Politics

  Niger State Pilgrims Welfare Commission has secured 4,302 visas for pilgrims from the state expected to perform this year’s Hajj in Saudi Arabia. The commission’s Public Relations Officer, Malam Sani Awwal, told the News Agency of Ni...

  The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC),Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council (JPSNC) in Benue State yesterday commenced an indefinite strike action to press home their demands for the implementation of the  ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will partner with the National Orientation Agency (NOA) on the proposed delineation of constituencies across Nigeria. INEC chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega made the disclosure at ...

The Director General of Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), Mr Frank Nweke Jnr has admonished the governments at all levels to reassess their concept of security votes in line with the security needs of the country. Nweke said this has become impera...

Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has blamed wrong government policies for the extinction of the once-flourishing textiles and plastics industry in the country. He told the News Agency of Nigeria yesterday that the `death’ of those industries...

A coalition of civil society and Non-Governmental Organisations for justice has petitioned President Goodluck Jonathan to order the immediate suspension of the implementation of the new driver’s license and plate numbers pending the determination...

A serious crisis might have started brewing in the Enugu State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) over the recently concluded primaries of the party for the December 2011 Local Government Elections. The ruling party purportedly held its prima...

The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has advised mobile phone subscribers to ensure they registered their SIM cards as the registration ends today. NCC Head of Media, Mr Reuben Muoka, gave the advice yesterday in Abuja, in an interview with the ...

The governor of Osun State, Mr Rauf Aregbesola has expressed the readiness of his administration to partner with construction gaint, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc in the area of road construction. Governor Aregbesola stated this in Osogbo yesterday during ...

The Nasarawa State Government has warned that it will no longer tolerate any act of sabotage or vandalisation of public facilities. Governor Tanko Almakura gave the warning while inaugurating an electricity transformer at Angwan Lambu in the Keffi Loca...

The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has stated that contrary to speculations in some quarters that it was only the former Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu it singled out of the 15 ex-governors the bureau indicted four years ago, the CCB insisted yesterday...

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday advised the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Dahiru Musdapher, to treat with the caution, the crisis of confidence that had recently rocked the foundation of the country’s judiciary. Jonathan stated th...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal yesterday criticised the Federal Government policies of granting indiscriminate waivers to companies offering diverse services, describing it as inimical to the growth of the nation’s e...

The House of Representatives this month, began a probe into the alleged contract scam between the Ministry of Finance and Single Windows System Limited (SWST). Adesuwa Tsan writes on the anomalies uncovered and why the probe may be protective of some p...

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Chief Segun Oni has faulted claims by Governor Kayode Fayemi that 80 percent of the roads projects embarked upon by his predecessors were abandoned. Governor Fayemi had claimed in a newspaper interview that “Over 8...