I Didn’t Award Any $2Bn Arms Contract – Jonathan
Former Nigeri’s President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has denied awarding any arms procurement contract in the range of $2 billion dollars while in office. Jonathan made this disclosure while reacting to the arms procurement scandal involving the former National Security Adviser,…
Stewardship: Lamorde Drags Senate, Police, DSS to Court
The immediate past Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Larmode, has sued the Senate at the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja for inviting him to appear before it and give account of his stewardship as…
Why FG Won’t Let Dasuki Travel for Treament – AGF, Malami
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) has explained why the government refused to obey two court orders clearing former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki, to travel for medical treatment. According to the…
Revealed: How Online Population Would Hit 5Bn By 2020
The world’s online population will double to five billion by 2020 presenting “huge” business opportunities for tech start-ups on the cutting edge of the unprecedented expansion, the head of Google Europe said Thursday. “The connected population is going to double…
Twists As Senate Begins Probe of CCT Chairman Over N10m Bribery Allegation
The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Thursday directed the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions to investigate a petition filed against the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Mr. Danladi Umar. Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…
Fuel Subsidy Gets 88 Percent of N465bn Supplementary Budget
The Senate on Wednesday received request from President Muhammadu Buhari for the approval of N465.64 billion Supplementary Budget for government activities in remaining part of 2015. Out of the amount, subsidy payment on supply of petrol was allocated N413.36 billion,…
Scores Killed in Kano GSM Market Twin Blasts
Many were feared dead in Kano, Wednesday, from twin blasts at the heart of GSM market, Nassarawa GRA. Eyewitnesses said that the Improvised Explosive Device was planted close to the generator serving the market, while the second bomb went off at the…
Arrest Order: Dasuki Releases Breakdown of Arms Purchases
Col. Sambo Dasuki, the immediate past National Security Adviser, has given his side of the story on the arms procurement saga which has pitted him against President Muhammadu Buhari administration. In a statement on Wednesday, Dasuki insisted he was never…
Kogi Election: 13,000 Workers to Man 3,000 Polling Units
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said the commission had recruited and trained 13,000 supervisory and electoral officials to man the 3,000 polling units across Kogi State in the state’s November 21 gubernatorial election….
IPOB accuses Buhari, El-Rufai of Hireing Over 2,000 Persons to Turn Biafran Protests Violent
Radio Biafra has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari has pre-occupied himself with investigating the connection between the Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB, secessionist group and Niger-Delta militants rather than ordering the release of its detained director – Nnamdi Kanu, and…
Prof Nnaji Breaks Silence on Power Sector, Makes Revelations
Nigerians only get 50 percent of generated power, a former Minister of Power, Prof. Barth Nnaji, told the Senate ad hoc Committee on Power, reports Daily Post. Nnaji, said the nation still experiences irregular electricity supply because the regulatory agencies…
