Apparently scared of falling out of favour with the presidency, the north’s apex socio-cultural group, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), yesterday made a U-turn on its earlier stand. Its new position is that “Jonathan’s administration h...
The Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has concluded arrangements to transform the state into Nigeria’s economic hub. Under the innovative scheme, goods will be ferried from the new Osun Regional Market in Dagbolu, Osogbo, to other parts of th...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has expressed concern over the sudden removal of the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs Farida Waziri by President Goodluck Jonathan. NLC head of information, Comrade Chris Uyot, , in ...
The organised labour in the country has stated that unimplemented labour laws in Nigeria have stripped away key protections for the country’s workforce and are denying large numbers of workers the right to union representation and decent work. La...
Peter Esele is the president of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Nigeria. He bares his mind in a recent interview with TAIWO OGUNMOLA on burning national issues, especially the thorny issue of fuel subsidy and security. Comrade, despite resist...
Following the death of the acclaimed Igbo leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, in a London Hospital in November 26, there is palpable fear that it will take a long time to find a suitable replacement for the former Biafran leader, writes MIKE UBANI...
Comrade Zanna Shettima is a household name in Borno State, having piloted the activities of Nigeria Labour (NLC) as its state Chairman for several years, before he later delved into the murky waters of politics few years back. In this interview with SU...
Former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar, in company with other prominent Nigerians recently visited Akwa Ibom State after which he spoke with journalists. Bernard Dada Tolani, picked salient issues from the interview. Your Excellency, wit...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, is set for efficient and quality service delivery to all electricity customers in the country. Chairman of the commission, Dr Sam Amadi, who stated this, yesterday, on the occasion of the power Cons...
Bianca, widow of late Chief EmekaOdumegwu-Ojukwu, yesterday expressed gratitude to Nigerians resident in the United Kingdom (UK) for their support to the family during the period of her husband’s hospitalisation, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ...
Katsina State Government has sacked provost of the state owned college of legal and administrative studies, Dr Muazu Abdullahi Saulawa even as it directed immediate dissolution of the institution’s governing council. Addressing newsmen after the ...
Members of the ECOWAS parliament have commenced a study that would enhance powers of the parliament in the region. Ike Ekweremadu, Speaker ECOWAS Parliament disclosed the measure at a meeting with the Zimbabwe Speaker of Parliament, Lovemore Moyo. He s...
The arrest and subsequent arraignment of Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume before an Abuja High Court by the officials of the State Security Service (SSS) who amongst other things, accused him of financing the Boko Haram, is still dominating discussions among...
The House of Representatives yesterday directed its Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) to ascertain why nine years after permits were granted to private refineries by the federal government, they were yet to commence operations. This is just...
The Bayelsa State Governor Timipre Sylva yesterday told the Court of Appeal in Abuja that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) fraudulently remitted the record of proceedings from a Federal High Court in Abuja to the appellate court just to hold up...