Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have called on President Goodluck and Governor Bababtunde Fashola to erect monuments in strategic locations within the state and country in the memory of the late music legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti. This was ...
Barely few months to the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Adamawa State, Governor Murtala Nyako, has publicly declared his intention to seek for re-election in the January 14 gubernatorial election in Adamawa, on the platform of the ruling People ...
Niger State Governor, Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has said that the state government has so far spent N3billion towards achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDGs) through the Conditional Grant Scheme (CGS) for 2008 and 2009 projects. Aliyu w...
Kogi State Chief Judge, Justice Nasiru Ajanah, has emphasized the need for leaders at all levels to submit themselves to the constitution of the country, noting that the judiciary was still subservient to the executive. Speaking at the opening of 2011/...
One person was confirmed dead while over 30 persons sustained various degrees of injuries in multiple road accidents involving over five vehicles along the Lafia-Akwanga and Lafia-Shendam roads in Nasarawa State. The first accident which happened at ab...
The House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters has disclosed that efforts were on to amend the section of the constitution that vests the power to appoint the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the presiden...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday refuted claims made by the auditor-general of the federation, Samuel Orkura, that the corporation has not audited its account since inception, saying that the corporation has up-to-date audit...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, told a Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja and presided over by Justice Donatus Okorowa that a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, standing trial on a 16...
The Akwa Ibom Police Command on Monday in Uyo presented N6 million cash rewards to the families of six police officers killed recently in gun battles with armed robbers. The families of the six deceased officers were given N1 million each in add...
Veniviici.com, a UK based accessories and apparel online retail store targeted at African markets, has launched this October.
Managing the exchange, inflation and interest rates are within the purview of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and are usually determined by the fiscal behaviour of government. In this piece, STANLEY ORONSAYE examines how government’s handling ...
Some operators in the Nigerian Stock Exchange have decried the effect of the recent increase in Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) on the stock market just as the equity market in response to the development had depreciated by N152 billion five days after the ...
Ahead of the January 1, 2012 commencement date, operators in the financial services sector said they expect the regulators to come up with appropriate guidelines for the adoption and implementation of the International Financial Reporting S...
The House of Representatives has raised alarm over the refusal of government revenue generating agencies to remit revenue generated to the Federation Account. Expressing concerns at a crucial meeting between the House of Representatives Committee...
Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, President of the African Business Roundtable and Chairman of NEPAD is currently vying for the position of national chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). He was Chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority and governor...