By Taye Obateru Jos — A former Military Administrator of Delta State, Col. John Dung (rtd), has joined in the call that state governors be allowed to have greater control on state police commissioners and directors of the State Security Services to enable them  promptly contain security problems in their states. This was coming as […]

Oando Plc, Nigeria’s leading indigenous integrated energy solutions provider, today, opened the acceptance list for a  Rights Issue offer of 301,694,876 Ordinary Shares of 50 kobo each at N70.00 per Share  on the basis of one (1) new ordinary share for every three (3) ordinary shares of 50 kobo each held as at the close […]

By Emeka Mamah KADUNA — The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has said that the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Rilwanu Lukman, lied when he said labour has given  go-ahead to the Federal Government to deregulate the downstream sector of the petroleum industry. NUPENG’s Deputy General Secretary (North), Comrade Adamu Song, made […]

By Emmanuel Aziken ABUJA—The forthcoming gubernatorial election in Anambra State must not be a do-or- die affair, President Umaru Yar‘Adua has been quoted as saying. Senator Polycarp Nwite, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Political Matters) in a statement yesterday quoted the President as calling on all stakeholders and government agencies involved in the conduct […]

By  Tony Edike ENUGU—THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, South East zone said yesterday, that it had uncovered a plot by its opponents in the February 6 governorship election to use the military to intimidate the people and rig the election. The party said it had gathered from intelligence reports, that those behind the plot have […]

By  Charles Kumolu AWKA—A CHIEFTAIN of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and leader of South East Caucus of the party, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has  berated former PDP members, who decamped from the party after the Anambra State gubernatorial primaries, describing them as  selfish and uncommitted politicians. He also threw his weight behind the party’s governorship […]

By Victor Ahiuma-Young PETROLEUM and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has condemned the crisis in Jos, Plateau State and called on governors in the North to tackle the issues of the almajiris and street urchins who are under Islamic scholars and incorporate them into formal education as a way of reducing sectarian […]

By Emma Amaize, Emma Arubi & Akpokona Omafuaire WARRI — THE civil society in Delta State have given the National Assembly seven days within which to resolve the leadership crisis in the country or face their wrath. The ultimatum was served, weekend, when civil society groups took to the streets of Effurun and  Warri, calling […]

By Simon Ebegbulem BENIN — BARELY one month after Federal Government withdrew soldiers attached to the Joint Task Force, JTF, code named  Operation Thunderstorm created by Edo State Government, the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese and state Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Rev. Peter Imasuen, was abducted, yesterday, by suspected kidnappers. It was […]

By Ise-Oluwa Ige ABUJA—An Abuja high court has thrown out a request by Mr Yusuf Tilde, the Chief Security Officer, CSO, to President Umaru Yar’Adua to stop hearing in an on-going controversial case alleging abuse of office against him. An Abuja-based businessman, Mr Abdulkarim Bello Umar had taken out the writ against the President Yar’Adua’s […]

In response to the anomaly of increasing income coexisting with increasing poverty in Nigeria, I embarked on a close observation of the operation of the national economy sometime in 2001, and discovered that the root cause of our problem was the subsisting monopoly of the CBN in the supply of both the dollar and naira in the economy.

By AbdulSalam Muhammad KANO — An Industrial court sitting in Kano, Friday, ordered AfriBank Plc to pay full benefits based on current salary to no fewer than 506 staff disengaged by the bank recently. Delivering judgment in Kano,Justice M. B. Dada said the bank was not able to contravene all the claims adduced by the […]

There was this interesting but visibly annoying mail from Eric Ekanem addressed to members of the CAF media in the ongoing Orange Africa Cup of Nations. In it, Mr. Ekanem wanted us to explain to him why it is Zambia and not Cameroun that topped Group D.

Two of the governors, in exclusive interviews, weekend, said their cold attitude towards Dr. Jonathan all this while was because of their information that he was already working with their opponents to abort their second term tickets in their respective states, stressing that supporting him to be acting president would tantamount to empowering him to “finish us politically.”

Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has praised the Federal Government for creating an enabling environment for a free and fair House of Assembly re-run election in Etsako Central Local Government area.