Take NIMET flood alert seriously – Belgore
Action Congress of Nigeria’s governorship candidate in the 2011 election in Kwara State, Mr. Dele Belgore (SAN), on Sunday called on the state government to, as a matter of urgency, take concrete and...
View ArticleAPGA faction names Okwu acting chairman, denies merger
A faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, led by Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State, has named the former National Chairman of defunct Citizens Popular Party, Maxi Okwu, as the new Acting...
View Article‘Education, bedrock of nation building’
Wife of Ondo State Governor, Mrs.Olukemi Mimiko, has described quality and affordable education as a veritable tool for the attainment of national development. Mimiko stated this on Sunday at the Final...
View ArticleFashola’s project tour, a charade —Lagos PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State has described the tour of projects in the state by Governor Babatunde Fashola as a charade meant to smuggle mediocrity into governance. It added that the...
View ArticleAPC will prioritise agric, job creation —Fayemi
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said that the All Progressive Congress will prioritise job creation, agricultural development and infrastructural development, among other programmes....
View ArticleBudget: Jonathan seeks AGF’s advice on N’Assembly’s power
President Goodluck Jonathan has written to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mohammed Adoke, seeking his advice on the veto power of the National Assembly, following the...
View ArticleCNPP hails Oni’s removal
The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties in Ekiti State has hailed the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party’s decision to nullify the congress which produced Mr. Segun. Oni as...
View ArticleAmnesty is Nigerian economy’s saving grace – Kuku
The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, has said the Amnesty Programme for Niger Delta militants is an instrument that has saved the nation’s economy from collapsing....
View ArticlePDP shifting blames on Yoruba marginalisation – ACN
Action Congress of Nigeria has said the People Democratic Party is exposing its own folly by blaming the “glaring marginalisation” of the Yoruba by the President Goodluck Jonathan administration on the...
View ArticleExplosion rocks Lagos
An explosion has occurred under the popular Festac Bridge off the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway in Lagos. The Anti-Bomb Squad of the Nigeria Police has arrived at the scene. Details later.
View ArticleSecurity expert flays kidnap of foreigners in Bauchi
President, Association of Industrial Security and Safety Operators of Nigeria, Dr. Ona Ekhomu, has flayed the kidnap of seven foreign workers in Bauchi State on Monday. He, therefore, called on the...
View ArticleStay off drugs, stay safe
Gone are the days when (illicit) drugs are used under the cover of darkness or away from public glare. These days, psychedelic drugs are served at social gatherings as part of the fun. In fact, it is...
View ArticleCorruption scandal looms over Spanish royal family
Spanish King Juan Carlos’ son-in-law will be questioned Saturday by a judge investigating a corruption case as press reports make new revelations that cast a growing shadow on the entire royal family....
View ArticleBeware, Mr. President
I wish to advise President Goodluck Jonathan to beware of his loyalists and aides and not the opposition. It is dangerous to allow his men to start fighting with his own party members over second term...
View ArticleFG vows to tackle corruption in procurement contracts
The Federal Government on Monday said it would step up the fight against abuse of the procurement process by contractors handling projects for its ministries, departments and agencies. The...
View ArticleThere’s huge integrity deficiency in el-Rufai’s book –Ribadu
Pioneer Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, has said there is a “huge integrity deficiency” in former Federal Capital Territory minister, Nasir El-Rufai’s book, The...
View ArticleBrass LNG’s final investment decision likely June
The Final Investment Decision for the Brass Liquefied Natural Gas Project will be taken in the second quarter of this year, government sources familiar with the project have said. Our correspondent...
View ArticleEconomy shrank by 0.82% in 2012 –NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics on Monday released its final report on the performance of the economy in the 2012 fiscal year with a shocker that the country’s Gross Domestic Product declined when...
View ArticleJonathan should honour single-term pact –ACF
The Pan-northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum, has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to abide by the “agreement” to vacate office after his current tenure. The ACF said the...
View ArticleNew terrorist group claims responsibility for Bauchi kidnapping
The fast-growing new terrorist group, Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis- Sudan (a.k.a JAMBS), on Monday claimed responsibility for Sunday’s seizure of six foreign workers in Bauchi. A guard was...
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