News Desk (Early Edition) Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Obasanjo rejects power probe report

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has rejected the report of the House of Representatives Committee on Power, saying its conclusion contained unsubstantiated allegations. READ MORE>>>


Files on ex-governors missing, says EFCC

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mrs. Faraday Waziri, on Monday said that the former state governors investigated by the commission were still walking about freely because files on their alleged misdeeds were either “missing or distorted.” READ MORE>>>

Africa and the taming of terrorists

Radical writer cum human rights activist, Mallam Shehu Sani is at it again. Following the publication of a bizarre work entitled, Political Assassinations in Nigeria, two years ago, the social critic is out with another breathtaking work. READ MORE>>>

Alleged N5bn fraud: EFCC threatens Rivers officials

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday threatened to declare wanted, the Rivers State’s commissioner for Finance, the accountant-general and the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Finance. READ MORE>>>

Nurses condemn state of primary health care

National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives has decried the situation at the primary health level, describing it as “very pathetic” and therefore called on the three tiers of government to intervene immediately before the total collapse of the sector. READ MORE>>>