by Oge Okonkwo

Sanusi loses bid to get court to re-instate him

A motion brought before a  Federal High Court in Abuja  by the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, asking to be  reinstated as the governor of Nigeria’s apex bank has been rejected by the court. Read more…

Schools and university empty after deadly girls college attack

Some boarding schools in the Northeast  Nigeria have been deserted by terrified students after the attack on Tuesday by suspected Boko Haram sect in which 43 students were shot and hacked to death and the whole school razed at the Federal Government College in Buni Yadi, Yobe state.

The students refused to stay overnight in their schools and colleges in the wake of the attack. Read more…

Yobe Massacre – Leadership Newspaper publishes the names of the deceased 

The names of students killed at the  Federal Government College in Buni-Yadi, Yobe State, were published by Leadership Newspaper today.

It is to serve as a reminder that 43 young minds were shot and hacked to death cutting their lives short and causing grief to family, friends and the Nation. Read more...

Fashola renames hall to honour slain Yobe students

A hall initially named after Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola has been renamed the “Peace Hall’’, in memory of slain Yobe school children by the governor.

The renamed hall located at  Fadeyi in Lagos, was constructed by the  Lagos Zonal Council of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG). Read more….

NNPC owes FG N105bn —Reps

Appearing before the House of Representatives Committee on Finance to defend the corporation’s 2014 budget estimates,some officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC),  were shocked yesterday, when they were told that the corporation owed the Federal Government N105 billion from its independent revenue. Read more….