Spokesman to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe, has told President Muhammadu Buhari that he (Okupe) is available to help revive the economy. Okupe, who served Jonathan as his Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs, said through his Facebook post on Monday that the failing price of crude oil in the international market has threatened…
Month: January 2016
Alleged N1tn Fraud: Lamorde’s Absence Halts Probe
The Senate on Monday said the absence of erstwhile chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde, has delayed investigation into his alleged diversion of N1 trillion recovered stolen funds. Lamorde has been invited by the lawmakers about three times, but he has not yet honoured them and this has caused a…
Delta Speaker, ALGON Chairman Dismiss N325million Remittance Tale
Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Monday Igbuya has stressed the need for media practitioners to be thorough and be armed with accurate facts and figures in their investigative journalism. He also asked them to always project the image of the State in its true perspective to counter the negative picture being presented…
Saraki Commends Unilever, Pledges Support For Business Friendly Environment
The manufacturing giant, Unilever Nigeria Plc. in a meeting with the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and a separate meeting with the Minister for Trade and Investment and the Minister for State for Trade and Investment, Prof. Okey Enelamah and Mrs. Aisha Abubakar; revealed its plans to further increase its investment in the country. The…
Davido Seals Deal With Sony Music
Sensational Nigerian pop star, David Adeleke, better known as Davido, has completed a deal with world renowned music label, Sony Music. It was gathered that the contract signed by the young artiste is worth several millions of Dollars. Davido, who is the head of his HKN Gang label, announced the news to his fans on…
Lolo1 Describes Princess As 'Embarrassment'
Since the beginning of the year 2016, the entertainment industry in Nigeria has been bubbling with different happenings many may not have expected. First, it was with Olamide and Don Jazzy at the Headies on January 1, and it shifted to Dammy Krane and Wizkid and now to Princess the comedienne and Wazobia FM presenter,…
Court Remands Dr Echefu In Prison
Justice S.C Amadi of the State High Court, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has ordered one Bright Echefu to be remanded in prison pending the hearing of his bail application on January 25, 2016. The suspect, believed to be a Doctor, was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday, January 21, 2016,…
Lagos Police Commissioner’s Aide R@pes Girl To Coma
An aide to the Commissioner of Police, Railway Command, Lagos State, identified as Agu, has been accused of having a forceful carnal knowledge of a lady. The victim was also said to have passed out after the suspect beat her to coma and still went ahead to sleep with her afterwards. According to a report…
Presidency and 2016 Budget Absurdities, By Saatah Nubari
I view from the website of the Budget Office where a 1,810 page document was posted with the title “Consolidated Appropriation Bill Details 2016.” The 2016 Budget totals 6,077,680,000,000; 4,475,290,000,000 is the total Recurrent Expenditure, while 1,602,390,000,000 is the total Capital Expenditure. The amount budgeted for the Presidency stands at N39,124,978,811; N19,969,489,292 goes to Recurrent…
Clark Writes Buhari On Tompolo
Renowned Ijaw leader, Edwin Clark, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari on the recent bombing of oil installations in the Niger Delta by some suspected militants as well as other issues relating to the region. Clark, in a letter to the President dated January 22, 2016, urged Buhari to be very weary of those around him,…