March 10, 2015/The Will President Goolduck Jonathan Tuesday removed the Chairman of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P), Gen. Martin Luther Agwai (rtd.), with immediate effect and appointed Mr. Ishaya Dare Akau, as his replacement. A Presidency statement said Agwai’s removal is “In furtherance of his efforts to continuously […]

March 8, 2015/Press Release/Premium Times The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged the Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to “embrace constructive engagement on issues of human rights, transparency and accountability,” and “to avoid sound bite and opportunistic attacks on civil society organizations simply working to make the government fit […]

The Senate Committee on Capital Market on Thursday commenced investigation into the allegation of illegal approval of N10 billion bond to Gombe State Government by the acting Director General of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mounir Gwarzo. The decision followed the appearance of Gwarzo along with top officials of the […]