Weekly transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) ended positively on Friday as the All-Share Index grew by 188.71 points or 0.75 per cent to close at 25,337.18. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this was against the 25,1...
Adamawa government has extended resumption of schools by two weeks following the submerging of 89 schools in floods, Mr Gabriel Hamman-Adama, the Commissioner for Education, has said. The Commissioner added that 45 other schools had been converted...
Petrol scarcity which hit Dutse, Jigawa, about seven days ago has eased as many of the petrol stations now have the product. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the long queues of vehicles at the petrol stations have disappeared. Mr Sama&rsqu...
The police on Friday arraigned two drivers, Ibrahim Adamu, 23, and Bala Umaru, 18, before an Abuja Chief Magistrates’ Court for alleged theft. The drivers ply their trade at the Jabi Motor Park in Utako District, Abuja. Prosecutor Sani Yusuf told...
The Naira remained stable against major currencies at the official and black markets on Friday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The currency remained at N155.28 to the dollar at the official segment on Friday. It has been at that rate since M...
A 30-year-old housemaid, Mary John, was on Friday arraigned before an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing her employer’s belongings, worth N35.1 million. The accused, who resides with her employer, Esohe Kadiri, at ...
The Federal High Court on Friday in Abuja declined to halt the House of Representatives from commencing impeachment proceedings against President Goodluck Jonathan. Justice Gabriel Kolawole said that the court must be certain that the impeachment ...
Economics was defined by Prof. Oluwasanmi in his days at University of Ife as common sense made difficult by complex theories, intricate analysis and jaw-breaking formulas. To his credit my approach in this paper will deliberately follow the message in...
The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Madueke’s convoy, on Wednesday night killed a staff of the Nigerian Pilot Newspaper, James Momoh, in Abuja. It was gathered that the minister’s convoy hit the deceased, on a bridge near the L...
President Goodluck Jonathan last night held a meeting with the governors of the 19 Northern states. Briefing newsmen at the end of the meeting, Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu said the meeting discussed issues related to insecurity, flooding and ...
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Abubakar, has said that the Nigeria Police would not be cowed into abandoning their duty of protecting lives and property. Abubakar gave the assurance yesterday during the disbursement of N69 million famili...
A Federal High court sitting in Abuja will today decide whether or not to stop the House of Representatives from going ahead with impeachment proceedings against President Goodluck Jonathan over 2012 budget implementation. Justice Gab...
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday blamed ‘inadequate education in the North’ among other factors for the Boko Haram insurgency. He also cited failure of leadership and unemployment among the internal remote causes of the insurgen...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, arraigned Mr. Abdullahi Mohammed (alias Dan Hadeja), 72, before Justice Abubakar Tijjani of the Federal High Court II, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on a one count charge of obtaining the...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday expressed confidence in the country’s ability to overcome its present security challenges and emerge as a very strong, united, stable and economically progressive nation. Jonathan, who expressed this hope at ...