The Nigeria Civil Service Union (NCSU), yesterday issued a 21-day ultimatum, beginning from Monday 19, December 2011, to the Federal, State and the Local Governments in Nigeria to finalise discussions and implement the new N18, 000 national minimum wag...
The Central Working Committee (CWC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday met with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja to further discuss on the controversial removal of petroleum subsidy. Though details of the meeting wer...
A bomb and an illegal armoury factory allegedly owned by members of the Boko Haram sect yesterday exploded in Kaduna, injuring three people. The Kaduna State Police Command, through its public relations officer, Mr. Aminu Lawan, confirmed the incident....
Nigeria yesterday took another giant leap on space technology: It returned to space with the successful launch of the Nigeria Communication Satellite (Nigcomsat-1R) into the orbit. At exactly 5.40pm, Nigeria’s replacement communications satellite...
The group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Austen Oniwon, has said that fuel subsidy withdrawal will begin when the 2012 budget implementation takes off. Oniwon stated this while fielding questions from journ...
The Galadima of Adamawa, Alhaji Murtala Aminu, has resigned from the Emirate Council and given up the title (Galadima) after 24 years of service. This is just as the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa’ad, is making efforts to end the crisis in ...
Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, yesterday, said contrary to the practice in the past, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) no longer dictates programmes for Nigeria to implement. The m...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday told the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ms. Christine Lagarde that Nigerians have since become wary and skeptical of dealings with the IMF in the aftermath of the Structural Adjustment ...
A bomb in an illegal armoury factory allegedly owned by members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect on Monday, exploded in Kaduna, injuring 4 persons including a police officer. LEADERSHIP had reported that there were indications of impending attacks ...
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) yesterday stated that the Nigerian people would not be deterred by the provision of hefty security vote in its determination to resist oppression. Also, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) would be meeting tomorr...
The police in Kano yesterday uncovered a site where suspected Boko Haram disciples manufacture bombs, just as the dreaded sect is making efforts to shift its operational base to the ancient city. The locally manufactured bombs, according to the police,...
United States President Barack Obama who relied heavily on the social media to boost his presidential campaign in 2008, has banned his daughters from using Facebook, a United Kingdom (UK’s) Mail Online reports. The ‘First Social Media Presi...
The Kaduna State Police Command has called on the people of the state to disregard “rumours” going round that the members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect are planning to unleash attack on nine communities in Kaduna, the state capital. Indica...
Based on the average prices for the month of December, 2011, the exchange rate and other indices used to determine the price of petrol by the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), Nigerians will have to pay as much as N140 per lit...
The House of Representatives Committee on Donor Agencies has begun an investigative session into allegations that government ministries, agencies and an undisclosed non-governmental organisations have diverted huge foreign donor funds meant to fight ma...