Peter Esele is the president of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Nigeria. He bares his mind in a recent interview with TAIWO OGUNMOLA on burning national issues, especially the thorny issue of fuel subsidy and security. Comrade, despite resist...
Following the death of the acclaimed Igbo leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, in a London Hospital in November 26, there is palpable fear that it will take a long time to find a suitable replacement for the former Biafran leader, writes MIKE UBANI...
Comrade Zanna Shettima is a household name in Borno State, having piloted the activities of Nigeria Labour (NLC) as its state Chairman for several years, before he later delved into the murky waters of politics few years back. In this interview with SU...
Former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar, in company with other prominent Nigerians recently visited Akwa Ibom State after which he spoke with journalists. Bernard Dada Tolani, picked salient issues from the interview. Your Excellency, wit...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, is set for efficient and quality service delivery to all electricity customers in the country. Chairman of the commission, Dr Sam Amadi, who stated this, yesterday, on the occasion of the power Cons...
Bianca, widow of late Chief EmekaOdumegwu-Ojukwu, yesterday expressed gratitude to Nigerians resident in the United Kingdom (UK) for their support to the family during the period of her husband’s hospitalisation, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ...
Katsina State Government has sacked provost of the state owned college of legal and administrative studies, Dr Muazu Abdullahi Saulawa even as it directed immediate dissolution of the institution’s governing council. Addressing newsmen after the ...
Members of the ECOWAS parliament have commenced a study that would enhance powers of the parliament in the region. Ike Ekweremadu, Speaker ECOWAS Parliament disclosed the measure at a meeting with the Zimbabwe Speaker of Parliament, Lovemore Moyo. He s...
The arrest and subsequent arraignment of Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume before an Abuja High Court by the officials of the State Security Service (SSS) who amongst other things, accused him of financing the Boko Haram, is still dominating discussions among...
The House of Representatives yesterday directed its Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) to ascertain why nine years after permits were granted to private refineries by the federal government, they were yet to commence operations. This is just...
The Bayelsa State Governor Timipre Sylva yesterday told the Court of Appeal in Abuja that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) fraudulently remitted the record of proceedings from a Federal High Court in Abuja to the appellate court just to hold up...
The House of Representatives on Thursday said the planned removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government was premature. It urged government to source for other sources of revenue other than expected proceeds from the proposed subsidy removal as part...
Vice-President Namadi Sambo on Thursday in Abuja called on Northern leaders to champion efforts at restoring peace in the region and the country in general. The vice -president made the call at the Northern Peace Conference organised by the Peop...
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Thursday confirmed that 44 Nigeria pilgrims died in Saudi Arabia during the hajj. Alhaji Yusuf Ibrahim, the National Commissioner in-charge of Policy, Personnel Management and Finance at NAHCON confir...
A Mysterious fire yesterday gutted Uwani Enugu Timber Market, destroying over 100 shops and properties worth over N300 million. Wood working machines, giant generators, doors, timbers, were among the items destroyed by the machines. A...