THE Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative, NEITI, is empowered by the NEITI Act of 2007 to enforce revenue disclosures earned from oil, gas and mining sectors of Nigeria and how the funds are disbursed with clearly spelt out penalty for defaulters.

…fooled husband with fake pregnancy By Taye Obateru Jos — A middle-aged woman was, yesterday, arraigned before an Upper Area Court, Kabong in the Plateau State capital for allegedly stealing a baby girl belonging to another woman from the Plateau Specialist Hospital five hours after delivery. The prosecution alleged that the accused, Aishat Mohammed was […]

Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State, his Lagos State counterpart, Babatunde Fashola, and former Prime Minister of Britain are among 50 governors and leaders across the globe who signed a declaration on climate change in California, United States at the weekend.

THE government of Ghana has disclosed that the completion of the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) would cost $1 billion instead of the $600 million earlier announced. The new cost was due to the apparent delay in the implementation of the project, which has resulted in the increase of the original cost by 70 percent.

By Chinyere Amalu ABUJA — The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has budgeted the sum of $64 million to support programmes in Nigeria in the next 4 years. The Resident Representative of UNFPA, Lawson Agathe who disclosed this yesterday in Abuja at the Global Launch for Child Survival and the flag off of the Maternal, […]