The African Union (AU) has said that the continent is ill-equipped to successfully combat organised criminal activities and terrorism that have besieged the continent. This was disclosed by the AU Chairperson Special Representative For Coun...
Alhaji Umaru Dembo, former minister of state for petroleum resources under the military regime of late General Sani Abacha yesterday told the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee on the investigation of the Subsidy that claims by gover...
Hunting rats, like any king of hunting, is not an easy task but some youth near Zariyawa village are making sure there are enough rats to go round. PEMBI STEPHEN-DAVID writes. Usman Aziz was pulling weeds in his backyard in Zariyawa, a village in Sulej...
Greatness is an attribute that has been in retreat in our contemporary society but it is a quality that is needed if any society must make progress. For Igwe Kenneth Orizu (III), he has displayed all the attributes of greatness by his depth of characte...
It was a protest few believed would succeed in Abuja given the city’s plastic lifestyle and the dominance of civil servants, who wouldn’t want to get on the wrong side of their masters. However, as NICK UDENTA captured, Abuja residents troo...
BEST ONCHE in Makurdi writes on the Benue State appropriation bill for the year, 2012. As the year 2012 begins, Benue State’s budget for the year comes into focus. Even if the entire budget of N105.57 billion does not trouble the mind, the ...
The deployment of soldiers to Lagos State after the fuel subsidy protest has continued to generate controversy because of the alleged hide and seek game between Governor Babatunde Fashola and the federal government. The state government has said that i...
During his inauguration on February 24, 2009, the governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, promised a massive infrastructural development, decisive intervention in health, education and agricultural sectors of the economy. He was also quick to add t...
For over two decades, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite has continued to do what he loves most—playing politics. Because of his hot ideological standpoint, he floated the defunct National Advanced Party (NAP) and used it for his failed presidential ambition ...
The probe of the management of fuel subsidy regime by Hon Farouk Lawan-led House of Reps Ad-hoc Committee on Tuesday resumed sitting with a new dimension as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido revealed that the 2011 payment of su...
There are indications that the military High Command may have bowed to pressure from Nigerians by withdrawing its personnel from the streets of Lagos. In most of the areas visited by our correspondent in Lagos, there was noticeable absence of military ...
The inauguration of 20 fuel tanker wagons meant for the haulage of petroleum products through the railway system was foiled yesterday after a senior executive of Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) stopped offload of the tankers ...
Former Governor of Kano State, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to as a matter of urgency, act decisively on the state of insecurity in the country. “Nigerians are still going through a period of grief and mourning...
Following discussions at the just-concluded Nigeria–United States Bi-National Commission (BNC), the United States will improve the Nigeria’s security services by modernising its security agencies. This was disclosed in the joint communiqué...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday said it reviewed downwards its 2012 budget from N52billion in 2011 to N47.3billion to deal with the challenges facing the nation. The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (IN...