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Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, last week unveiled his policy thrust before the Senate, especially the policies that have spawned public uncertainty. In the process he seems to have again stirred hornet’s nes...
Notwithstanding the appearance of new activism by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), LEADERSHIP SUNDAY’s SHUAIB SHUAIB takes an excursion through the corridors of financial impunity in Nigeria and writes that staged prosecutions...
The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) in Akwa Ibom has said that the removal of petroleum subsidy will engender a stable economic system in the country. The Chairman of the association in the state, Mr. Linus Udofia, said this...
The recently held Local Government poll in Lagos State generated intense heat as the two leading parties, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) used the occasion to test their might and popularity. OLAOLU OLADIPO c...
The Igbos are gearing up for a shot at the presidency in 2015, they believe they are legitimate partners in the Nigeria Project and deserve as a matter of right to aspire to call the shots. DAVID-CHYDDY ELEKE in this report, looks at where their argume...
Interventions by the Anglican and Catholic Churches in Enugu State over wage dispute between Labour and the government appear to have yielded little dividend as the Governor Sullivan Chime-led administration seems bent on defying demands by distraught ...
Indication emerged yesterday that the chief justice of Nigeria, Justice Dahiru Musdapher might have replaced the minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, as a member of the committee to advise the Supreme Court on the tenure elongation suit before it. Adok...
Delta State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has called on the political class and various ethnic groups in the state not to allow their selfish interest to mar the 2015 polls.The governor who gave the advice when the people of Anioma nation paid him a...
The Hope Arewa Development Initiative (HADI) has kicked against move by the Kaduna State government to expand the sum of N238 million to purchase 34 units of Toyota Camry cars for the 34 members of the state House of Assembly. The group, wh...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday dispelled report in the media that he failed to attend the Commonwealth Forum in Perth, Western Australia where he was to deliver a scheduled speech, saying the said report was mischievous and misleading. A stateme...
As the April 26, governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Asaba, Delta State reserved today for the final adoption of written addresses by counsel to the petitioners and respondents, the tribunal was however inundated with evidence of massive...
Kano State government has announced it readiness to computerise all operations of the local government areas as part of its efforts to reinvigorate its service for efficient and effective performance. A press release signed by an assistance director, M...
The minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Sen. Bala Mohammed, has appealed to the House of Representatives to approve the proposal by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to establish the federal capital revenue board in order...
The chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC), Ambassador Ahmed Al-Gazali has observed among others that the problem limiting the nation’s development and tendency of realising Vision 202020 is the poor quality of service delivery i...
The Middle Belt Youth Democratic Forum(MBYDF) has said the emergence of Chief Henry Ojuola, a member of Kogi State House of Assembly as running mate to Prince Abubakar Audu has brightened the chances of the Action Congress of Nigeria(ACN) to win the fo...