The Supreme Court yesterday fixed Thursday to commence hearing in an appeal lodged by the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) against the November 1 judgment of the Presidentials Election Petition Tribunal, which affirmed the ...
The reconstituted Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Makurdi, Benue State, has again adjourned its sitting till Thursday for final ruling on the petition by the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Prof. Steven Ugbah, against Governor Gabriel Suswam o...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised government at all levels to take agriculture more seriously as it could be a money spinner for the nation if properly harnessed. Obasanjo said this yesterday at the South west zonal conference of the Zonal...
With just 25 days left for the 2011 fiscal year to terminate, the House of Representatives Committee on Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has given the FCT administration N940m for capital projects. The virement proposal, which the committee approved dur...
Nigeria women club basketball champions, First Deepwater will today face FIBA Africa defending champions, Interclube of Angola in the 17th edition of the Champions Club for women. This is after the Nigerian team got off to a fine start in the final rou...
The Federal Government yesterday disclosed its desire to become the world’s largest producer of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) by increasing production capacity from the current levels by five times. The government’s intention, according to th...
The Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been named one of 100 Global Thinkers by the iconic Washington-based journal, Foreign Policy magazine. According to a statement by Senior Special Assistant on...
Five months into the tenure of the present legislators at Adamawa State House of Assembly, the state lawmakers, at its sitting yesterday, passed a vote of no confidence on its Speaker, Barrister Hon. Sadiq Ibrahim Dasin, representing Fufore/Gurin Const...
In this interview with JOHN OBA, Hon. Ndudi Elemelu, Chairman Committee on Health, representing Aniocha North/Aniocha South/Oshimili North/Oshimili South of Delta State in the House of Representatives speaks on his committee’s readiness to revamp...
Despite being the youngest senator at the National Assembly in this current dispensation, Senator Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman (Kogi Central, PDP) comes across like a fearless politician, especially when it comes to expressing issues that border on the welfa...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has stated its commitment to partner with key stakeholders in turning around investment infrastructure in the city for greater service delivery to the residents and visitors of the Federal Capital Cit...
Relief came the way of Abuja developers at the weekend as Department of Development under the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC) and the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN), reached an agreement on how to avoid further demol...
The Chairman of Abaji Area Council, FCT, Alhaji Yahaya Muhammad, has pledged to strengthen the council’s poverty alleviation scheme through the establishment of skills acquisition centres for youths and women in the counci...
The natives of Karshi in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), yesterday rejected a compensation of N12, 000 per tree offer to them by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on their community trees which was cut off by the administrati...
Awka, the capital of Anambra State was once described as a glorified village by a writer, even though he may not be said to be correct. But the assertion may not be far from the truth against the backdrop of the level of development in Awka, the capita...