Niger State government has introduced a project implementation concept known as the Ward Development Projects where each of the 274 wards in the state is given N1 million every month to execute any project of its choosing. In this interview with ...
It was a beautiful Monday morning, characterized by the usual heavy traffic which has now become a trade-mark of the Federal Capital Territory on weekdays. So much hustling and bustling, cars blaring their horns and commercial bus drivers working their...
Recently, residents of Abuja have continued to decry the indiscriminate way some government agencies in the city operate. Molestation and brutality has been the order of the day. Anthony Ada Abraham reports on the various ways this ‘men’ do...
Without doubt or fear of equivocation, I strongly believe that President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan deserves commendation for the successes he has achieved in the transformation agenda since he was elected on May 20, 2011. Nigeria has had numerous leaders...
The National Integrated Power Project (NIPP) was conceived by the former President Olusegun Obasanjo administration in the year 2004 as a fast-track approach to solving the country’s power challenges. Although the project has gulped about $8 bill...
Last Tuesday, Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Ayotunde Philips, freed 233 inmates awaiting trial in both the Medium and Maximum prisons in Kirikiri, Lagos during a visit to the facilities as part of activities marking the start of the 2012/20...
Tunji Tolani is the managing director, Abuja Leasing Company (ALC) Limited. In this interview with DAVID ADUGE-ANI, he spoke on the challenges his company and others businesses are facing in Nigeria, submitting that businesses in the country go through...
Hon. Saidu Adamu is the Kaduna State Commissioner for Information and Home Affairs. In this interview with ISAIAH BENJAMIN, he affirms that the state government is making effort to address salary irregularities in the state. He explains why the state g...
On Thursday, September 20, 2012, the International Conference Centre, Abuja, will host the nation’s crème de la crème in politics and business at the public presentation of an Abuja-based newspaper, the ‘Blueprint’. The event which ...
Senator Abdullahi Adamu represents Nassarawa West in the Senate and is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Solid Minerals, in this interview with Ruth Choji, the former governor reveals some of the issues that have bedeviled the mineral and agricul...
The House of Representatives Deputy Chairman, Media and Public Affairs, Victor Afam Ogene, in this interview, clears the air on the reported impeachment threat against President Goodluck Jonathan over dismal implementation of the 2012 budget. The lawma...
The Nigerian National Honours are a set of orders and decorations conferred upon Nigerians and friends of the country every year in recognition of their landmark contributions and patriotism to the nation. However, recent honours awards seem to have de...
The arrival of a new-born baby should ordinarily be cheery news to the couple involved and their relations. The arrival of three in one fell swoop to a family long denied the fruit of the womb would most certainly engender rapturous joy even in the nei...
Mrs Beatrice Jeddy-Agba is the executive secretary, National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons (NAPTIP). In this interview with CHUKS OHUEGBE, she speaks on the milestones recorded by NAPTIP and plans to rejig the Act establishing the ag...
Sabke dam, located in Maiadua local government of Katsina state, was constructed in 1995. Initiated by the defunct Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF), the project was conceived with a view to supporting irrigation farming and providing water for domestic use. ...