News Desk Tuesday, December 11, 2007

FG cancels Obasanjo's healthcare

THE National Economic Council, yesterday, cancelled the contract awarded by the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo for the construction of Primary Health Care Centres in the 774 local governments in the country, saying the contract was not only unconstitutional, the deduction of money from the accounts of the local governments was irregular. MORE>>>

Siemens scam: EFCC operatives back from Germany

Probe into the Siemens bribe-for-contract scam involving notable Nigerians is now at advanced stage as a high-powered delegation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has completed its first visit to Germany. MORE>>>

Ige, others: Soyinka demands independent probe

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has advised the Federal Government not to leave the planned reopening of all unresolved political murder cases in the country in the hands of the police alone. Instead, he said an independent commission of inquiry on whose foundation the police could build on, should be set up to investigate the cases. MORE>>>