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...
Two separate but related cases which happened in the Nasarawa state House of Assembly recently are painful reminders of the type of persons who wish to rule over the rest of us. In one instance, the membership of a...
Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, (FAAN), Mohammadu Yusufu in this interview with Gboyega Adeoye in Accra, Ghana, x-rays his agenda towards reactivating the ailing agency. What are the...
The Federal Government may cut salaries of public office-holders and civil servants if the naira continues to appreciate against other currencies. Our correspondent gathered that the cheery news about the steady...
Nigeria's military authorities declared yesterday that it had the capacity to handle any possible terrorists' strike, in a reaction to Thursday's terror alert by the American embassy. The re-assurance came...