent N64bn on Independence Day celebrations between 2011 and 2015. El-Rufai, in a Facebook post on October 1, had hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly budgeting N70m for this year’s Independence Day…
Your Excellency, it’s been months since I wrote my desperate memo to you. I wish to thank you once more for reacting promptly and swiftly at that time and for giving me the honour and privilege of meeting you in your office. I remember presenting you a special compilation of my articles, especially the many…
…Hands Over N4.8bn Security Equipment To State Command, RRS …Urges FG To Increase Support To Lagos …Buhari, IG Arase Asks States to Emulate Lagos Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday handed over series of security equipment and vehicles to the State Police Command and the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), just as he charged…
You look sleepy” “My brother, let’s just say I slept at a fuel station, looking for fuel.” “For which of the women in your life, because I hear these days, to please a woman in Nigeria, you must be ready to supply the three major things lacking in the land: money, fuel, and happiness.” “Leave…
Adeniyi Ademola, justice of the federal high court, Abuja, has struck out a case filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against Timipre Sylva, former governor of Bayelsa state. The EFCC had filed 50-count charge bordering on stealing to the tune of N19.2 billion, against Sylva. But on Thursday, Ademola struck out the…
