Nigeria needs global aid to overcome B’Haram –Shettima

 

Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima

Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, recently visited Diffa province in Niger Republic to see over 20, 000 people of the state displaced by Boko Haram insurgency. Our correspondent, KAYODE IDOWU, who was on the tour, writes

FG to prosecute firms that spill oil

 

Director-General/Chief Executive, NOSDRA, Mr. Peter Idabor

International and indigenous that firms that spill oil in the country will soon face criminal charges, the Federal Government has warned.

Nigeria, others behind OPEC lowest output since June

 

Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke

The decline in crude oil production in Nigeria, Iraq and Libya drove down output from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries to its lowest in February since June last year, according to the cartel’s latest monthly report released on Monday.

We’ll gladly receive Gbemi Saraki, says APC

 

 Gbemi Saraki

The All Progressives Congress in Kwara State on Monday said it would gladly receive one of the governorship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Gbemi Saraki, if she finally decides to defect from the PDP to the APC.

‘Dollars can’t buy Yoruba votes’

 

President Goodluck Jonathan

The Elders Council of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State has described the efforts by President Goodluck Jonathan to get Yoruba people’s support for his re-election through monetary inducement as too late.

Senate panel faults sale of Cecilia Ibru’s assets

 

Cecilia Ibru

The Senate Committee on Drugs, Narcotics, Financial Crimes and Anti-corruption on Monday described as absurd, the process employed by the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria to dispose of the assets of the former Managing Director of the defunct Oceanic Bank International Plc, Mrs. Cecilia Ibru.

President hired Israeli to frustrate card readers – APC

National Publicity Secretary, All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Lai Mohammed

The All Progressives Congress says President Goodluck Jonathan has employed an Israeli expert to interrupt the frequency of card readers on the election day in order to frustrate the use of the machines.

The APC, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the card reader jammers can undermine the effectiveness of the card reader from over 100 metres.