President Umaru Yar’Adua is expected to be the special guest of honour at the Transparency of Nigeria Award in which the First Lady, Hajia Turai Yar’Adua, is slated for an award.

By Tony Edike ENUGU—PROPERTY worth about N100 million belonging to Glotor Nigeria Limited, owned by renowned auto dealer, Mr. Arthur Orakpo, was demolished on the orders of Enugu State government at the weekend for allegedly encroaching on the water buffer zone of Asaba River bank. The property, which included two one-storey buildings, security house and […]

By Henry Umoru ABUJA—DANIEL Nzelu Foundation at the weekend made a donation of N2 million to four orphanage homes in Abuja, just as the foundation has called on the federal government and the private sector to initiate steps that would help support the less privileged people. Speaking to journalists shortly after disbursing food items valued […]

By Henry Umoru ABUJA—MINISTER of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Senator Muhammad Adamu Aliero said weekend that arrangements have been concluded where residents in the territory would withhold their waste and sell them to the highest bidder. Speaking during an unscheduled inspection of some districts in the Federal Capital City (FCC), Abuja to assess […]

By Chinyere Amalu ABUJA—The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), Mr. John Kennedy Okpara, has advised successful medical personnel who will be attached to Christian pilgrims for this year’s holy pilgrimages to Israel and Rome to withdraw from the exercise if their interest is on estacodes, as the exercise is purely a spiritual one. […]

By Abdulwahab Abdulah LAGOS—The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has said it call on the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) to address the controversies trailing the appointment of lawyers into the rank of the Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) is sancosant. The national officers of the association, at a meeting in Kaduna, recently, said it is […]

By Ise-Oluwa Ige ABUJA—A non-governmental organisation operating under the aegis of The Right to Know (R2K) Movement has described as worrying the surreptitious attempts by some members of the National Assembly to kill the Freedom of Information Bill. The organisation wants Nigerians to demand from the lawmakers what they intended to gain by frustrating the […]

By Kenneth Ehigiator LAGOS—The Federal Government has injected over N7 billion for the provision of facilities for effective delivery of air navigation services by Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), as part of measures to make the nation’s airspace safer. Among projects already approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) are the Total VHF Radio coverage […]

By Kenneth Ehigiator ABUJA—The police in Abuja has arrested four persons (names withheld) who attempted to use names of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to obtain French visa. Presenting themselves as meteorologists in the employ of FAAN, the suspects were picked up at the French Embassy after they tendered documents with fake FAAN’s […]

By  Jude Njoku AKURE—The Works    and Housing Minister, Dr. Hassan Lawal, weekend, promised that the Federal Government will accord the reconstruction of the Lagos-Benin Expressway top priority. The minister said this while inspection rehabilitation work on the road at Ore, Ondo State. Lawal, who was accompanied by the Governor Olusegun Mimiko, was overwhelmed by the […]