The Enugu State House of Assembly, on Monday, started proceedings to impeach the state governor, Sullivan Chime. The lawmakers accused Chime of forging the N12 billion 2012 Supplementary Budget. Fourteen members of the House, including the Speaker, Eugene Odo, signed the impeachment notice at the plenary held in the early hours of Monday and directed…
The ravaging scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, commonly known as petrol, may likely end today, Thursday, April 30, 2015, going by the Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. She said that the Federal Government will pay about N156 billion to the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, MOMAN, on Thursday in other to end the…
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has withdrawn a case he instituted against the 19 lawmakers of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the Ekiti State House of Assembly. The matter was taken away from court on Wednesday. Fayose had run to court to stop the congressmen from impeaching him as Ekiti governor as well…
The Federal Government has asked the Indonesian government to repatriate the corpses of the four Nigerians executed this week in the Asian country for drug-related offences. In a statement issued on Wednesday night from the Public Communications Division of Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja, the Nigerian government condemned the execution of the Nigerians despite…
Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, has disclosed that officers of the Nigerian military have rescued more than 200 girls in the dreaded Sambisa Forest in Borno State. He also disclosed that about 93 women were rescued by the troops on Tuesday after battle with the terrorists in their hideout. However, the Defence…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has issued a statement declaring that all media organisations, including the Africa Independent Television, AIT, are free to cover activities of the president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari. On Monday, it was reported that Buhari had stopped AIT from covering his events for now, pending the time he and the station’s management sort…
A radio station in Kogi State, Ta’o FM, was on Monday night attacked by some hoodlums. The broadcast house was hit with a blast, which left no fewer than three persons dead and many injured. Ta’o FM, which broadcasts in Ebira language, is located in Kuroko town of Adavi local government area of Kogi State.…
Nigeria’s president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has barred the African Independent Television, AIT, from covering his activities. The Cable quoted spokesman of the Buhari Campaign Organisation, Garba Shehu, as citing issues related to ethics and standard as few of the reasons why Buhari does not want the popular media outfit around him. Garba also cited “family and security…
President Goodluck Jonathan has directed that the full report of Price Water Cooper, PWC, probe into the reported missing $20 billion of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, be released immediately. Reuben Abati, the President’s spokesman, said on Monday that Jonathan’s decision was in line “with Section 7(2) of the NNPC Act.” On Sunday, the…
Former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has been appointed as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, by President Goodluck Jonathan. Obi’s appointment was announced on Monday in a statement by the presidency. According to the statement issued in Abuja by the Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs to the President, Reuben…