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SERAP Faults AGF Advice on Non-remittance of $20bn by NNPC

A group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has faulted the legal advice provided last week by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke (SAN), that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), was empowered by the NNPC...

Jonathan paying lip-service to Ajaokuta and steel development, says Senator Abatemi-Usman

Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman, has said that President Goodluck Jonathan has not shown enough commitment to steel development in the country. According to a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Michael Jegede, the Senator...

Kwankwaso signs 2014 Appropriation bill into law

Kano state governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has signed into law, the 2014 appropriation bill, in the tune of N215, 148,755,955  billion, after passage by the state House of Assembly. Shortly after signing the budget today, Wednesday, in the presence of some lawmakers, during the State...

Sanusi’s suspension is height of desperation and impunity – El-Rufai

One time Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, and Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress,  Nasir El-Rufai has reacted to the suspension of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the governor of CentralBank of Nigeria, CBN, saying that the President’s action was the height of desperation...

Sanusi’s Suspension Illegal, Says Kwankwaso

Kano state Governor, Mr  Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso on Thursday  faulted the suspension of the Governor of the Central Bank (CBN) Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, saying that there was an ulterior motive behind the action. The Governor also said it was sheer disrespect to the existing...

Sanusi: A Whistle Blower Gets The Boot

The suspension of Central Bank Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi yesterday  has brought to a halt  the long-drawn dispute between the presidency and the nation’s top banker. Sanusi was appointed CBN governor in June 2009 by then-President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. Before his appointment, he was the...