Some banks recently raised their minimum account balances and also introduced different charges as part of measures to encourage the electronic system of payment in the country. These new steps have continued to generate a lot of controversy amon...
A whistle blower, WikiLeaks, has revealed that late President Umaru Yar’Adua was considering prosecuting his predecessor, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on corruption related issues, while he was assiduously working to strip his government out of Obasa...
Managing Director of LEADERSHIP Holdings, Abraham Nda-Isaiah, and five others were yesterday in Kaduna ordained as pastors of the International Praise Cathedral Church. Pastor Abraham Nda-Isaiah had served in various capacities of the church which incl...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, has said that the House will stick to the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the choice of the House Majority Leader. The PDP had already zoned the post to the South-West....
The Federal Government has said it spends over N1.1trn on importation of wheat, rice, fish and sugar annually. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinnwumi Adesina, stated this in Abuja on Friday at a media briefing to commemorate f...
Saadi Gaddafi, a son of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has arrived in Niger, an official said Sunday, as Libyan fighters tried to stamp out the last pockets of the former leader’s loyalists. The son was accompanied by eight ex-Libyan offic...
The Nupe Foundation Elders Council has approved the setting up of seven committees including that of the development of the Hydro carbon and solid mineral deposit in the Nupe land with a view to improving the economic prosperity of its people. In a com...
The President of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in Nigeria(SCIAN) and the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa’ad III, has said that traditional rulers are major stakeholders in tackling security problems in Nigeria. He added that securi...
Gombe State Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo has urged the Federal Government to make pensioners’ welfare a priority, saying that the practice of delaying their pensions for years must be stopped. Dankwambo, who spoke yesterday at a reception held in h...
A one day meeting of the South-East Governors Forum ended yesterday in Enugu without a word on the controversial minimum wage. Expectation had been rife that the governors would take a stand on the contentious minimum wage and critical issues affecting...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described the last 100 days of the current administration as showing little or nothing to convince Nigerians that President Goodluck Jonathan has what it takes to transform the country as promised. Appraising th...
Accuses Jonathan of witch-hunting Salami - The National Coordination of Coalition Democrats for Election Reforms (CODER), Chief Ayo Opadokun, has said that the subversion of judiciary by the political operators may affect ...
The Court of Appeal in Lagos has set aside an ex-parte order by the Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Lagos, directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Cosmas Okoli , and his...
Vice President Namadi Sambo said yesterday that the former military governor of old Kaduna State, late Group Captain Usman Jibrin (rtd), was a statesman that would not be forgotten in a hurry. He said this when he led federal government’s delegat...
The resolve by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to embark on fresh party registration exercise has been hailed as a step in the right direction. How strategic is this and would it be devoid of the encumbrance of the past? STANLEY NKWOCHA write...