The Federal Government has ordered security agencies to arrest petroleum marketers who purposely hoard products to create the artificial scarcity currently being experienced. This is even as oil marketers have been warned to desist from hoarding the product or risk being arrested by industry regulators who have been detailed for enforcement. The order was disclosed…
December 18, 2017 • Headline,
•Minister urges dismissal of suit challenging bench warrant Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami (SAN) has asked a Federal High Court in Kaduna to declined jurisdiction over a suit by embattled former chairman of the Presidential Pension Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, challenging the arrest warrant issued against him by…
December 18, 2017 • Headline,
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as inexcusable, moves by the APC Federal Government to divert attention from its attempt to pilfer $1bn from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) to finance partisan activities. The PDP, which insisted that the Federal Government must address the issue, noted that “the attempt by the APC Federal Government…
December 18, 2017 • Headline,
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, will relocate from its temporary head office on Aba Road to its permanent headquarters, currently under construction, at the Eastern bye-pass in Port Harcourt next year. The NDDC Managing Director, Mr Nsima Ekere, who announced this during the 17th Anniversary and Annual Thanksgiving Service of the Commission at the…
December 17, 2017 • News,
Strong indications emerged on Saturday that there would be stormy sessions during Tuesday’s proceedings at both chambers of the National Assembly over the decision by the Federal Government to withdraw $1bn from the Excess Crude Account, to fight insurgency. Principal officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives, in separate interviews with SUNDAY PUNCH on Saturday,…
December 17, 2017 • Headline,
The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has felicitated with President Muhammadu Buhari as he clocks 75. He however urged the president to quit politics given his age and fragile health condition. The governor spoke at a session with journalists in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday. Mr. Fayose said the president had served the nation to be best…
December 17, 2017 • Headline,
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