Politics

At last, the federal government has commenced the much awaited verification exercise of all pensioners under the Head of Service, in line with the Unified Pension scheme, to determine their accurate number and quantum of liabilities.   Fielding qu...

The Managing Director, Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA), Engr. Gabriel Amuchi, has stated the agency’s resolve to reduce its reliance on federal government allocation.Amuchi made this known yesterday at a press briefing where he expressed ...

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has once again insisted that the last general elections held in Nigeria were credible at all levels.The president, who maintained this while briefing world leaders at the ongoing 66th session of the United Nations Gene...

The acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje and the immediate past governor of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki will on Saturday,  in Ilorin, receive the defecting leaders and members of All Ni...

Former Kogi State first lady, Mrs. Aisha Eleojo Audu-Emeje, yesterday emerged as the Justice Party (JP) flag bearer in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Kogi State. Mrs. Audu, who is the first woman to win a gubernatorial ticket of any party si...

Six Nigerian Governors who recently attended the Nigerian Investment opportunities organised by the Woodrow Wilson International Center-Africare Constituency for Africa in the United States were on Monday given the exemplary leadership awards for disti...

The Senate is back, apparently with renewed vigour to confront the myriads of the nation’s problems that had piled up while they were away. But they all agreed that the amendment of the 1999 constitution would top their priority. UCHENNA AWOM wri...

The Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Makurdi, Benue State yesterday dismissed the petition by the Action Congress of (ACN) governorship candidate in the April 16, 2011 poll, Prof. Steven Ugbah against the election of Governor Gabriel Suswam. The ...

On September 12, 2011, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, in a televised media chat with four senior journalists responded to a wide range of burning national issues. Stella Din (Silverbird TV), Tukur Abdulrahman (New Nigerian), Wole Laoye (Daily Trust...

Mr. Emmanuel Bello is the Information Commissioner in Taraba State. In this interview with John Mkom, Bello gives a pass mark to Governor Danbaba Suntai and justifies the sack and arrest of the governor’s aide, Mr. Kabiru Dodo. What is your gener...

Benue State governor, Mr. Gabriel Suswam, and his counterparts Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers), Ibrahim Shehu Shema (Katsina), Liyel Imoke (Cross River), Rochas Okorocha (Imo) and Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun) will today present Nigeria business and development oppor...

President Goodluck Jonathan will leave Abuja for New York on Monday to join other world leaders where they will be addressing the 66th General Assembly of the United Nations (UN). The President, who is among over 30 world leaders that will be speaking ...

  True, the current revelations by spy cable Wikileaks has ruffled feathers all over the world and revealed that no country’s secret is truly ‘safe’. In this write-up, SHUAIB SHUAIB, carefully considers what this means for Nigeri...

  Member representing Kanam, Kanke and Pankshin federal constituency of Plateau State in the national assembly, Hon. Emmanuel Goa’r has faulted the posture of the federal government towards the insecurity in the country, saying without addre...

  Gombe State government has released over N4 billion for the construction of 23 kilometre network of roads linking three Local Government areas of the State;  Ture-Sabon Layi-Awak-Dogon Ruwa in Kaltungo Local Government and Billiri-Gujuba-Ta...