Magnus Atilade, archbishop and chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Southwest, has assured Nigerians that the Boko Haram insurgency will end in July 2014 while the abducted Chibok girls will be released before the end of June. Atilade said the assurance was based on divine revelations he and the other members of the association received…
FG to Boost Housing Sector
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Minister of Finance has announced plans by the Federal government of Nigeria to boost the housing sector of the country. She said this while delivering a paper at the 12th convocation ceremony of the Babcock University, Ogun State on Sunday. Delivering the paper titled, “Beyond the Degrees,” the Minister said in order…
CIBN President Canvasses Longer Tenure for CBN Governor
Segun Aina, the outgoing president of Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, CIBN, has stressed the need to extend the tenure of the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to up to ten years in order to ensure stability and policy consistency. He said this while delivering his valedictory lecture titled, ‘Banking and…
Towards Credible Elections in 2015
Prominent legal practitioners proffer solutions to electoral challenges in Nigeria at the annual Alao Aka-Bashorun Lecture One of the features of true democracy is the right of people to choose their leaders. But the manner in which elections are conducted and electoral disputes resolved in Nigeria leaves much to be desired. Only…
Boko Haram To Sell Abducted Girls
Boko Haram, the Islamist militant group, has threatened to sell off all the girls it abducted three weeks ago. Abubakar Shekau, leader of the insurgent group, while claiming responsibility for the kidnap, in a video obtained by the AFP news agency, said the girls should not have been in school in the first place, but…
Osibajo Lists Obstacles to Electoral Justice In Nigeria
Yemi Osibajo, Professor of law and former Lagos State Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General has identified corruption, time limit and the penchant of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to disregard the law as part of the challenges of electoral justice in Nigeria. He said this while delivering a lecture titled, “Electoral Justice as…
One Dead, Five others injured in Sango Accident
An accident involving three vehicles and one articulated vehicle at the old Toll Gate area of Sango, Ogun State has led to the death of a middle aged woman today. Eyewitnesses said the accident that saw the articulated vehicle ramming into a stationary vehicle also left about five others severely injured. The injured are said…
Pro-People Policies, Antidote For Insecurity- Aregbesola
Rauf Aregbesola, governor, Osun State has identified effective governance as the only sure antidote for the growing spate of insecurity in the country. He said this at the public presentation of a book titled, Yoruba Elites and Ethnic Politics in Nigeria: Obafemi Awolowo and Corporate Agency, at Muson Centre, Lagos. Aregbesola said no amount of…
NJC Suspends Rivers Chief Justice
The National Judicial Council, NJC, led by Honourable Justice Aloma Muktar, Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, has announced the suspension of Honourable Justice P.N.C. Agumagu, Chief Judge of Rivers State as a judicial officer with immediate effect. The NJC kicked against the appointment, confirmation and swearing–in of Agumagu as the substantive Chief Judge of Rivers…
China Cracks Down on Fake Journalists
Chinese press authorities have launched a new crackdown on illegal media and fake journalists. The campaign, which will run until September, will focus on illegal online media and people who defraud or extort money by pretending to be journalists, according to a joint statement released on Friday by the National Anti-Pornography and Anti-Illegal Publications Office…
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