The Director-General, Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Mr Emeka Eze, has said over N420 billion had been saved for Federal Government in the last 15 months through the activities of the bureau on contract valuation. Ezeh, who was speaking at [...]
Some including Junaid Mohammed has called for her sack or resignation for not respecting the Federal character as enshrined in the constitution.Junaid Mohammed A Media Chat with the Nigerian Economic Team here in Washington yesterday and the issue of allegations [...]
The National leadership and the entire members of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, have received with rude shock and disbelief the report of yet another religious hatred motivated gruesome murder of a dedicated 42-year-old Christian mother of seven children, Mrs. [...]
Ese Oruru – Former governor of Kano State and current Senator, Rabiu Kwankwaso helped procure bail for the alleged child abductor and rapist, Yunusa Dahiru, aka Yellow. A statement on Monday disclosed that his foundation Kwankwasiyya Development Foundation funded [...]
Dele Momodu – Fellow Nigerians, let me say categorically and emphatically that our dear beloved country is dangerously haemorrhaging again and this perfidious drift must be halted urgently before we all end up in perdition. Anyone telling President [...]
Restructuring Nigeria – The attention of Afenifere has been drawn to the statement credited to the vice president of Nigeria, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, that the call for the restructuring of Nigeria would not make any difference. The [...]
Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria on Sunday, July 11, 2016, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, the chief of army staff for the ownership of corrupt $1.5 Dubai properties in the event [...]
By Esther Onyegbula A yet-to-be identified child abductor, who confessed to being part of a 27-woman syndicate from Benin Republic, narrowly escaped being lynched yesterday when she was caught at Aka Road, Okokomaiko area of Lagos. The suspect… we have ready [...]
LOKOJA—THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Kogi State University, Anyigba, KSU, has lamented that no fewer than 50 lecturers have left the institution to the prolonged delay in salaries payment and other problems affecting the staffers of the institution. [...]
ENUGU—About 640 rice farmers in Enugu State have benefited from FADAMA 3,additional financing for Enugu State aimed at scaling up the production of staple food items in the country. By Francis Igata The Federal Government had in 2013 through its [...]
By Chinonso Alozie Owerri—A Non-Governmental Organization, Citizen Centre for Integrated Developments and Social Rights, CCIDESOR, has said that it has concluded arrangements to unveil a document containing the number of abandoned projects in Imo State, between 2010-2014. Gov. Rochas Okorocha [...]
Recently, some groups in Plateau State protested the state government’s alleged adoption of the Grazing Reserves/Ranching Policy of the Federal Government. What is the true position of your government on the issues at stake? By Marie-Therese Nanlong There is nothing [...]
ABUJA—United Nations Humanitarian agency, has released $ 13 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund, CERF, to provide life-saving assistance to 250,000 persons in North East of Nigeria that has just become accessible. By Victoria Ojeme Bama IDP Camp: Cross [...]
OWERRI—The legal suit instituted by Sir Friday Nwanozie Nwosu, a lawyer, against the Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, pre-dated the last governorship election in the state. By Chidi Nkwopara Apparently not amused by the outcome of the primary organised [...]
By Victor Ahiuma-Young LAGOS—ORGANISED Labour has called on the Federal Government to explore better and creative ways to address the Niger Delta crisis, warning that the multifaceted crises in region and oil sector were grinding the nation and its economy [...]
The national chairman of the APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has finally and formally embraced, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, the party’s candidate in the governorship primaries setting the stage for a united front to ensure the party retains the state. By Omeiza [...]
NINE years after the last recapitalisation exercise in the nation’s insurance industry, the Minister for Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, yesterday said that the sector was due for another round of recapitalisation following the need to reposition it. By Favour Nnabugwu [...]
Since Sunday Oliseh resigned as the coach of the Super Eagles, the team has been without a substantive manager. Following his exit, Samson Siasia was drafted to handle the team in an acting capacity for the remaining Nations Cup qualifying [...]