The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mike Okiro, on Monday met with the chief security officers of all the embassies in the country. The meeting came barely four days after the United States warned that Nigeria...
The panel investigating the N628m contract scandal in the House of Representatives has directed that the ongoing renovation of the residences of the Speaker, Mrs. Patricia Etteh, and her deputy, Alhaji Babangida...
Prof. Pat Utomi, presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) party hereby calls on the federal government to as a matter of urgency activate a dramatic increase in funding allocations to state...
Over the last few weeks the former democratic dictator of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo Matthew Okikiola Aremu aka Baba Sege has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Interestingly I read a wonderful piece in...
We are eight women leaders representing eight different countries. Five of us are African. We have just returned from the camps of eastern Chad, where we have been meeting the women victims of the Darfur conflict. We...
Minister of Finance, Shamsuddeen Usman has said that capital allocation in the 2008 budget might be slashed by 25 per cent. Usman told the Joint House of Representatives Committees on Appropriation and Finance that the...
The House of Representatives ad-hoc committee probing the death of a Nigerian, Mr. Osamuyi Akpitanhi, has summoned the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, to appear before it on Tuesday on his...
Some militants suspected to be members of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta have kidnapped 11 chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State. The incident, which occurred in Arogbo, Ese-Odo...
There were indications weekend, that the planned review of allocation of offices to senators in the new N26 billion ultra-modern building may spark off a row, as some senators have vowed to resist the move to relocate...
A major hurdle in tax administration in Nigeria is about to be crossed, as the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has been mandated by law to refund excess taxes paid by individuals and companies within 90 days....
Disturbed by increasing rate of violence in the Niger Delta, the Akwa Ibom Government has called on the United States to assist the Federal Government in checking the source of illegal arms being smuggled into the...
It is with thanksgiving to God whose generosity to man at creation endowed him to serve and be a co-creator, moving nature towards its perfection that I feel privileged, as part of the process institutionalizing...