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Natives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have been complaining of marginalisation, despite their contribution to national development. In this interview with CATHERINE AGBO, senior special assistant to the FCT minister on political matters, Jibri...
Manchester United claimed a record-equalling 18th successive home win to march two points clear at the Premier League summit with victory at Old Trafford. And that does not even scratch the surface of a day of drama against Chelsea. First-half goals fr...
Kaduna United have been eliminated from this year’s CAF Confederation Cup after they lost 1-0 at home to Club Africain of Tunisia yesterday. Kaduna needed to win by a big score yesterday, but instead they fell to their Tunisian rivals after they ...
National U-23 coach, Austin Eguavoen will tomorrow defend his Olympic games qualifying programme before the Barrister Chris Green-led technical committee of the Nigeria Football Federation. Eguavoen, who is presently undergoing the ritual of becoming a...
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standard and implementation of Basel framework will impact positively on the safety, soundness and stability of the financial system. The Deputy Governor, Fin...
The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has expressed its support for the organisers of the 2011 summit of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG). The Commissioner for Insurance, Fola Daniel, gave the assurance on behalf of the Commission, when a...
The Chairman of African Insurance Brokers Association (AIBA), Dr. Feyi Soyewo has called on insurance stakeholders to cooperate with the Nigerian Council of Registeread Insurance Brokers (NCRIB) and ensure that the provision of the Act establishing the...
Following the persistent market depression, the Nigerian Stock Exchange(NSE) has expressed hope that when the economic and market environment steadies, companies from sectors such as power, upstream oil and gas, telecoms and agriculture would choose th...
The contracts awarded to Dekit Construction Limited and Darcon Nigeria Limited, for the construction of the National Institute of Petroleum Strategy and Policy, Kaduna, by the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) was at the weekend terminated b...
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) is to impose `heavy’ sanctions on any oil marketer found to be aiding and abetting smuggling of petroleum products outside the country. The measure was announced in the quarterly journal of Petroleum Pr...
Some operators in the nation’s equity market have linked the persistent capital market depression to the exit of some foreign investors following the rising wave of insecurity in the country. While urging the federal government to be more apt and...
As a principle, the former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Idris Kutigi, rarely grants press interviews because he abhors cheap publicity. But the exigency of the protracted crisis in the judiciary and the resilience of LEADERSHIP SUNDAY made h...
The British Department for International Development (DFID) is reviewing its support to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) during the April general elections. Dr Garth Glentwood, the organisation’s Head of Governan...
True, the current revelations by spy cable Wikileaks has ruffled feathers all over the world and revealed that no country’s secret is truly ‘safe’. In this write-up, SHUAIB SHUAIB, carefully considers what this means for Nigeri...
The Senate is back, apparently with renewed vigour to confront the myriad of problems confronting the nation, most of which piled while they were away. Though they all agree that the amendment of the 1999 constitution would top their priority, UCHENNA ...