The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Bala Mohammed yesterday in an Abuja High Court said that there was nothing the court could do with respect to the suit filed by Minanuel Investment Limited challenging the demolition of...
Following the bombing of a church located within the premises of Command and Staff College, Jaji, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Azubike Ihejirika, yesterday, in Asaba asked all illegal civilians on the army lands and barracks nation-wide to quit volu...
The House of Representatives yesterday declared the $620,000 bribery scandal which one of its members, Farouk Lawan grapples with as “over –flogged.” Responding to questions from newsmen on the protracted release of the House in-house...
Two aides of Governor DanbabaSuntai, TinoDangana and Joel Dan, Chief Security Officer (CSO)and Chief Detail (CD), who were flown to Germany for medical treatment arrived the NnamdiAzikiwe International Airport in Abuja yesterday at about 4.30pm. They w...
Following the approval for the construction of a new banquet hall at the Presidential villa Abuja, to the tune of N2.2billion naira by the federal executive council, the All Nigeria People’s Party ( ANPP) has rejected the plan, saying the reason ...
Niger State government has awarded a N791.9 million contract for street lighting in the ongoing beautification of Minna , the state capital through the western bypass. The Commissioner for Works and Infrastructural Development, Engineer Abubakar Jibree...
All may not have been heard of the victory of the Nasarawa State Governor, Umaru Tanko Al-makura in the 2011 gubernatorial election as the Eggon spiritual group, known as Ombatse, yesterday, alleged that it was behind the success of Al-Makura in ...
An Abuja High Court sitting in Bwari has again adjourned hearing in the case between Good People of Mpape Residents Association (GPMRA) and Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) till February 12, 2013. GPMRA had instituted a case against the ...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, dismissed the suit instituted by a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Forum (SERAP) seeking to compel the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Attorney Genera...
Barring last minute changes or shelve of plans, Chief Tony Anenih, may succeed former President Olusegun Obasanjo as chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. This is against the wish of Obasanjo who is said to be ro...
Pneumonia has been described as the leading cause of death in children Worldwide, killing an estimated 1.2 million children under the age of five every year. The president, Nigeria Thoracic Society (NTS), Prof. Gregory Erhabor disclosed this yesterday ...
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, has warned local government chairmen in the state against owing workers salaries. The party which controls 15 of the 16 local government areas in the state, said that, “in line with the ea...
The emergence of Admiral Ola Sa’ad Ibrahim as the new Chief of Defence Staff is a dramatic departure from the tradition of past when appointments were made at the expense of merit as the military watchers agreed that the new CDS is a round peg in...
The Vice Chancellor, University of Calabar, Prof. James Epoke, in this interview with EDEM EDEM , discusses the several challenges facing the institution and the efforts his administration has made to tackle them. He also says the university is o...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), yesterday called on Federal Government to relieve Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi of his job as he, in their opinion, was not qualified to head any public organisation. President of ...