Month: August 2016
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How Gov Abubakar Covers His Deficiencies – Yuguda’s Aide
By Sule ALIYU, Bauch Ex Commissioner of Information to the immediate past administration of Isa Yuguda of Bauchi state, Alhaji Salisu Ahmad Barau has accused Governor Mohammed Abubakar of trying to cover his deficiencies by deviating people’s attention from his non performance in 15 months of his administration. It would be recalled that Governor Alhaji…
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Dark Clouds Over PDP Convention
– Makarfi Mulls Backward Shift In Date, As Justice Abang Sets To Rule On Sheriff’s Application By Naomi DOUGLAS, Abuja Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, seems to have thrown caution to the dogs by continuing with preparations for a National Convention in Port Harcourt on August 17, in apparent disregard to a…
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ECOBANK Sacks 5 Directors For Fraud
By Lateef BAMGBOSE, Abuja Management of EcoBank Transnational International ETI, has sacked five of its Directors in Nigeria in charge of transport section for their roles in manipulating the process that in the auction of ECOBANK serviceable Vehicles meant for Staff within the Bank. Our sources within the PAN African Bank confided in nationalTRAIL that…
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EFCC Reopens Probe Of GAVI Report On NPHCDA
– As Sacked Exc. Sec, Others Panic, As GAVI Pledges To Make More Revelations By Chris RICHARDS, Abuja Last year’s damning report by Global Alliance on Vaccines, GAVI, a donor agency over massive fraud going on at the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, which indicted top Government officials, may have been suppressed, but…
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Budget Padding: NASS Leadership On Cliff Edge
– Time Ticks For Saraki/Dogara, As Tension Envelops Assembly – The Tale Of Intrigues And Blackmail In Dogara’s Ouster Plot By Lateef BANGBOSHE, Abuja It is no longer probable that both President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, are facing some sorts of persecution from their own,…
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Shi’ite/Military Clash: IMN Set To Move Headquarters To Yobe
By James BWALA, Abuja Security Operatives in Yobe state have remained silent on the issue of relocation of the headquarters of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN (Shi’ite) sect, from Zaria city to Faudiyya Centre in Potiskum local government of Yobe state, which house the second largest supporters of the Shiekh Ibrahim El- Zazzaky. Since…
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Again, Minister, Taraba Govt Bicker
By Ben Adaji, Jalingo The Taraba State Government has described as uncharitable comments credited to Minister of Women Affairs and Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the state in the last election, Senator Aisha Alhassan, to the effect that she has reopened hostility against the government. Sylvanus Giwa, Special Assistant Media and…
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Budget Padding: Dogara Under Pressure To Resign
By Sam ADEGBE, Abuja As EFCC, DSS Step Into Investigation Speaker Preaches Moral Uprightness in Children Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has come under intense pressures to step aside and allow for an independent investigation of his roles into the alleged padding of the 2016 budget as alleged by former Chairman of…
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PDP Crisis: The Unseen Hands
PDP Govs In Disarray, Sneak Back To Sheriff In Solidarity Court Verdict Unsettles Atiku’s Men, Foils Attempts To Mortgage Party APC Keeps Tabs On Atiku, Tambuwal, Dogara, Mulls Sanctions Recent developments in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP seems to point to the fact that, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar’s men within the fold are making…
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Church Attack: Don’t mistake our calmness for weakness, CAN warns
By Juliana MAIRIGA, Minna The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Niger State Chapter, Rev. Mathias Echioda has unequivocally condemned the barbaric action of the so-called “Muslim Youth” who attacked St. Philip’s Catholic Church in Barkin-Iku, Suleja, on 15th July, 2016; more so that the attack, as usual, was unprovoked. “The fact that…