Following the approval for the construction of a new banquet hall at the Presidential villa Abuja, to the tune of N2.2billion naira by the federal executive council, the All Nigeria People’s Party ( ANPP) has rejected the plan, saying the reason ...
Niger State government has awarded a N791.9 million contract for street lighting in the ongoing beautification of Minna , the state capital through the western bypass. The Commissioner for Works and Infrastructural Development, Engineer Abubakar Jibree...
All may not have been heard of the victory of the Nasarawa State Governor, Umaru Tanko Al-makura in the 2011 gubernatorial election as the Eggon spiritual group, known as Ombatse, yesterday, alleged that it was behind the success of Al-Makura in ...
An Abuja High Court sitting in Bwari has again adjourned hearing in the case between Good People of Mpape Residents Association (GPMRA) and Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) till February 12, 2013. GPMRA had instituted a case against the ...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, dismissed the suit instituted by a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Forum (SERAP) seeking to compel the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Attorney Genera...
Barring last minute changes or shelve of plans, Chief Tony Anenih, may succeed former President Olusegun Obasanjo as chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. This is against the wish of Obasanjo who is said to be ro...
Pneumonia has been described as the leading cause of death in children Worldwide, killing an estimated 1.2 million children under the age of five every year. The president, Nigeria Thoracic Society (NTS), Prof. Gregory Erhabor disclosed this yesterday ...
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, has warned local government chairmen in the state against owing workers salaries. The party which controls 15 of the 16 local government areas in the state, said that, “in line with the ea...
The emergence of Admiral Ola Sa’ad Ibrahim as the new Chief of Defence Staff is a dramatic departure from the tradition of past when appointments were made at the expense of merit as the military watchers agreed that the new CDS is a round peg in...
The Vice Chancellor, University of Calabar, Prof. James Epoke, in this interview with EDEM EDEM , discusses the several challenges facing the institution and the efforts his administration has made to tackle them. He also says the university is o...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), yesterday called on Federal Government to relieve Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi of his job as he, in their opinion, was not qualified to head any public organisation. President of ...
The Presidency, yesterday, foreclosed the possibility of any seeming rift between the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke over the controversy trailing unpaid petroleum subs...
A former senator representing Anambra North senatorial district, Alphonsus Igbeke, has commenced contempt proceedings at a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja seeking to commit the Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar , to prison for refus...
The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Attahiru Jega, said, yesterday, that the commission was ready to issue permanent electronic voter’s card that would be valid for 10 years. ``With the design of the card ...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) said the statement credited to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, that the PDP is not a security agency and should not be blamed for the insecurity in the country, was the cleare...