October 1 bombings: The row, the mass hysteria Saturday, 09 October 2010 05:31  The car bombings in Abuja on October 1, 2010 precipitated a chain of hysteria in the nation’s capital during the week. People were edgy and the general atmosphere appeared very charged. For instance, on Tuesday, a fire alert at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) had put staff on the run, just as civil servants were evacuated from their offices at the Federal Secretariat.
Bomb blasts: You are a sycophant, Northern youth tell Mark Saturday, 09 October 2010 05:04 A Northern youth coalition, Arewa Citizens Action for Change, has slammed the Senate President, David Mark, saying his remarks on the politicisation of the Oct. 1 Abuja bombings were misguided. Mrs. Ibru to spend 6 months in jail, forfeits N190bn Saturday, 09 October 2010 05:04 By Francis Iwuchukwu  Mrs. Cecilia Ibru, until August last year the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Oceanic Bank Plc, was yesterday convicted of fraud and sentenced to six months in jail by a Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos. She got away with this light sentence apparently because she had entered a plea deal with her accuser, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). However, she would forfeit over N190 billion in cash and assets to the government.
Arewa group wants Jonathan impeached over Oct 1 bomb blast comments Saturday, 09 October 2010 05:04 By Sunday Ejike Benjamin A pressure group, Arewa Citizen Action for Change (ACAC), on Friday, dragged the National Assembly to a Federal High Court sitting Abuja, seeking an order of mandamus to compel the lawmakers to initiate impeachment proceedings against President Goodluck Jonathan over his statements on the October 1 bomb blasts in Abuja. | Jonathan commends Jang, commissions bridge, roads in Plateau Saturday, 09 October 2010 05:04 From Bayo Alabira, Jos President Goodluck Jonathan has commended Governor Jonah David Jang for the numerous projects executed in Plateau state by his administration, describing him as “a pillar of development, transformation and progress.’’ Our focus is on small-holder farmers, says NAFN Saturday, 09 October 2010 05:04 By Adoyi M. Aba & Mohammed B. Kandi The National Agricultural Foundation of Nigeria (NAFN) has lamented that rural smallholder farmers, who are the producers of about 90 per cent of the country’s food requirements, are not visible to the government for appropriate assistance. Kaduna distributes 30 tractors to farmers Saturday, 09 October 2010 05:04 The Kaduna state government, on Thursday, distributed 30 tractors to farmers' associations in Zaria local government area, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NYSC DG seeks enhanced welfare for corps members Saturday, 09 October 2010 05:00 By Linus Oota The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier-General M. I.Tsiga, has called on Nigerians to partner with the scheme to ensure the security and enhanced welfare of corps members. |
Contrary to denials by President Goodluck Jonathan and Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, the current National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that the party’s zoning agreement is sacrosanct, the latter, himself a product of zoning, wrote a letter, dated February 10, 1999, informing late Alhaji Abubakar Rimi that the party had endorsed power rotation between the North and South.
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