The House of Representatives yesterday approved the 2011 budget of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) with an addition of N11.5 billion to the N249.5billion requested by President Goodluck Jonathan. This is just as the National Assembly has ...
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Adeyemi Ikuforiji, got a reprieve last week as Justice James Tsoho of the Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, vacated his earlier bench warrant empowering the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...
The Chairman of Sheikh Abubakar Gumi Central Market Union, Kaduna, Alhaji Adamu Usman Maishinkafa, has lauded Vice President Namadi Sambo’s commitment towards peace, unity and development in the North. Usman Maishinkafa, in an interactive session...
Goldie is, undoubtedly a pop diva to be reckoned with in the Nigerian music industry, especially with her weird musical videos that have dubbed her the name ‘Nigeria’s Lady Gaga’. The talented musician spoke with LEADERSHIP WEEK...
Nigeria does not need the direct intervention of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) since the country is already well-endowed to tackle economic challenges confronting it. To buttress this, out of the 23 projects currently being financed by the IMF ...
With the death of 2-year-old Lois Obajemu at 5.pm yesterday following the bomb blast which rocked Kaduna on Monday; the killing of five people by unknown gunmen who raided Ramin Daji village also in Kaduna and the bloody robbery attacks which has provo...
Worried by the increasing level of criticism that has trailed the planned removal of subsidy from petroleum products, the national caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday engaged President Goodluck Jonathan, on the need to reconsider his...
Thirty-two out of the 40 members of the Kano State House of Assembly yesterday closed ranks and passed a vote of no confidence on the House Speaker, Alhaji Yusuf Abdullahi Falgore, which was brought before the House by Hon. Lawan Safiyanu Gogori (Bagwa...
The Senate yesterday finally approved the recommendations of its adhoc committee that probed the commercialisation and privatisation activities of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE). The report had recommended the immediate removal of the Director-...
Following the Supreme Court judgment of last Friday, in which the apex court declined jurisdiction to entertain the appeal filed by members of Senator Yakubu Garba Lado faction of the Katsina State chapter of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) a...
The Nigeria Civil Service Union (NCSU), yesterday issued a 21-day ultimatum, beginning from Monday 19, December 2011, to the Federal, State and the Local Governments in Nigeria to finalise discussions and implement the new N18, 000 national minimum wag...
The Central Working Committee (CWC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday met with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja to further discuss on the controversial removal of petroleum subsidy. Though details of the meeting wer...
There are strong indications that the Federal Government may revisit the pricing of water in its bid to ensure adequate water supply in the country. &n...
Plateau State alone can contribute N120 billion to the national coffers if its tourism potential is maximised, according to the Director-General, Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), Chief Olusegun Runsewe. “With its rocks, the natural...
The Society for Benue Professionals (SBP) in the United States has called on former Senator Joseph Waku and other elders of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) to desist from making provocative media statements on the government of Benue State and o...