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Government
In The News
Today:Friday, July 25, 2008
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No open bid for oil block, House told
Friday, July 25, 2008
By JAMES OJO, Abuja
As the controversy surrounding the where abouts of $210 million raked from allocation of two oil blocks (OPL245 and 257) rages, the House of Representatives, probing the activities of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and its subsidiaries, has heard that the Presidency controlled and gave out names of companies that should be awarded oil blocks. | Harvest of deaths
Thursday, July 24, 2008
By BUCHY ENYINNAYA, who was in Omoba
Police authorities in Abia State are currently trying to unravel the cause of the mysterious deaths of 22 persons during a prayer and deliverance session held earlier this month at Umuolihe Alaoma, Omoba, headquarters of Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area of the state. | Reps discover unremitted N1.5 trillion FG’s funds
Thursday, July 24, 2008
By JAMES OJO, Abuja
The House of Representatives yesterday made a shocking revelation that a whopping N1.5 trillion belonging to the Federal Government was yet to be remitted to the Federation Accounts by government ministries, departments and agencies between 2003 and 2008.
| Teachers’ strike: FG gets knocks for breaching constitution
Thursday, July 24, 2008
By IME OLA, Lagos, OLUWOLE AKINBOYEWA, JACOB EDI, (Abuja) and GABRIEL DIKE, Osogbo
The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja received hard knocks for jettisoning her constitutional responsibility, capable of proffering a fair and equitable solution to the lingering teachers’ strike.
| Abians condemn attack on Abia governor's convoy
Thursday, July 24, 2008
From MATTHIAS NWOGU - Umuahia and CHUKS ONUOHA - Aba
The attack on the convoy of the Abia State Governor, Dr. Theodore Orji along the Aba-Port Harcourt Road on Tuesday morning has elicited condemnation across the state. | Uduaghan condemns kidnap of SSG’s father
Thursday, July 24, 2008
From NWAGBO NNENYELIKE, Ilorin
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has condemned Sunday’s kidnapping of the father of the Secretary to the State Government, Chief Authur Okowa, describing it as a criminal act that has no link with oil or Niger Delta crisis.
| ALGON slams calls for abolition of LGs
Thursday, July 24, 2008
From NWAGBO NNENYELIKE, Ilorin
The Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) has declared its support to the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employee (NULGE) over their agitation that the 774 local governments in Nigeria should not be scrapped.
| FG moves to decongest Lagos roads, suspends tank farms
Thursday, July 24, 2008
From LUCKY NWANKWERE, Abuja
The Federal Government on Wednesday suspended 16 different tank farms in Lagos from discharging their petroleum products using the NPA ports and also banned the creation of new tank farms around the vicinity of the Lagos ports.
| Alleged N12B fraud: EFCC quizzes Kogi speaker, SSG, 4 others
Thursday, July 24, 2008
From MURPHY GANAGANA, Abuja
Anti-graft operatives at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday interrogated six top officials of the Kogi State government including the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), and Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Clarence Olufemi.
| WHODUNNIT?
Thursday, July 24, 2008
By STEVE NWOSU
That one is not talking about Chief T.A. Orji in the past tense today, is probably as a result of some divine intervention which ensured that the traducers of the Abia State Executive Governor did not have their way at Ngwuiyiekwe, Ugwunagbo Local Government Area of the state, as his aides made their way to the Port Harcourt international airport, Tuesday.
| Why we stopped N37bn health centres - FG
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
From GODWIN TSA Abuja
The Federal Government on Monday gave reasons for the revocation of the N37 billion health centres project awarded by the past administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo, saying it did not follow due process.
| | Teachers’ Strike: Senate summons minister, NUT
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
From AMOS DUNIA and OLUWOLE AKINBOYEWA, Abuja
The Senate has summoned Education Minister, Dr. Igwe Aja-Nwachukwu to appear before it today following the Federal Government’s inability to resolve the three-week old crisis over implementation of the Teachers Salary Scale (TSS) demanded by the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT).
| ‘THISDAY’S Attack Borne Out Of Malice’—LASG
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
The Lagos State Government, yesterday stoutly defended its integrity pointing out that recent publications of THISDAY newspaper casting aspersion on its character were borne out of malice, mischief and parochial self-interest.
| FG orders recall of suspended museum directors
Monday, July 21, 2008
By MAURICE ARCHIBONG
The Presidency has directed five directors of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) sent on forced leave by office of the Minister of Culture, Tourism and National Orientation since November last year to return to work, Sunday Sun can authoritatively reveal.
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