By Chinyere Amalu ABUJA — The National Association of Nigerian Youth Leaders, NANYL, has called on the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, (EFCC) to halt the prosecution of the former governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, saying his arrest was politically motivated. Addressing a press conference in Abuja on the arrest of Bafarawa, leader […]

Gas flaring was to end on December 2008, one of numerous proposed dates that were never implemented.
“I think the government has never been able to develop a strong will to ensure the implementation of these basic policies and the result, of course, is like any other law, the operators take the easiest line of resistance, which is to maybe pay N2, or 1 Kobo or whatever and flaring many cubic feet of gas … Whatever it is, it is cheaper for the companies or the operators to flare gas and pay the penalty than to stop,” he said last year.

LAFIA —  At least 30 people have been killed in clashes between cattle rearers and farmers in Nasarawa State, witnesses said. ocal people said armed men drove from house to house shooting. Farms and homes have been destroyed in the remote village of Udenin Gida. The fighting follows weeks of tensions between the two groups. […]

Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State has attributed the high rate of examination malpractice in the country to the emphasis placed on certificates and formal education.

LEXICAL globalization can be likened to the spread of virus in the operating systems of computers. Like harmattan, it windlessly spreads. Ask the road side mechanic- “wetin dey happen” he promptly replies “economic meltdown ni”. Ask him what economic meltdown is- he has no clue.

I’d begun and nearly finished the article before unforeseen circumstances led to my changing course and choosing to take stock of certain developments in our polity in the course of the year. I’d tried to avoid this because doing it would mean commenting on the bleak picture our country presents at this time of the year in the last few years. Past editions of TALKINGPOINT written about this time of the year would bear out my claim.

Fresh facts emerging suggest that President Umaru Yar’Adua may not return to Nigeria soon, based on the instructions of his medical minders, Vanguard can authoritatively reveal.

If you tell her from the beginning, she might even discourage you from doing the business, especially, considering the risk or the amount of money involved. Many woman are not that bold when it comes to risks.

SHAREHOLDERS of Conoil Plc have asked its Board of Directors to search for indigenous Managing Director/CEO that would lead the company to achieve greater height, even as the Board assured them of improved performance in the coming years.

The wave of retrenchment is being aggravated by a directive from CBN to the eight troubled banks that they should reduce cost, including staff emolument by 30 per cent. Last week, Intercontinental Bank sacked 1,500 staff two weeks after it sacked about 50 senior managers. UBA also sacked 1,000 staff last week about a month after it had sacked 400.

Group General Manager of the Group Public Affairs Division of the Corporation, Dr.Levi Ajuonuma stated this while briefing newsmen after a fact finding mission to the Suleja depot of NNPC to ascertain the root cause of the recent fuel scarcity being experienced in Abuja and environs.

Barcelona star Lionel Messi has been named Fifa World Footballer of the Year to complete a stunning 2009 for the Argentine forward.

he Federal Government will in January introduce a new tax regime, tarrif and other fiscal policy measures.
The Minister of Finance, Dr. Mansur Muhtar, said this in an exclusive interview with Vanguard, in Abuja.

The minister who flew into Lagos Monday for a first hand inspection of the state of facilities at the National Stadium complex looked sad after the inspection, particularly the state of the Olympic size swimming pool, the indoor sports hall, the boxing gym and the table tennis knock up hall.

Determined to ensure Nigeria win the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, the Nigeria Football Federation has made provision for a physical trainer for the national team and has actually begun search for one.