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The Senate Committee on Housing and Urban Development, yesterday, blamed the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, for approving quarterly releases which fell short of figures appropriated by the National Assembly. The committee lamented that t...
Alhaji Ganiyu Olayiwola Oyeduntan is a chieftain of Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) and former Commissioner for Heath under Chief Adebisi Akande between 1999 to 2003.In this chat with LEADERSHIP’s SEFIU AYANBIMPE, Oyeduntan talks on the lingering c...
Issues around Nigeria’s petroleum sector topped deliberation in the House of Representatives last week. EDEGBE ODEMWINGIE reports on concluded debates on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) and the probe report on incessant fuel scarcities across t...
Hon Agi Jerome Aduojo is a philanthropist and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).He has been an advocate of social change and youth empowerment. In this interview with OSBY ISIBOR, he spoke on the review of the 1999 constitution, Ribadu re...
Nigeria’s political parties were put on the slammer last week and ironically its major players took turns to upbraid it. At the heart of the matter is absence of internal democracy, discipline and lack of any ideological bent. UCHENNA AWOM writes...
The Kaduna State Christian Pilgrims Board says that prospective pilgrims will not be allowed to climb Mount Sinai during this year’s pilgrimage. Rev. Joseph Yari, the agency’s Executive Secretary, said this while speaking with the News Agen...
The vacant traditional stool of Attah Igala has been filled, a statement said in Lokoja on Saturday The stool of the Attah Igala became vacant following the demise of the former Attah, Alhaji Aliyu Obaje, on July 16 after 56 years reign on the throne. ...
Gov. Gabriel Suswan of Benue has called on individuals and organisations to assist the State Government in tackling acts capable of causing breach of peace in the state. Suswam made the call in Makurdi on Saturday during his investiture as an Ambassado...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday extolled the selfless qualities of Nigeria’s first President, the late Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, and urged Nigerians to emulate him in order to move the country forward. Jonathan made the commendation in Nsukka duri...
Chief Olabode George, a former Vice-Chairman (South West) of PDP, has described Nigeria’s former President, Dr Nnamdi Azikwe, as a ``nationalist that represented the unity of the country``. George made the statement in Lagos on Friday...
The North Central Senate Sub-committee on the review of the 1999 constitution received 100 memoranda during its public sitting in Makurdi, the chairman of the committee, Sen. Barnabas Gemade, said. Gemade, who gave the information at the closing of the...
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, the Rt. Rev Hassan Kukah, on Friday advised school children to take to creativity, reading, dancing, music and other ventures that would help them develop their talents. Kukah, author of "Witness to Justice," ma...
The Special Adviser to the President on Social Development and Special Duties, Mrs Sarah Pane, has identified intolerance as a major threat to social harmony in Nigeria. Pane expressed the view in Abuja on Friday on the occasion of the celebration of t...
Ahead 2015 general elections, former Abia State governor, Dr. Orji UzorKalu convenes Njiko Igbo, a significant socio-political platform conceived to provide focus and give teeth to the agitation for a president of Igbo extraction. LOUIS ACHI examines t...
Gombe State’s anti-social Kalare phenomenon was a tough insecurity challenge in the state until the Governor Ibrahim Dankwmabo administration came on the scene. The state’s Commissioner for Youth Empowerment and Poverty Alleviation, Alhaji ...