by punch The House of Representatives on Thursday ordered an investigation into a “multi-billion naria” mansion said to belong to the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Godsday Orubebe. The property, located at Mabushi in the Federal Capital Territory, was said to have been built for the minister by a construction firm, SETRACO. The House
By SaharaReporters, New York The Federal Government has sacked, with immediate effect, the Director General (DG) of the Bureau for Public Enterprises, Bolanle Onogoruwa, directing her to hand over to Benjamin Ezra Dikki, the most Senior Director in the Bureau. Mr. Dikki will hold the position in an acting capacity. The changes were contained in
by Punch Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has canvassed that churches and mosques should begin to pay tax in the country. Falana, who expressed worry about the role of religious bodies in the fight against corruption, spoke against the backdrop of the acquisition of a jet by the President of the Christian Association of
by Punch Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday at a Lagos High Court, Ikeja, re-arraigned Mamman, son of former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ahmadu Ali, along with two others for N4.5bn subsidy fraud. The re-arraignment before Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo was prompted by some amendments to a former charge, involving three counts of
by Punch The casualty figure in Sunday’s bomb attack at the St. Andrews Military Protestant Church, at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, has risen from 11 to 17. The Assistant Public Relations Officer, Infantry Corp and Centre, Jaji, Major E.M Akinyemi, said that two of those injured in the blasts died on
by Vanguard LAGOS — THE information that a bus belonging to the Bus Rapid Transit, a franchise under the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, LAMATA, plunged into Lagos Lagoon on the Third Mainland Bridge, yesterday is untrue, after-all. However, the rumour sent jitters down the spines of residents, who made frantic calls to various quarters
By SaharaReporters, New York Kidnappers today snatched Professor Ilochi Okafor (SAN), a former vice chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) Awka in Anambra state. Professor Okafor was kidnapped Sunday morning in front of residence at the Independence Layout in Enugu while on his way to church. The kidnappers later took off with him in a
By SaharaReporters, New York A group of well-armed gunmen earlier today carried out an attack on the Special Anti -Robbery Squad detention facility in Garki area 11 in Nigeria’s federal capital Abuja. The detention center used by the Nigerian police to hold high level violent criminals was attacked in a brazen manner by the attackers from the