The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday changed its earlier position by informing a Federal High Court in Abuja that the April 2011 general elections were manually conducted. INEC had, at the Presidential Election Petition Tribun...
A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna yesterday denied the bail application of the suspected gunrunner, former National Treasurer of Petroleum Tanker Drivers Association, Alhaji Nuhu Marafa, and his son, Musa. The court said the application would not ...
Perhaps the biggest challenge facing the even development of Nigerian tourism is the ambivalent disposition of state and local governments to the sector. Not even the fact that with a few millions of naira ecotourism potentials in most, if not all the ...
The Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Petroleum Upstream, Downstream and Gas Development yesterday queried the N30b recurrent expenditures of the parastatals under the Ministry of Petroleum Resources. Of particular concern to the lawmak...
The naira strengthened against the United States Dollar on the interbank market yesterday after the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) sold about $150 million to some lenders, boosting dollar liquidity in the market. The result was that the...
The Central Bankof Nigeria plans to auction treasury bills worth N149.27 billion ($926.42 million) at its regular debt auction next week, the central bank said on Thursday. The regulator said it would sell N49.27 billion in a 91-day paper , N50 billion...
Intrigues and counter accusation among the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) are causing a mild rift between Western Zone of IPMAN and its national body. While the national chairman told the House of Representatives that it...
Cotecna Destination Inspection Nigeria Limited (CDIL) said it had trained 54 more Customs officers on valuation, classification and scanner management. The company’s country managing director, Alhaji Tayo Rabiu, told journalists in Lagos that the...
The Apapa Area 1 Command of the Nigeria Custom Service has issued a two-week deadline to importers and their clearing agents who are yet to register for the Taxpayers Identification Number (TIN) which is an inter-connectivity project introduced for the...
The facelifted Acura TL made its world premiere at the Chicago Auto Show. The 2012 model year brings a fresh look for the front and rear ends of the mid-sized sedan along with a new Sequential SportShift 6-speed automatic transmission and equipment upg...
Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, has said that the Ministry’s 2012 budget is tailored towards achieving Federal Government’s Transformation Agenda, especially in the area of employment generation and industrial peace a...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) and the International Confederation of Trade Union Congress (ITUC) have called on the three tiers of government in Nigeria - federal, state and local - to end violence and the...
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has warned world leaders that there is an urgent challenge to create 600 million productive jobs over the next decade in order to generate sustainable growth and maintain social cohesion in 2012. This was dis...
The Benue State Commissioner for Finance, Mr Omadachi Oklobia recently spoke to journalists on the 2012 budget and the controversies surrounding the implementation of the 2011 Budget in Benue State. Solomon Ayado was there for LEADERSHIP. The state gov...
Northern emirs and chiefs, who met last Tuesday in Kaduna, have refuted reports in a section of the media that they met to take a position on the conviction of former chief security officer to the late Gen. Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, by a La...