Revealed! Why OBJ, Odili Loaned FG N2bn
From ADEMOLA ADEDEJI Abuja More startling revelations emerged Tuesday from the Senate committee probing the disbursement of the N19.5 billion Aviation intervention fund as a former Managing Director of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria
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Niger Delta Crisis A Time Bomb —Agbaje
Mr. Jimi Agbaje, a Pharmacist by profession and a businessman, contested the 2007 governorship election on the platform of the Democratic People's Alliance (DPA) in Lagos State.
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Rep Drags Speaker, Clerk To Court
Rep. Mercy Almona-Isei (PDP-Delta) Tuesday asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to prevent the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Clerk of National Assembly from replacing her.
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N/Delta Summit:Yar’Adua To Drop Gambari
From JULIUS OSAHON, Warri Professor Ibrahim Gambari, chairman, steering committee on the Niger Delta summit is to meet with President Umaru Yar'Adua on the criticisms trailing his appointment.
“In the light of the development
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Yar'Adua Reduces 2008 Budget To N2.5trn
From ADEMOLA ADEDEJI, Abuja A major constitutional crisis may be in the offing in the country as the President, Alhaji Umaru Yar'Adua made good his threat not to implement the 2008 budget as passed by the National Assembly on March 12 this year.
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Aviation Loan, Not Political — Odili
Former governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili has refuted allegations that the two billion naira (N2bn) loaned to the Federal Ministry of Aviation and by extension, the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN)
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Borishade, Fani-Kayode To Remain In Custody
Professor Babalola Borishade, Chief Fani- Kayode and Mr. Rowland Iyayi, who were Monday arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), are to remain in the commission's custody till Wednesday.
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Senate To Fast-Track Passage Of N79bn NDDC Budget
From ADEMOLA ADEDEJI Abuja In order to further douse the tension in the Niger-Delta region, the Senate on Tuesday resolved to fast track and pass the N79 billion 2008 budget of the Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
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Rep Alleges Assassination Plot
From ABDULFATAI SOBANDE, Abeokuta some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State have been alleged to have perfected plot to kill the Minister of Mines and Power, Alhaji Sarafa Tunji Ishola
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Borishade, Fani-Kayode Docked, Denied Bail
From KENNETH ATAVTI, Abuja Two former Ministers of Aviation, Prof. Babalola Borishade and Chief Femi Fani-Kayode together with former Director General , Nigeria Airspace Management Authority (NAMA), Captain Rowland Iyayi,
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Aviation Fund: Senate Summons Finance Min, AGF
From ADEMOLA ADEDEJI, Abuja The Senate Committee on Aviation probing the expenditure of the N19.5 billion Aviation Intervention Fund has summoned the Minister of finance, Dr. Shamshudeen Usman, Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice
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