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The Supreme Court yesterday fixed October 31, 2011 for judgment in the multiple appeals pending before it in respect of a petition on the outcome of the Borno Governorship election.Result of that April 26 election is a subject of litigation befor...
The Fray! Shuaib Shuaib examines the likely contenders for the 2015 presidential polls especially from the spectacle of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The last presidential election took place only six months ago, yet names of possible...
With the current precarious security situation in the country it is imperative for the management in every organisation to review its security system and put in place necessary measures to stem the rising tide of internal insecurity. GABRIEL EWEP...
Mr Chinedu Eze, reporter with Thisday Newspaper resides in Lagos. He was in the nation`s capital, Abuja for an assignment at the National Assembly in 2008. From the airport, He picked up a taxi to the National Assembly Complex and on alighting from the...
The Naira shed weight at the official and interbank market yesterday following the easing of the Net Open Position (NOP) of banks by the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN), closing N150.01 and N160.20 respectively.The CBN had on Friday increased the NOP from...
The World Bank projects in various sectors of the economy in Nigeria have hit over $4 billion, MS Marie-Françoise Marie-Nelly, the bank’s country representative in Nigeria said yesterday in Abuja.Addressing journalists on the bank’s ...
Nigerian Stock Exchange(NSE) yesterday unveiled the New Gold Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) for investors just as a South African firm, ABSA Capital in synergy with Vetiva Capital Management Limited has concluded arrangement to float the gold-b...
Contrary to claims by Power Holding Company Of Nigeria (PHCN) that electricity supply and its billing system have improved, facts on ground indicate that a consumers are being ripped –off by the company.LEADERSHIP investigations revealed that som...
The Sokoto State police command has paraded 11 thugs arrested by its officers and men during the visit of Senator Abubakar Gada to the state on Sunday.The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Almustapha Sani, who could not disclose the camp the ...
The Governor of Bauchi State, Malam Isa Yuguda, yesterday signed the contract for the proposed Bauchi State International Airport worth N7.9 billion.The state commissioner of special duties, Alhaji Bappha Azare, who signed the contract on behalf of the...
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Adamawa State has endorsed retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa as the party’s candidate for the governorship election scheduled for January 2012, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.Marwa’s endors...
The Minister of State for Education, Mr. Ezenwo Wike, has said that the Federal Government has awarded contracts for the Almajiri school project in 19 states. Wike told journalists in Yola yesterday that contractors would be mob...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Kwara has said that it will appeal the verdict of the Election Petitions Tribunal on Kwara South Senatorial District.The party said this in a statement issued in Ilorin sitting in Ilorin, ...
President Goodluck Jonathan has charged Nigerian universities to key into the transformation agenda of the federal government.Jonathan gave the charge yesterday in his address at the 27th convocation ceremony of the University of Ilorin.He said with 11...
Kogi State Governor Ibrahim Idris is to lead the campaign of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the December gubernatorial election with Prince Olusola Akanmode emerging as director-general.The governor, who disclosed this at the Government Ho...