The House of Representatives yesterday threw out a Bill seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution (as amended) to allow for the creation of State Court of Appeal. Also, federal lawmakers resisted attempts to give constitutional backing to geopolitical zon...
The former minister of information, Chief Edwin Clark has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to remove the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman, Mr Ibrahim Lamorde on the grounds that he has been very economical with facts on the...
The federal government yesterday announced seven consortiums as the preferred and reserved bidders for the privatisation of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) successor generation companies (Gencos) in bids totalling $707.3 million. The govern...
The Senate drew a red line on the sand yesterday and threatened to sack any federal minister who talks carelessly. This was even as Senate President David Mark specifically warned the minister of information, Mr Labaran Maku, over careless talk. Howeve...
The Supreme Court yesterday gave both the federal government and the 36 state governments more time to resolve the legal tussle which arose from the decision of the FG to transfer the sum of $1 billion (N 160 billion) from the Excess Crude Account to t...
As the release of water from the Lagdo Dam in Cameroon continues to devastate farmlands and destroy houses, flooding yesterday increased in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, rendering the popular Makurdi-Gboko road inaccessible. This is just as more ho...
Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, yesterday condemned last Sunday’s suicide bombing at St John’s Catholic Church in Bauchi State, which killed three and injured over 43, saying it was a threat to peaceful co-existence and aimed at ig...
Gunmen yesterday in Bauchi kidnapped the former Chairman of Bauchi State Fertiliser Distribution Committee, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar. Abubakar is also an in-law to Bauchi State Governor Isa Yugada. Narrating the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (...
December 2013 is the projected timeline given by President Goodluck Jonathan for the delivery of the National Identity Management Systems (NIMS), which will harmonize all the data drawn from all ministries, department and agencies (MDAs) of government ...
Two hundred and ninety (290) players have been accredited for participation at the 6th edition of the Godswill Akpabio International Scrabble Classics Championship, scheduled for Uyo, Akwa Ibom State next week. The accredited players are for four diffe...
The commencement of the Flag-off of the movement of the Torch of Unity across the 35 states of the federation and Abuja to signify the official count-down to the 18th National Sports Festival in Lagos, tagged ‘EKO 2012’ begins today. Accord...
Eagles coach Stephen Keshi is looking at several other players to replace Italy-based Obiora Nwankwo who struggled in Liberia this month. Top team officials informed MTNFootball.com that Nwankwo was slow and sluggish against the Lone Star of Liberia in...
For ten days, the 12-man Lagos table tennis team were exposed to top flight training at the Chinese National Training Centre in Hebei, China and after returning, they admitted that they are at the right frame of mind to dominate the event at the ...
Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) has approved a N15 million scholarship grant for deserving indigenous students in its bid to encourage and promote access to education for all eligible students in the council. The council’s Supervisory Council...
Minister of the Federal Capital territory (FCT), Senator Bala Mohammed, says his administration has seen to the demolition of about 124,000 houses since he came into office in April 2010. The minister disclosed this yesterday, while responding to quest...