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…
Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State has announced the appointment of the state Commissioner for Agriculture, Lasisi Oluboyo, as his new deputy. This followed the impeachment of the former deputy governor, Ali Olanusi, on Monday by the Ondo State House of Assembly. Mimiko sent Oluboyo’s name to the House for ratification as required by law.…
The Ondo State House of Assembly, on Monday morning, impeached the deputy governor of the state, Ali Olanusi. Twenty-four out of the 26 members of the House, including the Speaker, Jumoke Akindele, sat to pass the impeachment motion raised by the Majority Leader, Henry Akinsoyinu. At the plenary session on Monday, Akinsoyinu argued that Olanusi…
According to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, not less than seven persons died when a pedestrian bridge in Kano caved in on Sunday. The incident occurred in Dorayi quarters of the state. According to the Kano State Police Command spokesman, ASP Magaji Majiya, in an interview with NAN, the ugly scenario…
Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, has dismissed reports that the President has stopped working on some projects since he lost in the March 28, 2015 presidential election. Abati, in a Facebook post on Sunday, stressed that the President was still busy carrying out some projects beneficial to Nigerians.…
President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has promised to revisit the missing $20 billion former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Sanusi Lamido, said was missing sometimes ago, which pitched him against President Goodluck Jonathan. After Sanusi, who is now the Emir of Kano, disclosed that that money was missing, he was fired by Jonathan. The…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olabode George, has advised the president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to be careful of those in his party, who might work to dent his reputation. George, in an interview with Punch, said if the former Head of State is not careful, it might be difficult for him to succeed,…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared the incumbent governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, as the winner of the governorship election in the state. Okorocha defeated his closest rival in the poll, Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who is also the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives. The governor…
Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Okezie Ikpeazu, has been announced winner of the governorship election in Abia State. The election, which was first held on April 11, was declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and a supplementary election held on Saturday, April 25, 2015 in the areas where the first…