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Supreme Court ends tenures of five governors
THE Supreme Court on Friday sacked five state governors, whose terms of office were extended beyond May 29, 2011.
The apex court ruled that the tenures of Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa, Murtala Nyako of Adamawa, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko of Sokoto, Ibrahim Idris of Kogi and Liyel Imoke of Cross River had expired since last year.
The apex court ruled that the tenures of Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa, Murtala Nyako of Adamawa, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko of Sokoto, Ibrahim Idris of Kogi and Liyel Imoke of Cross River had expired since last year.
The affected governors...
New IG serves notice on Boko Haram, pledges change
I did my best, says Ringim
HIS work appears well cut out for him for few Nigerians would dispute the point that the Boko Haram insurgency was his predecessor’s albatross.
And so, evidently taking his cue from the groundswell of popular expectations trailing his appointment, the 16th indigenous Inspector General of Police (IG), Mohammed Dahiru...
Fresh explosion in Kano, UN decries killings
A FRESH bomb explosion yesterday disrupted the gradual return of normalcy to Kano after the last Friday’s blasts that killed about 200 people.
The killings have made the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, to ask the Federal Government to mobilise needed forces to quell the Boko Haram terror attacks.
Besides, the British government...
Why Abubakar shouldn’t be IGP, by Northern CAN, parties, others
Boko Haram has declared war on Nigerians, says NSCIA
ALTHOUGH reactions to President Goodluck Jonathan’s appointment of Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar as Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) are mixed, the opposition to it is fierce. Only a section of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) hailed the decision.
Political parties, Christian bodies...
Airlines, others owe FAAN N20b, says official
WORRIED by the inability to meet its many financial challenges, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) yesterday disclosed that the agency was writhing under N20 billion owed it by airlines, concessionaires and government agencies.
The agency stated that most of the debtors were not ready to pay the debts, a situation it said has put the...
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