In this interview with JULIET ALOHAN, the Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) Engr. Muttaqha Rabe Darma, says he took over the helm of affairs of the Fund at a time when it enjoyed little or no popularity from Nigeri...
The drama in the pension probe notched up yesterday, as senate committee called on the police to investigate the involvement of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) in the pension scam. The police invitation was against the background o...
No fewer than 600 Almajirai in Kaduna State have received training on various skills, especially those bordering on moral values as a tool for attaining peace. The training was at the instance of a Non-Governmental Organisation, NGO, known as ‘Ge...
Yesterday, a London court convicted the former governor of Delta State and a chieftain of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Chief James Onanefe Ibori of corruption and multiple frauds and consequently jailed him 13 years. As many Nigerians app...
After taking a critical look at the current insecurity situation occasioned by the activities of Boko Haram in the country, a renowned clergyman, the Anglican bishop of Kaduna Diocese, Josiah Idowu-Fearon, yesterday told President Jonathan to expect mo...
Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, yesterday at the Holy Trinity Church (Anglican Communion), Ikereku, Abeokuta joined prominent citizens of Ogun State and Nigeria to bid farewell to the First Republic Minister of Health and foremost obstetr...
The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, yesterday observed that the present state of insecurity in the country was dreadful than the civil war. Sulu-Gambari who described the security challenges facing the country as unparalleled in the annals...
The Governor of Niger State, Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu carried out a minor cabinet reshuffle, following the swearing-in of a new commissioner, Alhaji Mohammed Kpotun Abdullahi who replaces late Aminu Yusuf from Paiko who died in February earlier this y...
The Anambra State chairman of the Congress for Progressive Change(CPC), Chief Chuba Ikeagwu has stated that it took the pressure of stakeholders of the party and friends of General Muhammadu Buhari to convince him to come out for 2015 presidential elec...
The Equity and Transparency Initiative (ETI), a non-governmental organisation, has dragged the chairman of the Pensions Reform Task Team [PRTT], Alhaji Abdul Rasheed Maina, before the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar on alleg...
A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan would on April 24 rule on whether or not it would accept as an exhibit, a statement tendered in respect of forgery case preferred against the former president of Christ Apostolic church (CA...
Federal Government has concluded arrangements to commence the dredging of the Calabar Channel to enable bigger ships berth at the Calabar port complex. The Minister of Transport, Senator Idris A. Umar, disclosed this to the Cross River State Gove...
Nigeria may save about N2.649 trillion within a period of 10 years if it judiciously follows its vaccination programmes across the country, the Director, Alliances and Information, International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at the John Hopk...
The Chairman, Indigenous Ship Owners Association of Nigeria (ISAN), Chief Isaac Jolapamo, says Nigeria loses more than N2 trillion in capital flight to foreign ship owners. Jolapamo disclosed this on Tuesday at the extra-ordinary general meeting of the...
Some 150 Afghan schoolgirls were poisoned on Tuesday after drinking contaminated water at a high school in the country's north, officials said. The officials blamed the poison on conservative radicals opposed to female education. Since the 2001 top...