The dreaded Boko Haram sect yesterday sent a threat letter to Kano State Government, warning her of a planned attack over what it termed the indiscriminate arrests of its members under the pretext that they were thieves and armed robbers. This latest d...
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....
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday expressed regret that the 20 licensed private refinery owners have not been able to commence operations in Nigeria because of government’s price control mechanism on fuel. The president, who was represented b...
Former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Nuhu Ribadu and the national secretary of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Buba Galadima, have expressed divergent views on the implications of the N921 billion being prop...
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed an amendment Bill which puts the retirement age of academic staff of universities in the professional cadre to 70 and that of non-academic to 65. The bill also seeks to limit the tenure of principal offic...
The Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up to look into the activities of the 17 local government councils in Enugu State from January 1999 to December 31, 2007 yesterday, disclosed that over N11 billion (N11,901,545,490.00) of allocations to local gove...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday told Nigerians to get ready for a nationwide strike and mass protest in the country, following President Jonathan’s decision to remove subsidy on petroleum products by January 2012. This is coming barel...
The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has issued new operational guidelines in product supply and allocation of petroleum product import permit in the fourth quarter (Q4) and thereafter. This is even as the agency has vowed to use al...
The Gombe State House of Assembly yesterday approved the nomination of Mr. Tha’anda Jason Rubainu as the new deputy governor of the state. Rubainu takes over following the death of Mr. David Miyim Albashi, the former deputy governor. Rubainu&rsqu...
The presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change in the last general elections, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), has advised government to wipe out corruption instead of removing the subsidy on petroleum products. Buhari spoke yesterday in...
May I on behalf of my distinguished and honourable colleagues humbly and warmly welcome you and your entourage to this joint session of the National Assembly. We are delighted to have you with us this afternoon as you perform one of your constitutional...
The community of Ohi in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State and the entire citizens of the state were thrown into mourning on Sunday, following the death of the former Medical Director of Umugwuma General Hospital, Dr. Moses Amako who died afte...
The Supreme Court yesterday fixed December 28 for judgment in the appeal by the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) against the decision of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal which affirmed the victory of President Goodluck Jonathan and his...