Politics

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday passed a damning verdict on Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) with a stern warning that, henceforth, they must stop approaching the National Assembly to lobby for fresh envelop review outside the budgetar...

Few days to the gubernatorial election in Adamawa State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has assured all the parties and their candidates of a level playing field. Addressing a stakeholders’ meeting, yesterday in Yola, atten...

The primaries for aspirants interested in the gubernatorial ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party,(PDP) for the July 14, 2012 gubernatorial election in Edo state will hold on February 18th, 2012. This was disclosed by the publicity secretary of the pa...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday barred heads of federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) from lobbying the National Assembly to review the 2012 budget proposal. Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, disclosed this after...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Februar 15 for re-run elections in Anambra South Senatorial District,  Anaocha/Njikoka/Dunukofia Federal constituency and Idemili South state constituency. Mr Isiavwe Ena, the INEC Adm...

Most Rev. John Onaiyekan, the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, on Wednesday advised Christians to always control their anger and avoid revenge irrespective of the circumstances they find themselves. Onaiyekan gave the advice in Madalla, Niger, on ...

Mr Steven Maitazuma, the new Plateau Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Wednesday assumed duty with a pledge to reduce road crashes in the state to the ``barest minimum''. Maitazuma, who took over from Mr Samuel Odukoya, sol...

All accounts of the Bayelsa Government have been frozen in the aftermath of the sacking of Gov. Timipre Sylva by the Supreme Court on  Friday. An official source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yenagoa on Wednesday that Acting Gov. Nestor...

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Works, Sen. Ayogu Eze has called for the declaration of a state of emergency in the road sector. He added that ``if we continue funding our roads the way we are doing today, we will not get anywhere.’’ Eze ...

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on Wednesday in Abuja said that a revised version of the Value Added Tax (VAT) would soon be presented to the National Assembly. Mrs Ifueko Omogui-Okauru, Chairman of  FIRS, stated this at the ongoing inve...

A Lagos-based lawyer, Mr Festus Keyamo, has accused the Police of allegedly shielding the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Alhaji Abdullahi Dikko, from being prosecuted for alleged forgery. He also accused the Lagos State Directorate...

The trial of six policemen accused of killing five spare parts dealers and their female companion in Abuja in 2005 suffered another setback on Wednesday before an Abuja High court. The policemen standing trial for the killings are DCP Danjuma Ibrahim, ...

Alhaji Ibrahim Abdu, the Jigawa Commander of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said 261 suspects were arrested in 2011 with 110 kilogrammes of Indian hemp and other illicit drugs. Abdu disclosed this in an interview in Dutse on Wednesday. He...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal yesterday read the riot Act to all chairmen of 89 standing committees of the House for failing to submit 2012 budget reports of ministries, departments and agencies of government to the A...

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in Gombe State has repatriated 32 Nigeriens, who were found not to have regular documents into Nigeria. The Controller of NIS in the state, Alhaji Yusuf Aliyu, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of...