In a bid to check traffic congestion and inculcate a sense of responsibility on motorists, especially those in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed has said that vehicles parked within the City, must pay a minimu...
Following the bomb blasts in Jos, the Plateau state capital, on Saturday the Operation Officer of the Special task-Force on Jos crisis (STF) Col. Joseph Iwara , has assured residents of Jos and its environs of their safety, saying the special task forc...
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has said the refusal of the Federal Government to implement the agreement it reached with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has proven that it is untrustworthy and therefore cannot be trusted to k...
The Fulani community in Southern Kaduna has said that the Fulani men said to be attacking the people are from Niger Republic and should be treated as criminals. Former executive secretary of the Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Dr Abdul...
The 49 teachers at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) whose removal were reversed by the Supreme Court two years ago, have returned to the court to enforce the implementation of the judgment terms by the university. The lecturers, are asking the Feder...
Contrary to public opinion that Sokoto State Governor Aliyu Wamakko would be disqualified from seeking return to government house on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket, the party cleared the governor and two others, FRANCIS AGBO reports. Nigeria...
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Enterprise Bank Limited (EBL), Ahmed Kuru, discussed the workings of the bridge bank and its future with Business Editors. Blessing Anaro was there. Excerpt As a bridge bank, are you expected to bu...
The Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) has said that banks operating within the Federal Capital Territory recorded a 74.16 per cent fall in cheque transactions within a period of one year. Giving the figure at the weekend in Abuja, the Branch Controller, CBN...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the 17 chairmanship seats and 259 out of the 260 councillorship seats in Enugu State. Announcing the results of the council poll which took place last Saturday, the chairman of the Enugu State Independent Elec...
The Federal Government says it is resolutely committed to transforming the society by vigorously pursuing its priority programmes of development of infrastructure. Vice-President Namadi Sambo stated this at the public presentation of Steering News Maga...
One woman was killed while two others sustained gunshot wounds following an attack on Kukum Dutse, a village in Kagoro, Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State. “The village was attacked in the midnight; one person was killed while two sustai...
Tiger Woods finally got a win at last week’s Chevron World Challenge. He donated the $1.2 m to his charity the Tiger Woods Foundation—not a bad little tax deduction. But what is next for Tiger? I do not think we will see him at the Franklin...
Nkem Osuagwu takes a look at some issues highlighted by the Bilateral Air Services Agreement dispute between Nigeria and the United Kingdom. Though the controversy over what some people have referred to as the lopsided implementation of Bilatera...
JUWE OLUWAFEMI writes on the several top-notch business executives living the fast life on sea. They say it’s an experience they won’t trade for anything in this world because of the therapeutic feeling they get from it. For G...
CHIKA OKEKE of LEADERSHIP SUNDAY observes that Kabusa, a hidden, but fast growing community in the FCT appears unworried about the administration’s impending restoration of the Abuja master plan, unlike other slum settlements already yielding to ...