The Senate yesterday uncovered a discrepancy of N44bn between the records of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Ministry of Finance over the Natural Resource Development Account. It also uncovered how the presidency abused the account mean...
The House of Representatives was momentarily unsettled when a member Simon Arabo at yesterday’s plenary condemned the secret investigative hearing by the Lower House Ethics and Privilege Committee. The committee was setup to investigate the bribe...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, African Integration and Niger Nationals Abroad of the Republic of Niger has commended the Commission of the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) in Abuja. Also, the President of the Republic, M...
The federal government, yesterday, arraigned two al-qaeda suspects before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja for allegedly aiding and abetting terrorist activities in the country. The two accused persons Olaniyi Lawal and Lukman Babatunde both plead...
The chairman, Presidential Pension’s Reform Task Force Team, (PRTFT), Alhaji Abdulrasheed Maina, said yesterday that the country will save not less than N42.6b annually from the newly introduced identification smart card registration for eligible...
An Abuja High Court yesterday held that the ward, Local government and State Congresses of the Anambra State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that produced the Chief Oguebego Ejike led Executive Committee Officers of the party was un...
The Kaduna State Police Command yesterday debunked rumours making the rounds that another crisis was about to befall the state, saying that the rumour was false, baseless and malicious. However, our correspondent who went round Kaduna metropolis observ...
Elder statesman and governorship candidate of the Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) in the 2007 election in Rivers State, Chief Sergeant Chidi Awuse has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to appoint the next Minister of Defence from the South-South geo...
The Syrian president has said that his country’s opposition movement has failed to duplicate the kinds of mass protests that unfolded in other Arab nations. “They wanted to bring people out into the streets in large numbers just like in Egy...
The United Nations Security Council has said it was not ready to back a West African intervention force in northern Mali, which has been seized by Islamist militant groups. The council condemned the destruction of ancient shrines in the historic city o...
Nigeria U20 team will take on Benin Republic counterparts in an AYC warm-up match on July 14 in either Ibadan or Lagos, officials said. President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Aminu Maigari, said the friendly will serve as a tune-up game fo...
FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke has announced that goal-line technology has been given approval by the International Football Association Board (IFAB), football’s law-making body. Following nine months of testing in England, Germany, Hungary...
Usain Bolt has withdrawn from his final race before London 2012 due to a “slight” injury problem. Bolt, 25, was scheduled to run the 200m at the Diamond League meet in Monaco on 20 July. The three-time Olympic gold medallist withdrew ...
The Super Eagles of Nigeria will face Liberia in the qualifiers for the 2013 Nations Cup holding in South Africa next year. It’s a two legged tie with the first game coming up in Monrovia on September 7-9, with the second legs ...
Kwara State Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed, in this interview with ABDULLAHI OLESIN, speaks about the state’s concept of ‘shared prosperity’. He also gives reasons why governors do not buy into federal government’s plan to have a sov...