The reconstituted Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Makurdi, Benue State yesterday, dismissed the petition filed by the governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Prof. Steven Ugba challenging the election of Governor Gabriel ...
The Governor of Niger State, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has described the verdict of the Supreme Court that yesterday upheld his victory at the April 2011 governorship election as a confirmation that his administration got the mandat...
The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) , Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has said that State Peer Review Mechanism (SPRM) introduced in the country by the forum last year was not a score card to rate th...
Plateau State Governor, Jonah Jang, yesterday, promised to collaborate with the Attorney General of Northern States in the proposal to sanction clerics who made inflammatory statements in the course of preaching. Jang gave the assurance when National A...
Vice President Arc. Mohammed Namadi Sambo has reiterated federal government’s determination to end the menace of terrorism in the country. He therefore, urged all Nigerians to be part of the efforts to combat this new trend of criminality in the ...
Worried by the outbreak of Lassa fever in about 12 states in Nigeria which has recorded almost 400 suspected cases and claimed no fewer than 40 lives, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is making efforts to stop the disease from spreading to o...
The Director of Energy, Markets and Security, International Energy Agency (IEA), Didier Houssin, has said Nigeria would be among the oil exporting nations that would help to cushion the adverse effect of losses in the international oil market due...
Chevron said it has reduced the gas inferno in the Niger Delta region to a considerable level and that the fire would be extinguished in two weeks time. According to the company, it will achieve this in record time by channeling the burning gas i...
Despite being blessed with abundant human and natural resources, which are the basic ingredients for a prosperous nation, Nigeria, regrettably, suffers from resource curse. Industry chiefs, at the recently concluded 2012 Nigeria Oil and Gas (NOG) confe...
Although everything appears to be going on well in the Nigerian power sector, economic and business permutations left open to the country on stable power supply suggest otherwise given the realities on ground. Ever since the launching of th...
Ever since oil was discovered in Nigeria in 1908 and its sudsequent exploration, it has taken a broad view, determined to play an important role in the oil industry, not just within the sub-region but globally. Overtime, oil money quickly became almost...
Is it possible to sell Fura da nono, a milky drink and survive with it? Our correspondents, NANNA SENKUR and ROSE OWOTA ADAH tell the story on how Fulani women are taking care of their needs from the proceeds of the product. Are they primitive? No, the...
In this piece, Patience Ivie Obhafuoso identifies lack of enlightenment, positive orientation, adequate mobilistion and national values as some of the factors that lead to the inherent challenges of social transformation in a heterogeneous nation like ...
Music is something worth enjoying and those that make this happen are the DJs. But for Donalee Areguamen, the first DJ in Abuja, who has been in the business for about 25 years, it is a way of life. He has helped many people to achieve their drea...
Many youths are groaning and languishing in penury as they continue to wait for a white-collar job, and fail to see opportunities in trades they tend to look down. John Aju narrates how he got to this point of comfort as he speaks with GABRIEL EWEPU. T...