Politics

The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Anambra State has advised the state government to accept and also implement the new minimum wage of N18,000 for its workers, in its interest. The congress also stated that contrary to what was repo...

The Cross River State government has said that it would look into the stewardship of immediate past chairmen of the 18 local councils of the state, including the amount of money spent in the execution of projects in their respective councils. The counc...

Former Minister of Defense and Edo South People Democratic Party (PDP) leader, retired General Godwin Abbe has described as untrue and baseless speculations that the state chapter of the PDP is enmeshed in a fresh crisis over the nomination of Mike Ono...

Indications emerged yesterday that President Goodluck Jonathan may have concluded plans to appoint Dr. Reuben Abati as his special assistant on media and publicity. If his appointment is confirmed, Abati, a seasoned journalist and chairman of the edito...

The constitution of a new cabinet to drive Lagos State’s developmental imperatives is generating considerable heat as intrigues by various interest groups pushing their anointed candidates mount. But the most important friction in this exercise, ...

A former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Howard Jetter, has called for the establishment of the Nigerian Diaspora Investment Trust Fund as a medium by which Nigerian-Americans could invest in the Nigerian stock market. Ambassador Jetter who ma...

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has exhorted member states to take effective legislative, administrative and judicial measures to prevent torture. This was even as he called the practice a brutal and unjustifiable attempt to destroy a vict...

As parts of its efforts to make immigration matters easier for Nigerians living in some remote parts of the United States, the federal government has concluded the arrangement to begin the operation of a Consulate-General in California. Also, the gover...

The powerful bomb blast that killed three, including the bomber, injured scores and destroyed 71 vehicles yesterday at Louis Edet House, headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force, Abuja, serves a clear notice of incipient anarchy if security agencies do...

Riding on the power of sheer conviction, Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State has defined both a vision and a vehicle for its delivery - to transform his constituency from a human and infrastructure-challenged land of giants to a modest, modern state in...

Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe State is to receive the Housing Man of the Year 2011 Award in recognition of his numerous contributions to the development of the housing sector in Yobe State and the country at large. Gaidam, during his first term in of...