The Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was yesterday suspended from his post by the President, Goodluck Jonathan. The governor was suspended in absentia, while attending a three-day meeting of the West African Central Bank Governors in Niger. The President said the suspension was due to his tenure being characterized by various acts of financial recklessness and misconduct inconsistent
Worried by renewed attacks by members of Boko Haram sect, the House of Representatives has urged the Federal government to quickly move the headquarters of Nigerian Army to the Borno State capital, Maiduguri. The lawmakers also urged the Federal government to work with the governments of Cameroun, Niger Republic and Chad to chart a plan on how to curb insurgency
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday named Brig. Gen Jones Arogbofa (retd.) as his new Chief of Staff. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati disclosed this via Twitter. Arogbofa is meant to take over with immediate effect after Chief Mike Oghiadomhe resigned his appointment in controversial circumstances last week. Arogbofa, a retired Officer of the Signals Corps of
Suspected Boko Haram Islamists killed more than 100 people in an attack on a village in Nigeria, said Senator Ali Ndume representing Borno South constituency. The attackers stormed the village in Nigeria’s restive north-eastern Borno state on Saturday, slaughtering scores of civilians and sending many others fleeing. “A hundred and six people, including an old woman, have been killed by
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused the police of selective enforcement of its ban on political, socio-cultural and religious rallies at the nation’s airports. In a statement in Lagos, yesterday, by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the police were wrong to have allowed the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to flout the ban with
The 2014 budget debate by the House of Representatives resumed on Tuesday with members kicking against the votes for some subheads planned by the Federal Government. Such votes include the N971bn earmarked for fuel subsidy, N700m for a hospital in the Presidential Villa and the N63bn voted for amnesty programme and N7bn for National Conference. Among the lawmakers that raised
President Goodluck Jonathan, today Wednesday the 12th of February sacked the embattled Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, Minister of Niger Delta, Godsday Orubebe, Minister of Police Affairs, Caleb Olubolade and the Minister for State, Finance, Yerima Ngama. The Presidency has not released official reasons for these actions, but speculation on social media is that they have resigned to campaign towards
The ruling party Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday regained its majority in the House of Reps after losing it to the All Progressive Congress, APC, following mass defections from the PDP earlier this year. On Tuesday, Ladan Bichi (Kano), Abdulsalam Adamu (Kano), Sani Galadinma (Zamfara), Ibrahim Gusau (Zamfara) and Umar Bature (Sokoto) said they were decamping from the APC to PDP; while
The House of Representatives on Tuesday confirmed that the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, breached the Fiscal Responsibility Act 2007 S21. According to the House the minister breached the breached the Act by failing to attach the details of the budget of the 31 government agencies currently listed under the law to the 2014 budget currently before the National
Henry Okah, the former leader of the defunct Movement for Emancipation for Niger Delta (MEND) attempted to break out of prison. Henry Okah who was convicted and sentenced on a 13-count charge of terrorism, including bombings that killed 12 people in Abuja during the 50th Independence anniversary, is currently serving a 24 year jail term for terrorism. He was arrested, tried
The Presidency has confirmed the resignation of the Chief of the Staff to the president Goodluck Jonathan, Mike Oghiadome. The President’s Special Advisor on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati confirmed this saying Oghiadome resigned in order to pursue his political ambition. “The president received the letter today which is titled letter of resignation and it says he wishes to pursue
The membership registration exercise of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has recorded such positive turn out across the 36 states, which has resulted in its extension till the 12th of February in order to accommodate followers still seeking to register. In Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, tremendous turn out was witnessed as party faithful gathered to register. This
The film adaptation of Chimamanda Adichie’s ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ is scheduled for release in the UK in March. The movie directed by Biyi Bandele and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anika Noni Rose and Thandie Newton had been plagued by discrediting claims of a failure to seal a distribution deal and there’s been a general lack of clarity surrounding its
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has sued the Speaker, Razak Atunwa, and 20 other members of the Kwara State House of Assembly to court over their defection to the All Progressives Congress. In the suit filed at the Federal High Court, Ilorin, on Friday, the state chapter of the PDP and a suspended member of the assembly, Iliasu Ibrahim,