Month: February 2016

  • FG Welcomes Criticisms On 2016 Budget

    By Shola Akingboye, Abuja Against the backdrop of mounting criticisms of the 2016 Appropriation Bill that it was fraught with certain inconsistencies and irregularities, the Presidency has stated that it will accommodate genuine criticism of actions and inactions as long as they would add value to the generality of Nigerians. Reacting to the mounting criticism…

  • Breaking: Supreme Court rejects Senate President, Bukola Saraki’s appeal

    Breaking: Supreme Court rejects Senate President, Bukola Saraki’s appeal

    The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by the senate president, Bukola Saraki, against his trial by the Code of Conduct Tribunal for alleged corruption. The court upheld an earlier decision given by the Court of Appeal, asking Mr. Saraki to face trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Details soon…

  • Useni From Takum As Gov. Now Taraba Speaker

    Mark Useni,representing Takum 2 state constituency, has again return as Taraba State Houseof Assembly, this followed  the confirmationof the State Election Petition Tribunal ruling which ordered a re-run in someunits of the immediate past Speaker, Abel Peter Diah, the  Appeal Court.  nationalTRAIL learnt that Dr. Useni,who was speaker during the seventh assembly, was this Thursday…

  • HIGHER INSTITUTIONS JOIN NASARAWA STRIKE

    By Abubakar Lawal Lafia There are indications that non negotiation between Nasarawa state Government and the striking organized labour may have opened another channel for more strikes as the joint union of tertiary institutions embarked on fresh industrial action. In their meeting held at the state polytechnic Lafia,the joint union issued a strike notice to…

  •   Breaking News:  Mark Useni Returns As Taraba Speaker Again

    Again Taraba State House of Assembly re-electsformer speaker, Rt. Hon. Mark Useni Bako, PhD, as its new speaker.The assembly has been without a substantivespeaker, following the sacking of Abel by the state election petition tribunal, which was upheld by the courtof appeal.Mark Useni, hails from Bete state constituency,Takum Local Government, where Governor Darius Ishaku, is also…

  •   Ex Sambo Aide Testify Against Metuh, Returns N25m

    Abba Dabo, former Special Adviser, Political Matters to thenVice President, Namadi Sambo, has told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that hehad returned the sum of N25million he had collected from Peoples DemocraticParty,PDP,  spokesman, Olisa Metuh.He said the money was for him use in countering negativecriticisms against the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, both inthe traditional,…

  •   BREAKING NEWS:  NCAA suspends operations of Bristow’s SikorskyS-76C++aircraft series

    Following controlled ditching of Bristow Helicopters’SikorskyS-76C++ aircraft on the coastal waters of Lagos, yesterday (Wednesday),the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has grounded the operations ofthat aircraft type.The Director General of NCAA, Capt. Muhtar Usman, whoannounced the decision at a press conference in Lagos, this afternoon, said thesuspension would enable the Authority carry out a full…

  • EFCC Adjourns Interaction With Badeh

    EFCC Adjourns Interaction With Badeh

    Former chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh was at the EFCC office on Wednesday to honour the invitation extended to him by the commission, but the interactions will continue on Monday following an adjournment by the panel of investigators to enable the commission meet up some logistic requirements. Badeh was spotted at…

  • Court Order Arrest of Ex-PDP Scribe Over Ekiti Rigging

    Court Order Arrest of Ex-PDP Scribe Over Ekiti Rigging

    The Commissioner of Police, Ekiti State Command, has been ordered to arrest and prosecute former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Secretary for the state, Temitope Aluko, over an alleged perjury.  His arrested was this Wednesday, ordered by a Chief Magistrate Court sitting in the state capital, Ado-Ekiti, Aluko had on national television alleged among other things…

  • 11 rescued alive in Bristow Helicopters crash

    A Lagos-bound helicopter belonging to Bristow Helicopters, has crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. The spokesman for Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), Mr. Tunji Oketunbi, said in a press statement that all the 11 passengers, including the crew, were rescued alive. “A S76 C++ helicopter marked 5N-BQJ  belonging to Bristow Helicopters, which departed ERHA Platform  en route…