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...
Many African economies appear to have turned the corner and may be moving to a path of faster and steadier economic growth needed to reduce high level of poverty, according to the World Bank Africa Development...
President Umaru Yar’Adua on Tuesday insisted that his administration would not shield any corrupt Nigerian from prosecution no matter how highly placed. The President, who spoke at a national seminar by the...
Nigeria is the world's sixth largest producer of crude oil. This is in addition to her huge reserves of mineral and agricultural riches and human resources. Nigerians therefore should be enjoying some of the...
Virgin Nigeria has announced that it is spending N101,375 billion on the purchase of new aircraft from Embraer, a Brazilian manufacturer. The announcement was made at the 10th edition of the Dubai Air Show, the third...