A United Airlines pilot has admitted in court hat he had turned up at London’s Heathrow Airport to fly a plane to Chicago while three times over the alcohol limit.

ABUJA- THE European Union announced on Friday that it has budgeted about 2.87 million Euros for a major project to reduce gas flaring in the Niger Delta, especially in Rivers and Bayelsa states, over a period of 39 months.

IN an effort to find a lasting solution to the prevalent queues at various petrol stations across the country occasioned by the perennial fuel scarcity in the country, the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation ,NNPC, has concluded plans to convene a high level forum of all the key operators and stalkeholders in the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry in Nigeria.

 By Peter Duru MAKURDI — Councillors in Ogbadibo local council of Benue State are presently at dagger drawn with the council chairman for allegedly mismanaging the recently released excess crude funds. This was coming after repeated warnings from the Benue State government to invoke necessary sanctions against local government council leadership in the state that […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has urged microfinance banks, MFBs, to shore up their capital base as the apex bank is not going to render any form of bail out options to them.

THE International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Thursday that it is fully in support of the country’s ambitions to build a nuclear power plant to meet its growing energy needs.

ABUJA- A non governmental organisation, the African Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) said it has initiated a transparency and accountability project in five states in the Niger Delta.

President Yar’Adua, has damaged the last vestige of trust and attempt at forging national unity, by telling the whole world that Dr. Jonathan is incapable of holding forth for him, even as a symbolic gesture of nation building and strengthening the culture and practice of democracy

 By Taye Obateru Jos — Teachers in Plateau State have threatened to resume their suspended strike, accusing the state government on reneging on the agreement reached with them. Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, in the state Mr Gunshin Yarling, alleged that the state government had failed to abide by the agreement reached […]

…takes a swipe at opposition By Henry Umoru ABUJA—THE National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday said it was proud of the manner in which Vice President, Goodluck Jonathan has carried on with the affairs of governance since President Umaru Yar’Adua left the shores of Nigeria for medical treatment in Saudi Arabia. According […]

 Abuja—The Labour Party said on Sunday that the purported expulsion of its candidate in the Anambra 2010 poll, Dr Andy Uba, by the PDP “is an exercise in futility and in bad faith”. The national leadership of PDP had last week directed that Uba’s name be removed from the party’s register for defecting to Labour […]

The key to fighting graft in Africa does not lie in fresh legislation or new institutions … Most African states already have the gamut of tools required to do the job

 By Daniel Idonor ABUJA—THE Federal Government has pledged to ensure the wellbeing of members of the Armed Forces, as well as the families of the fallen soldiers, who had paid the supreme sacrifice for the nation at various military operations within and outside the country. Vice President Goodluck Jonathan stated this ysterday at the Interdenominational […]

 By Wole Mosadomi Minna — The Senate is to determine the fate of President Umaru Yar’Adua who is undergoing medical treatment in Saudi Arabia for over 50 days now. Deputy Senate President, Mr Ike Ekweremadu, who disclosed this while answering questions from journalists in Minna, Niger State yesterday said the Senate had decided to deliberate […]

HYPOCRISY is already in full display as some self-promoting Nigerians have begun buying relevance with the Nations Cup in Angola. If they succeed, being a World Cup year too, they would have made names for themselves as patriots.