FORMER Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo,CFR, has in the past weeks, like an ill-trained riot policeman, been shooting indiscriminately at the economic policies of the Jonathan administration.

Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Chief Executive Officer of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, has secured the release of 27 ex-militants detained by the Ghanaian authorities over unruly behaviour at the vocational institute where they were sent for training.

The passage of the Freedom of Information, FOI, Bill  is a task that must be accomplished by the National Assembly, the Minister of Information and Communications, Mr. Labaran Maku told members of the House of Representatives yesterday. The Minister spoke at a budget 2010 review and 2011 budget defence sessions of the Ministry and its […]

Former Lagos Island Local Government Area Chairman, Mr. Lukman Ajose, who was sentenced to two years imprisonment for enriching himself by fraudulently converting money belonging to the council by a Lagos State High Court, yesterday, lost his appeal before the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos.

The governors of the 19 Northern states of the federation, yesterday, resolved to support their colleagues in Plateau, Borno and Bauchi states to tackle the security challenges in these states.

THOSE taking Nigerians for granted should rate their anger and reaction to recent incidents. Nigerians are becoming impatient with lawlessness. When they cannot take it any longer, they take the laws into their own hands.

THE JOINT Motor Union of Osisioma Ngwa, Abia State, has called on Governor Theodore Orji to stop the authorities of Osisioma Ngwa Local Government Area from forcing them into one union, which they warned could spark off crisis in the area.

National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, yesterday, sealed off four phamaceutical stores in Osun State for allegedly practising in most unprofessional and unethical manner.

Eagles captain Joseph Yobo has said something that should interest Nigerians who are expecting them to maul sierra Leone in tonight’s international friendly in Lagos.

Failure of the various agencies at the nation’s sea ports to adhere strictly to their roles has been identified as one of the reasons why Nigeria has been unable to realise the 48-hour cargo clearance at the port.

MR Babafemi Ojudu was until recently the Managing Editor of the TheNews Magazine. He recently emerged the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, canddiate for Ekiti Central Senatorial District of Ekiti State.

Developers of the Blackberry phone; Research In Motion (RIM) has through it’s Managing Director for Africa, Mr. Deon Liebenberg announced that the Blackberry App World, an application that had initially been closed to users on the continent has now been launched in Nigeria.

THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, said it was determined to chase opposition party governors who it termed ‘rascals’ away from all Government Houses in the South West zone.

Three importers, Michael Izuchukwu Ikegbuno, 41, Igwilo John Chinedu, 30 and Orazuluba Blessed 38, are currently telling operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), the motive behind, their alleged involvement in drug trafficking

By Prince Osuagwu & Laide Akinboade At the end of the 1st African Group Preparatory meeting for next year’s World Radio Communications Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, last week in Abuja, it was obvious that Africa would march to the conference clutching some of the important requests that can engender more growth in the continent with […]