The Central Bank of Nigeria said that it had guaranteed loans worth N1.5bn for 5,358 farmers under the Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme in the third quarter of 2007. This amount represented an increase of 153.3 per...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, on Monday urged Nigerians to hold their lawmakers accountable for their activities while in office. He said the development should be done through...
The presidential candidate of the Action Congress in the April 21 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Monday presented 15 “Ghana-must-go‘‘ bags of documents to the Presidential Election Tribunal in...
Facts emerged on Tuesday that President Umaru Yar'Adua had been holding secret talks with the Niger Delta militants, with a view to ending the long drawn crisis in the oil-rich zone. The Special Adviser to the...
The Presidency has stopped the privatisation or concessioning of its 102 colleges, otherwise known as unity schools. The Minister of Education, Dr. Igwe Aja -Nwachukwu, who made this known on Tuesday at an interactive...
Lessons in NeutralityBy Andrew Obinna Onyearu In a statement issued by its President, Olisa Agbakoba SAN, the Nigerian Bar Association condemned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for making an...
Who deserves the blame?By Christopher Odetunde, Ph.D.To understand what we are experiencing in Nigeria today, we must understand the difference between confraternity/fraternity and cultism; and what is leading young...
An Action Congress senatorial candidate in the last National Assembly elections in Ogun State, Chief Remilekun Bakare, on Thursday said before the Election Petition Tribunal that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic...
Another governor, Vice-Admiral Murtala Nyako (rtd.) of Adamawa State, has lost his post. His election was on Thursday voided by the Adamawa Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Yola. A fresh election in which he will...
A Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, Chief Lamidi Adedibu, was on Thursday, arraigned at an Abuja Magistrate’s Court on a two-count charge of acts capable of breaching the peace. His arraignment elicited...
Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday said that the Federal Government would privatise more public enterprises, especially roads and bridges. The Vice-President, who spoke at a meeting with a delegation of the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Wednesday, said that it would investigate allegations of corrupt enrichment against former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The Head, General Investigations of the...