Barely four weeks to the end of the year, the House of Representatives yesterday did a turnaround on their refusal to grant President Goodluck Jonathan approval for the virement of N98.4billion in the 2011 budget as the bill unanimously scaled through ...
The corpse of ex-Biafran leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu will remain in London until the conclusion of arrangements for his burial. National chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Chief Victor Umeh dropped the hint while s...
When the Court of Appeal sitting in Benin ordered that Dr. Olusegun Mimiko who competed against then incumbent, Dr. Segun Agagu be sworn in as duly elected governor of Ondo State on February 23 2009, little did he know that the success that came ...
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE IDEA OF BRINGING NIGERIAN PRISONERS FROM EUROPE AND OTHER COUNTRIES TO THE COUNTRY TO COMPLETE THEIR JAIL TERMS? DON’T YOU THINK THIS CAN HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM? Actually there is no implicati...
Senator Muhammed Magoro, a former Minister of Internal Affairs and a retired Major General in the Nigerian Army now represents Kebbi South Senatorial District in the National Assembly. In this interview with ISAIAH BENJAMIN, the Senate Committee Chairm...
Every day, new modalities are coming up on how to salvage the Nigerian education sector which analysts have said has gone down the ladder, especially when compared to what it used to be two decades ago. Kuni Tyessi in this exclusive interview with the ...
The minister of education, Prof Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufai has attributed the falling standard of education to the lack of merit in the qualification of many head teachers whom she says lack skills in effective management before being appointed. She stated ...
Naira appreciated by N1.05 at the official bi-weekly auction yesterday as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) supplied all $200 million demanded at the official window, to close at N156.31. The currency however weakened against the dollar at the interban...
Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has commended the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) for the award of (FSSC 22000) from the Food Safety Systems Certification (FSSC). Besides, the company has marked its 60th anniversary of operation in Nigeria. Dir...
As part of renewed efforts to make Nigeria the preferred investment destination and a manufacturing hub for sub-Saharan Africa, the federal government has established trade investment councils in six countries across the globe. The six countries are Au...
Developing countries, particularly from Africa, are concerned about attempts by industrialised nations to change the negotiating dynamic of the World Trade Organisation(WTO). They are worried that developed countries want to introduce new issues at the...
The Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Amal Pepple, has stated that housing delivery would be more efficient if required policies that would enhance the sector were initiated. She disclosed this at a symposium organised by the Nigerian I...
Having a planned settlement has so far been seen as a way of curtailing indiscriminate construction of houses in the country and most especially the Federal Capital Territory. It is not farfetched to see an individual with little or no passage way to t...
African culture has always included a system of dispute resolution, which ensures that all parties have a chance to be heard and are fairly dealt with in the process of revenue collection. Tax Administrations/Revenue Collecting AuthoritiesMore than any...
Over the last 5 years, Nigerian cocoa grower prices increased more than 50 per cent to the current average of N460,000 per MT. The United States imported cocoa products estimated at $40 million from Nigeria in 2010.Currently, co...