Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, yesterday informed the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee that she was not part of the team that conceived and approved the alleged N10bn single window system agreement between the Nigeria Custom Ser...
The federal government yesterday dissolved the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) following the conclusion of the assignment of a presidential committee set up to look into the problems facing the commission and the subsequent submi...
The Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) unit of the Kaduna Refinery has been shut down temporarily for repairs following some faults in the system. The unit is the most important conversion process used in petroleum refineries which convert high-boiling and...
Running the bicameral legislature in Nigeria is very expensive. Since 1999, the running cost of the National Assembly and the states houses of assemblies have been rising to intolerable level with Nigerians crying blue murder. After succumbing to press...
Four weeks into the commencement of the industrial action in Osun State, SEFIU AYABIMPE writes on the ongoing feud between the government and the organised labour in the state as workers have vowed not to call off the strike unless the state government...
The people of Enugu State are looking forward to the outcome of the local government elections holding in December this year. Enugu Correspondent, Nnamdi Mbawike who has been monitoring events in the state concludes that only the anointed candidates of...
Chief James Ocholi, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) is a house hold name in Kogi politics. Ocholi is currently one of the governorship aspirants in Kogi State on the platform of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC). The primary election to dete...
Minister of State for Education, Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike says he is committed to addressing the challenges facing basic and secondary education sub sectors under his purview. In this interview with FRANCIS OTTAH AGBO, the Minister declares that it...
Former President, Ijaw Youth Congress (IYC), Dr. Chris Ekiyor, has described the activities of the terrorist Boko Haram sect to destabilise the country as political, saying that its grouse is not far from the fact that a southerner is occupying the pre...
The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta has issued a September-18 ultimatum to all those in possession of illegal arms in the region to surrender them or face the full wrath of the law. JTF spokesman, Lt-Col. Timothy Antigha, said in a s...
Barely 24 hours after Minister of Finance, and coordinating Minister of the economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala blew the whistle, alleging that some strange projects were miraculously sneaked into the 2011 budget, President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the...
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has assured that the Maiduguri airport, which was shut down for renovation some months back, is ready for use during this year’s hajj operation. The NCAA disclosed this yesterday when the Borno State go...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has described as false the report on the purported training of corps members in self defence in collaboration with Martial Arts and Self Defence Academy. The report which was published in the LEADERSHIP edition ...
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja yesterday struck out the testimonies and statements of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) National Chairman, Prince Tony Momoh who is supposed to be the Prosecution Witness 2(PW2) in t...
Following the flood alert in Sokoto and its environs, the state governor, Alhaji Aliyu Wamakko has called on religious leaders, traditional rulers and the entire people of the to pray fervently against the recurrence of flood disaster in the state. Wam...