The gubernatorial election in Ekiti State has come and gone into the graveyard of political history with applause and overwhelming acceptance from stakeholders. Contrary to expectations the election was very successful. It is necessary to say that Professor Attahiru Jega has done it again. His first outing as Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) in 2011 general elections was Read More
By Samuel Aruwan An eye witness yesterday explained how gunmen killed about 45 persons at the weekend in renewed attacks in Sanga local government area of the state. After which, mob attacked officials of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) accusing them of belated intervention. The officials were only able to visit two out of seven camps internally displaced persons are Read More
By Samuel Aruwan Two persons were killed yesterday along Kaduna-Abuja expressway in the afternoon, following an automobile accident, officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said in a statement. North-west zone Area Office of NEMA, according to the statement, was on surveillance at the Kaduna-Abuja highway when the incident occurred, after which they were evacuated to the St. Gerard Read More
President General of Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has felicitated with the Nigerian Muslim ummah, for the successful commencement of Ramadan fast, and charged the faithful to pray fervently in the spirit of the holy month for return of peace and greater unity in the country. According to a statement by JNI Secretary Read More
Shortly after former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s reelection in 2003 and the hurricane he unleashed to unseat all but one Alliance for Democracy (AD) governors, he dispatched Mukhtari Shagari, whom he’d asked to continue his duties as Water Resources Minister (though a Federal Executive Council was yet to be named) to Ekiti State to meet with the newly elected governor, Ayo Read More
Chief Edwin Clark’s consistent, unwarranted accusations against some notable northern leaders were unfortunate and could actually generate acrimonious feelings among the peoples of the north and that of the Niger Delta who have co-existed amicably from time immemorial. It was disheartening to see how Edwin Clark, a supposedly patriotic citizen who had actively participated in various processes of nation building, Read More
Ladies and gentlemen, hobos and tramps, bug-eyed mosquitoes and bowlegged ants!I’m about to tell you a story I’ve never heard before, so pull up a chair and sit on the floor.Admission is free, so pay at the door. One fine day, in the middle of the night, two, dead boys got up to fight.Back to back, they faced each other, Read More
By Joseph Kingston Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Aminu Tambuwal, and Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River state have called on politicians in the country to be accountable to their people through transparent representation if they must get the support of their constituents in subsequent elections. Speaking in Calabar at the weekend during the grand finale of Read More
By Aideloje Ojo The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Niger state has described the recent outburst of Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu in which he called local government councils’ chairmen dictators as “unfortunate,” saying that his administration had been depriving the councils of their legitimate funds from statutory allocations over the past seven years. The party in a statement issued yesterday Read More
By Muhammad Tanko Shittu Victims of the Wukari/Ibi crisis in Taraba state who are now taking refuge as Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Kanam local government area of Plateau state have vowed never to return to their place of abode in Taraba. Some of the IDPs who spoke to our correspondent in Dengi and Jarmai, where they were being camped, Read More
— Marwa moves to take Nyako’s job By Ibrahim Abdul’ Aziz and Muazu Abari, Yola Stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), including serving ministers, have stormed Yola, the Adamawa state capital, to drum support for the members of the House of Assembly to speed up the impeachment of Governor Murtala Nyako and his deputy, Barrister Bala Ngillari. The stakeholders Read More
The quotations committee of the National Council of the Nigerian Stock Exchange has approved the delinting of 21 companies from the daily official list by September 2014. NSE said that 16 firms will be delisted for their inability to meet up with the provisions of the listings rules of the Exchange, while five entities are being delisted for failure toregularise Read More
By Ameh Ejekwonyilo Governor of Jigawa state, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has said that he could not ignore former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) and Vice-President Atiku Abubakar during the duo’s separate visits to the state recently. Lamido stated this in an exclusive interview with Blueprint at the weekend in Dutse, the Jigawa state capital. He said: “There is Read More
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has announced results of the biannual review for the NSE 30, NSE Lotus Islamic Index (NSE LII) and the five sectoral indices of the Exchange. The sectoral indices include the NSE Banking, the NSEConsumer Goods, the NSEOil &Gas, the NSEIndustrial and the NSE Insurance. In a statement last week end, the NSE said the composition Read More
By Sadiq Abubakar At least 56 people were killed yesterday when five churches, including COCIN, EYN and Deeper Life Bible Church, in Kwada village, about 10 kilometres away from Chibok town in Borno state were attacked and set ablaze by suspected members of Boko Haram. The insurgents, residents said, attacked the churches at a time worshippers were in for the Read More
Activities on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) last week closed in an upward trend as volume of stock traded increased by 89.3 per cent. Weekly results indicated that volume of stocks sold in the last five days surged by 1.365 billion as investors bought 2.893 billion shares valued at N30.027 billion in 30650 deals in in contrast Read More
Stories by Amaka Ifeakandu Bureau De Change (BDC) operators have called for extension of deadline for compliance to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) new requirement, saying that three weeks is not enough for them to raise mandatory cautionary deposit to N35 million. They pointed out that the failure to extend the recapitalization time frame would not only lead to Read More
By Amaka Ifeakandu Ecobank has been named the Best Trade Bank in Nigeria by London-based ‘Trade Finance Magazine’ in their 2013 Awards for Excellence. Their annual survey ranks firms based on votes gathered from industry players and members of the magazine’s editorial team. It said that manufacturers, exporters, importers, traders, government and multilateral agencies were consulted for their input on Read More
By Ameh Ejekwonyilo Justice Ahmed Ramat Mohammed of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned to July 10th to hear the suit instituted by former managing director of defunct Oceanic Bank International Plc Mrs. Cecilia Ibru, where she’s asking the court to compel the federal government to implement her plea bargain as specified in the agreement she signed Read More
About a month ago, former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was coronated as the new Emir of Kano after the death of Alhaji Ado Bayero. He was battling his suspension from office by President Goodluck Jonathan, when the death of Ado Bayero was announced and he was chosen as the new Emir Read More
By Ameh Ejekwonyilo Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s prayer to serve the five defected governors through substituted means by publishing the suit against them in either Thisday Newspapers or Guardian Newspapers. The presiding judge, Justice Gabriel Kolawole granted the order following an application filed on 26 June 2014 Read More
Financial expert has urged the federal government to put in place policies that will create job opportunity and attract foreign direct investment (FDI) into the economy. Chief executive officer, Financial Derivative Company Limited, Mr. Bismarck Rewane, who stated this at a at seminar organised for financial journalists and business editors said that foreign direct investment is less volatile to the Read More
Recently, there have been hues and cries of illegal detentions and illegal detention facilities. People are being arbitrarily whisked to secret detention places by persons or authorities. Some of these detention centers are dirty, hidden and sometimes located underground where the detainees are tortured, deprived of medical care, access to their lawyers and family and are not permitted access to Read More
Some scientific discoveries come about after painstaking, goal-oriented lab work finally yields the result that a researcher is trying to find. But frequently, some lucky accident leads to a transformative finding, provided the right person is there to realize the potential implications of that accident. Then, in the part that isn’t an accident, they turn that observation into something useful. Read More
RAPHAEL EDE writes on how the “conspiracy” of GOC, 82 DV, Enugu and state commissioner of police and judicial “recklessness” of the Magistrate led to the death of Enugu magistrate with four months old pregnancy in prison custody While the death of a serving Magistrate in Enugu State, late Mrs. Ifeoma Nneji and her four months unborn baby in prison Read More
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