The Lokoja-Abuja highway was again blocked yesterday by women,protesting the outcome of the recently held governorship election in Kogi State. The placard carrying women who came from local government areas across the state said they were saddene...
A Group, Nigerian Collective for Social Reforms and Best Practices (RBP), has vowed to stop the PDP chairmanship aspiration of the former National Assembly Liaison Officer to the former President Umaru Yar’addua. In a press statement signed...
Senate President, David Mark will lead royal fathers from his state to grace a thanksgiving ceremony in Imo State slated for December 18, 2011, in honour of Uzodinma’s victory ceremony at the Holy Trinity Cathedral Church, Omuma, Imo State. ...
The Save Bayelsa Project (SBP), a group that prides itself in ensuring that anti-democratic elements do not cripple or cause chaos in Bayelsa State, has stated that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flag bearer in forthcoming governorship election in ...
A group of women numbering about 2000 under the aegis of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Women Vanguard, Anambra State, were at the national headquarters of the PDP in Abuja on Thursday to protest what they termed ‘unlawful exclusion of women&rsqu...
After several hours of waiting for a meeting scheduled at 10am between the inspector-general of police, Hafiz Ringim with senior officers of the force yesterday, the IGP and his crew stormed the conference room, venue of the meeting and announced the d...
The Senate has commenced debate on the general principles of the 2012 budget presented to the joint session of the National Assembly by President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday.Key issues raised by the Senators included non- implementation of previous bu...
National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has restored the accreditation of the programmes of the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu. Special Adviser to the Enugu State Governor on Information Communication Technology (ICT), Mr. Ok...
Northern Youths under the auspices of Arewa Youth Forum (AYF), yesterday, warned Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole to stop playing politics with the death of former President Umaru Yar’Adua. The group also told him to stop abusing the sensibili...
The House of Representatives has mandated its joint committee on HIV/Aids,Tuberculosis and Malaria control and Donor Agencies to investigate sources and utilisation of funds of NGOs involved in HIV activities. The inquiry is also to cover determination...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday expressed regret that the 20 licensed private refinery owners have not been able to commence operations in Nigeria because of government’s price control mechanism on fuel. The president, who was represented b...
Former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Nuhu Ribadu and the national secretary of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Buba Galadima, have expressed divergent views on the implications of the N921 billion being prop...
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed an amendment Bill which puts the retirement age of academic staff of universities in the professional cadre to 70 and that of non-academic to 65. The bill also seeks to limit the tenure of principal offic...
The Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up to look into the activities of the 17 local government councils in Enugu State from January 1999 to December 31, 2007 yesterday, disclosed that over N11 billion (N11,901,545,490.00) of allocations to local gove...
Senators yesterday, vented their spleen on most aspects of the N4.7trillion 2012 budget just presented to the House, especially the proposed N921billion for security, which they declared was too high. Most senators, who spoke during the commencement of...