Fresh facts emerged last night to explain why members of the Justice Muhammadu Uwais- led Stakeholders Committee for the Reform of the Judiciary failed to agree on the position of the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association that serving judicial off...
The minister of State for Finance, Dr. Yerima Ngama, said yesterday that oil revenue has dropped by N65 billion as a result of the maintenance work currently going on at the Forcados oil and Qua Iboe terminals. This is even as the Federation Accounts A...
As the law on the ban of same sex marriage is yet to take effect, lesbianism is rising in urban areas in Nigeria. A trend that was once done in secret, ladies are coming out boldly to declare their love for one another without shame, Ruth Choji writes....
Bandits went on rampage at Kwa town, near Kano, killing three officers of the Nigerian Air Force after a gun battle. Officials of the Air Force and the police in Kano could however, not confirm whether the attack was carried out on the officers by the&...
Seared by the heat of insecurity, socio-economic uncertainty and mysterious dithering by the nation’s political leadership, allusions to Arab Spring-type rebellion and outright calls for a revolution to incept a new order have become something of...
Lady Margery Chuba-Okadigbo, wife of former Senate President, the late Dr. Chuba Okadigbo, was yesterday declared as the authentic candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and winner of the Anambra North Senatorial district in the April 16 Natio...
The Supreme Court yesterday sacked two senators and eight House of Representatives who are members of the Senator Yakubu Garba Lado faction of the Katsina state chapter of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), thereby affirming the decision of the...
The Lokoja-Abuja highway was again blocked yesterday by women,protesting the outcome of the recently held governorship election in Kogi State. The placard carrying women who came from local government areas across the state said they were saddene...
A Group, Nigerian Collective for Social Reforms and Best Practices (RBP), has vowed to stop the PDP chairmanship aspiration of the former National Assembly Liaison Officer to the former President Umaru Yar’addua. In a press statement signed...
Senate President, David Mark will lead royal fathers from his state to grace a thanksgiving ceremony in Imo State slated for December 18, 2011, in honour of Uzodinma’s victory ceremony at the Holy Trinity Cathedral Church, Omuma, Imo State. ...
The Save Bayelsa Project (SBP), a group that prides itself in ensuring that anti-democratic elements do not cripple or cause chaos in Bayelsa State, has stated that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flag bearer in forthcoming governorship election in ...
A group of women numbering about 2000 under the aegis of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Women Vanguard, Anambra State, were at the national headquarters of the PDP in Abuja on Thursday to protest what they termed ‘unlawful exclusion of women&rsqu...
After several hours of waiting for a meeting scheduled at 10am between the inspector-general of police, Hafiz Ringim with senior officers of the force yesterday, the IGP and his crew stormed the conference room, venue of the meeting and announced the d...
The Senate has commenced debate on the general principles of the 2012 budget presented to the joint session of the National Assembly by President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday.Key issues raised by the Senators included non- implementation of previous bu...
National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has restored the accreditation of the programmes of the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu. Special Adviser to the Enugu State Governor on Information Communication Technology (ICT), Mr. Ok...