In the past few weeks, kerosene has become a scarce commodity. The price has gone up to about 100 per cent. OSBY ISIBOR writes on the pains Nigerians go through to access the product and the implication of kerosene scarcity on the economy. It is estima...
Again, the National Assembly has commenced fresh efforts at tinkering with the 1999 Constitution. UCHENNA AWOM in this analysis identifies the problem areas that could hamper the process The echoes of the just concluded constitutional retreat o...
Retired Police Commissioner and former boss of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Fulani Kwajafa recently fielded questions from the duo of MUSA AHMED TIJJANI and SHUAIB SHUAIB. He shared insights on state police agitation, Nigeria’...
Governor Rochas Okorocha, remains defiant despite an order of the Appeal Court to reinstate sacked council chairmen in Imo state, and his position may hinge on the fear that the chairmen would insist on full payment of their monthly statuto...
Barely six years after the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) banned the operation of Motor-cyclists in the city centre, CHIKA OKEKE reports that the operators have fully returned to the city centres irrespective of the penalty awaiting de...
Hon. Umar Bature is the member representing Sokoto North/South Federal Constituency of Sokoto State in the House of Representatives, and in this interview with Ruth Choji, the Chairman, House Committee on Interior, states that Nigeria needs a new...
The autonomy of local governments is creating wrangling among the leaders of the 19 northern states.While the northern apex socio-cultural group, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), did not see any wrong in the autonomy of local governments, the governors ...
His Eminence, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar yesterday called on Muslims in the country to shun violence and any form of extremism, saying “extremism brought about the present insecurity and hardship among the Muslim u...
The Aguleri-Otu oil-flow station in Anambra State will be commissioned by President Goodluck Jonathan on August 30, 2012, the Anambra State Commissioner for Special Duties, Barr. Vincent Ezenwajiaku, has assured. Ezenwajiaku said the ...
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) workers yesterday suspended its strike action over the payment of 2012 Petroleum Subsidy Arrears. The union is also worried over the state of the refineries, labour issues concerning SPDC and bad...
Following the recent bloody violence in Riyom and Barkin Ladi local government areas of Plateau State which claimed over a hundred lives of largely Berom extraction, the military task force issued a 48-hour notice of evacuation of the area to root out ...
In its effort to enforce the ban on Okada riding in the Federal Capital City (FCC), the Director, FCT Directorate of Road Traffic Services, Col. Wilson Alade (rtd.), said the directorate has impounded over 1,600 motorcycles between January and July, th...
Irregularities trailed the bye-election into Dutsi constituency of Katsina State House Of Assembly with incidences of ballot box snatching and early voting recorded in some polling units. The bye-election into Dutsi constituency was held yesterday foll...
The abducted daughter of a former member of the National Assembly, Senator Nimi Barigha-Amange, was yesterday rescued from the hands of her kidnappers in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The victim, Mrs. Diepreye Dagi Darego, was taken hostage at around 9a...
Helen Glover and Heather Stanning confirmed their status as gold medal favourites as they stormed into the final of the women's pair in a new Olympic record time. Roared on by a packed crowd at Eton Dorney, Glover and Stanning won the opening heat ...