The Federal government has said that overriding national interests, the need for a quick resolution of the Libyan crisis and the need to allow Libyans decide their future led to its recognition of the new leaders of Libya. This was disclosed by the Min...
Former United States Ambassador to Nigeria and Nigerian, Ambassador John Campbell, has argued that militarily counter terrorism approach is not the solution to the Boko Haram Islamic insurgency. Campbell added that dialogue would be the ideal way to ta...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has said that the comments made by President Goodluck Jonathan during his maiden Media Chat on Monday have shown that he is largely out of tune with the situation in Nigeria. In a statement issued yesterday by its N...
Jonathan seeks Musdapher’s confirmation as CJN - The Senate yesterday listed a holistic review of the 1999 Constitution and the amendment of the 2010 Electoral Act, as topmost in their agenda as the senators resumed for full legislative session. ...
Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, yesterday informed the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee that she was not part of the team that conceived and approved the alleged N10bn single window system agreement between the Nigeria Custom Ser...
The federal government yesterday dissolved the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) following the conclusion of the assignment of a presidential committee set up to look into the problems facing the commission and the subsequent submi...
The Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) unit of the Kaduna Refinery has been shut down temporarily for repairs following some faults in the system. The unit is the most important conversion process used in petroleum refineries which convert high-boiling and...
Running the bicameral legislature in Nigeria is very expensive. Since 1999, the running cost of the National Assembly and the states houses of assemblies have been rising to intolerable level with Nigerians crying blue murder. After succumbing to press...
Four weeks into the commencement of the industrial action in Osun State, SEFIU AYABIMPE writes on the ongoing feud between the government and the organised labour in the state as workers have vowed not to call off the strike unless the state government...
The people of Enugu State are looking forward to the outcome of the local government elections holding in December this year. Enugu Correspondent, Nnamdi Mbawike who has been monitoring events in the state concludes that only the anointed candidates of...
Chief James Ocholi, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) is a house hold name in Kogi politics. Ocholi is currently one of the governorship aspirants in Kogi State on the platform of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC). The primary election to dete...
Minister of State for Education, Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike says he is committed to addressing the challenges facing basic and secondary education sub sectors under his purview. In this interview with FRANCIS OTTAH AGBO, the Minister declares that it...
Former President, Ijaw Youth Congress (IYC), Dr. Chris Ekiyor, has described the activities of the terrorist Boko Haram sect to destabilise the country as political, saying that its grouse is not far from the fact that a southerner is occupying the pre...
The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta has issued a September-18 ultimatum to all those in possession of illegal arms in the region to surrender them or face the full wrath of the law. JTF spokesman, Lt-Col. Timothy Antigha, said in a s...
Barely 24 hours after Minister of Finance, and coordinating Minister of the economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala blew the whistle, alleging that some strange projects were miraculously sneaked into the 2011 budget, President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the...