Monday, 3 September 2012

APGA, ACN Win, Lose At Election Petition Tribunal

TO beat the 180 days deadline for conclusion of election petition matters, the tribunal sitting in Awka, Anambra State, yesterday read two judgments in pending cases that arose as a result of re-run polls in the State.

North, South Rift Deepens Over Revenue

THE furore generated by some members of the Northern Governors’ Forum on the need to review the revenue allocation formula and onshore-offshore dichotomy may have moved from the political to the intellectual realm, and a hardening of positions.

Federal Agencies Run Without Heads


WORRIES are mounting over Presidency’s seeming procrastination on a number of issues, including executive vacancies and a number of panel reports suspected to be gathering dust.

Group opposes special commission for Nigerians abroad


A RECENT call by Abike Dabiri-Erewa of the House of Representatives for establishment of a special commission on Nigerians in the Diaspora has elicited criticisms from Nigerians in Ireland who preffered that the nation’s embassies across the world be made functional.