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S aharaReporters has obtained a list of at least 91 people tied to influential or highly placed Nigerians who were recently offered juicy appointments by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in a hiring process that was highly secretive. Indeed the Political cabal that once held the nation by the jugular had only let go to latch onto another spot that is no less deadly than when its grip was strangulating the nation’s economy. Our worries should be magnified at this point because the actions of the cabal are now deeply insidious as it has again activated its sleeper cells within our Nations apex financial institution.  Not only is the old status quo resisting change, it is also fighting efforts at reforms and the anti-corruption campaign spreading it's Web to the very crusaders of change. Nigerians must also not continue in that unacceptable tradition of seeing this problem as that of the less privileged and the poor, where only the few influential and highly connected get in to ch...

The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), has accused the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, of defending the real economic saboteurs against Nigerians and the working people, saying that the minister is rather engaging Nigerian workers in defence of his cronies. The General Secretary of NUEE, Comrade Joe Ajaero, said in a statement, on Monday, said that very soon, the minister would fight all Nigerians and their families. In reaction to the minister’s statement, the NUEE general secretary, said workers in the electricity sector, have read with worry the report attributed to the Minister of information “in which he called us; Economic saboteurs and vowed that the government which he represents, will go after us.” Read also: Electricity workers embark on protest Ajaero said: “Nigerian workers in the power sector would want to ask the  minister to tell Nigerians whose interests he represents? Is he on the side of Nigeria and Nigerians or on the side of some vest...

DAREDEVIL Fulani herdsmen, on Friday, shot at the convoy of former Senate President, David Mark, during his assessment tour of the destroyed Agatu communities in Benue State. The former Senate President, however, escaped unhurt. Mark was in company with the erstwhile Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro; a member House of the Representatives for Ohimini/Otukpo, Constituency, Honourable Ezekiel Adaji, security aides, journalists and party supporters during the tour of the eight communities. The communities are Aila, Akwu, Okokolo, Adagbo, Akwu, Ogboju and Odugbeho, which have been destroyed by Fulani herdsmen. The convoy was at Akwu community when some fleeing herdsmen sighted the convoy and shot at it, causing members of the lawmaker’s convoy to scamper for safety. The security men attached to the convoy were ordered to remain calm and not exchange fire. The former Senate President thereafter ordered that the convoy continue to move. Saturday Tribune observed that the ei...

The Federal Government has ap­proved the deployment of sol­diers to the state to end the lin­gering farmers/herdsmen crisis in the state. The state governor, Samuel Ortom made the disclosure yes­terday while administering Oath of Office on the President, Cus­tomary Court of Appeal (CCA), Justice Cosmos Idye and a High Court judge, Justice Augustine Ityonyiman. The governor said the inva­sion of some communities by Fu­lani herdsmen in the state was taking a worrisome dimension stressing that “more Local Gov­ernment Areas are being attacked on daily basis”. “As we speak, the Fulanis have started moving out of Agatu to other parts of the state. What we are witnessing today in Benue State is more than what happened in the North-East,” Ortom said. The governor listed Agatu, Logo, Tarka, Buruku, and Kwan­de as part of places currently at­tack by the Fulani mercenaries. Ortom urged the judiciary nationwide to support the feder­al government’s anti-corruption crusade through effe...

The Presidency has said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is free to investigate former President Goodluck Jonathan, according to PUNCH reports. The President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, who stated this in Abuja on Friday, also explained that there was no secret pact between President Buhari and Jonathan to exclude the ex-President from the list of corrupt people to be probed by this administration. There have been calls by prominent Nigerians, including the Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, that Buhari should authorise the EFCC to probe and prosecute Jonathan. Ndume had said, “Nobody is supposed to be above the law. If Jonathan is a culprit, he should face the law. If there is evidence that the former President should face the law, then, he should. After all, he is presumed innocent until proven guilty.” Adesina revealed that the Presidency had given the anti-corruption body a free hand to investigate and try anybody involved in corru...

President Buhari has approved the appointment of Rivers state APC governorship candidate, Dakuku Peterside, as the new Director General of the Nigerian Maritime administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), a federal parastatal which is under the ministry of transport overseen by Rotimi Amaechi, former governor of Rivers state. President Buhari has approved the appointment of Rivers state APC governorship candidate, Dakuku Peterside, as the new Director General of the Nigerian Maritime administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), a federal parastatal which is under the ministry of transport overseen by Rotimi Amaechi, former governor of Rivers state. Dakuku’s appointment which takes immediate effect, is contained in a statement released by Yetunde Sonaike, director of public relations in the ministry of transportation today March 10th. Online Job for students, housewives, unemployed peoples with income monthly | 3000$ pay any one can join now! http://bit.ly/1LekMXA

DNA test confirms the twins have the same mother but different fathers, according to scientist An extremely rare set of twins with different fathers has been born in Vietnam, according to a scientist in the country. Prof Le Dinh Luong, president of the Genetic Association of Vietnam, said DNA testing at his Hanoi lab had confirmed the twins had different fathers, the first such case that he knows of in Vietnam. Only seven cases of bi-paternal twins had been reported in the world as of 2011. Luong declined to give details to protect the family’s confidentiality. The online newspaper Dan Tri reported that a 34-year-old man from northern Hoa Binh province had had DNA testing after being pressured by his family because the twins did not look alike. One has thick wavy hair while the other has thin and straight hair. DNA testing of the mother to rule out a hospital mix-up showed that both children were hers, the report said. The twins, who are now two, were...