VICTOR ORIOLA in Lagos, writes on the damage done to the hard-earned image of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as a result of Federal Government’s removal of fuel subsidy and the attendant nationwide protests. To say that the weeklong strike ac...
The nationwide strike and street protest declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) over the unilateral removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) by the Federal Government was received with mixed feelings. M...
The President of the Kaduna Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (KADCIMMA), Alhaji Umar Yahaya, in this interview with GRACE AZUBUIKE and GABRIEL EWEPU, speaks on the preparations for a hitch-free Kaduna International Trade Fair and ot...
The Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday announced measures to cushion the effect of the fuel price hike. Oshiomhole, in a state broadcast in Benin City, acknowledged the immediate hardship caused by the rise in the price...
The Police in Gombe were reported to have shot a youth suspected to be a bomber as he attempted to plant an explosive device at the residence of a serving Senator representing Gombe North Senatorial District. An Eye witness (name withheld), expla...
The Kaduna Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mines and Agriculture (KADCCMA) is set to partner with other international businesses and countries for the Annual International Trade Fair set to hold from Friday, February 24 to March 4,2012Pre...
A journalist with Highland FM, Federal Radio Nigeria Corporation (FRCN), Jos, Mr. Nansoh Silas, was found dead along Zaramagada-Rayfield Road in Jos, the Plateau State capital yesterday. The remains of the journalist were said to have been discov...
Security operatives yesterday morning rescued the kidnapped female member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and her visitor at Udoga community in Etche local government area of Rivers State. LEADERSHIP recalls that unknown gunmen had on ...
The Joint Task Force (Operation Pulo Shield) has said that it arrested a total of 36 suspected kidnappers and 11 suspected armed robbers in Rivers State in the last one month. This is even as the unit also said it destroyed no fewer than 108 illegal re...
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC and London-based watchmakers, Backes and Strauss have announced a new partnership to raise funds for victims of human trafficking through the launch of an exclusive line of watches. According to a new...
Global Fleet Oil and Gas Limited has urged a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to restrain the Federal Government from canceling the shares sale and purchase agreement freely entered into with it over the acquisition of NICON Insurance Pl...
The Federal Government has given the special Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) task force 30 working days to produce a new draft bill for presentation to the National Assembly. The charge was given by the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Aliso...
Trading activities on the Nigerian Stocks Exchange (NSE) yesterday closed in the red as market capitalisation of equities depreciated by N27 billion to close at N6.590 trillion, while the key benchmark indices dropped 84.67 basis points or 0.40 per cen...
Developing countries should prepare for further downside risks, as Euro area debt problems and weakening growth in several big emerging economies are dimming global growth prospects, the World Bank said in the newly-released Global Economic Prospects (...
The Senate yesterday confirmed an upward review of the crude oil benchmark from $70 to $75 per litre for the purpose of the 2012 budget as requested by President Goodluck Jonathan The confirmation came against the backdrop of senate’s approval of...