President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday fired back at critics of the National Honours Award, saying he was expecting criticisms as even the most celebrated award, the Nobel peace prize is also being criticised by many. “As I have mentio...
Staff members of the Nigeria Export Processing Zone (NEPZA) have petitioned the minister of trade and investment, Dr.Olusegun Aganga, over the sale of staff estate at Ikot Ekpo, Calabar in Cross River State without recourse to laid-down procedures by t...
The federal government has declared that the Boko Haram menace will soon become a thing of the past as it has perfected a new plan to end it. The Minister of Defence, Dr. Bello Haliru Mohammed, disclosed this yesterday while declaring open ...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday said that the planned removal of fuel subsidy in January 2012 by the government will lead to serious revolt, because Nigerians will be left without any option than to openly kick against the anti-people polic...
The Supreme Court yesterday ordered the Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Benue State to hear afresh on merit, the petition by the governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Prof. Steven Ugbah, challenging the election of Gove...
Immediate past Chairman of First Bank Plc, Chief Oba Otudeko, has said that he owed the national honours award of Commander of the Federal Republic (CON) conferred on him to the Almighty God. Otedeko was among the 355 distinguished Nigerians pres...
The Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Kaduna State yesterday nullified the election of Dr Ahmad Datti of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and declared former Governor of Kaduna state, Senator Ahmad Makarfi of the Peoples Democratic ...
The British Council in Nigeria holds first edition of the Creative Industry Expo from Monday December 5 – Wednesday December, 7 2011 in Lagos.
Residents of Abuja satellite towns groan under the weight of spending so much daily on patronising water vendors popularly known as ‘Mairuwa’, who have become the major source of water supply in these areas. KEHINDE AJOBIEWE writes. ...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday described the decision by Nigeria’s foremost prolific writer, Prof. Chinua Achebe, to reject the conferment of the national honour of Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR) on him as regrettable. ...
Irked by recent reports alleging that she acquired a 20 million Euro mansion in Vienna, Austria, the minister of petroleum resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has petitioned the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). The terse petition to the di...
Former Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Rowland Owie, Senator Roland Owie, has called on the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Justice Bello Adoke, to prosecute former President Olusegun Obasanjo for pulling down ...
A self acclaimed Islamic scholar, Adamu Alkali of Paiko in Pakoro local government area of Niger state, has been arraigned before a Minna Chief magistrates’ Court for allegedly attempting to sell an 11-year-old boy, Usman Abubakar to some unknown...
Three unidentified gunmen yesterday killed a middle aged man, Baba La`ari in the Gangamari area, behind Shehu of Baro’s Palace in Maiduguri metropolis. An eye witness who spoke to our correspondent on condition of anonymity explained that L...
The Kaduna State government yesterday lamented the ongoing debate on same sex marriage and legalization of prostitution, describing them as ``disheartening. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna, the Permanent Secretary, ...