Jonathan: We’ll better Ghana’s election record – Daily Trust
February 23, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has appreciated Ghana’s immediate President John Kuffour for setting the pace in the history of electoral revolution in Africa by presiding over free and fair election in Ghana and assured that Nigeria is poised to do better than Ghana come 2011.
NNPC, oil firms move to boost power supply – The Guardian
February 22, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
To engender a hitch-free supply of gas for power generation purposes in the country and facilitate crude transportation to Warri and Kaduna refineries, Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mohammed Barkindo, has written a formal letter to the Minister of Defence, Maj.-Gen. Godwin Abbey on the need to come up with a special security arrangement to secure the country’s pipelines.
Former EFCC cop shot dead – Daily Trust
February 22, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
A former top detective in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) who investigated alleged corruption cases of some top politicians in the country was shot dead yesterday in Abuja by unknown gunmen.
Indomie Fetes Dealers, Rewards Performance
February 19, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
In demonstration of its appreciation of the contributions of dealers and distributors across the country to the successes and growth of its business in 2009, No. 1 noodles Brand, Indomie has concluded plans to fete and reward them.
2011: North pushes for PDP Presidential primaries in June – Vanguard
February 19, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Key supporters of President Umaru Yar’Adua in the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, are pushing for the conduct of the party’s presidential primaries in June.
Vanguard gathered in Abuja that the decision to push for an early conduct of the primaries by Yar’Adua’s supporters is to ensure that, if he is unable to return to the country soon, a Northerner would emerge as the party’s candidate to contest the 2010 presidential poll.
N5.2b Scam: Court Remands Ugbane, Elumelu, Eight Others – Daily Independent
February 19, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Nicholas Ugbane, a Senator, Ndudi Elumelu, Mohammed Jibo, both members of the House of Representatives, and seven others indicted in the N5.2 billion Rural Electrification Agency (REA) contract scam have been ordered to be remanded by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.
Ten lawyers ask court to jail Aondoakaa, two others – Vanguard
February 18, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Ten lawyers from six geo-political zones in the country yesterday began a fresh legal move before a Federal high court sitting in Abuja seeking to arrest and jail the immediate past attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, Chief Mike Aondoakaa, SAN, for encouraging lawyers working under him to swear to false affidavit in court in order to preserve President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s seat.
Oil firms boost post-amnesty programme with $188m – The Punch
February 17, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The Federal Government has struck a deal with international oil companies operating in the country, with the latter acceding to a request to dole out about $188m for the successful execution of the post-amnesty programme in the Niger Delta region.
I’ll prosecute Aondoakaa if…says Waziri – Vanguard
February 17, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mrs. Farida Waziri yesterday vowed that she was prepared to prosecute the immediate past Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Michael Aondoakaa if charges of corruption were brought before the Commission against him.
Chinese firm gets NITEL for $2.5bn – Daily Trust
February 17, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
New Generation Telecommunications Limited, a consortium led by China’s second largest telecoms firm China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd was yesterday declared the preferred bidder of the Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) after it bided $2.5 billion (N373 billion) during the second round of the bid opening in Abuja. In the first round, the firm had bided $333 million (N50 billion), but drastically upped it in the second round. Apart from China Unicom, New Generation Consortium is made up of an indigenous telecoms firm, GiCell Wireless Limited, as well as Minerva Group based in the United Arab Emirates.
