Sacoil Holding Limited (SCL) has disclosed that it has received approval to list on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market. advanced, poised for its highest closing level in almost 14 years, after saying/

AT last, examination malpractice that seemed an intractable problem afflicting the conduct of public examinations over the years can now be effectively checked. Thanks to the introduction of Biometric Capturing System (BCS) being used by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for the 2011 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)

THERE was no way that Professor Maurice Iwu would have been a credible electoral umpire. His naked political adventurisms before, during and even now after his sojourn as the Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) suggest that he could not have been an unbiased umpire.

The Civil Liberties Organisation, CLO, has called for investigations into alleged politically motivated killings and other criminal activities in Yobe State ahead of the April elections.

It was another intellectual feast for Nigerians and the rest of the world as memories of the scientific and technological innovations made by the Biafrans during the tragic Nigerian civil war that happened over 44 years ago was relived as one of the major actors in the war, Dr Felix Oragwu

THE just concluded 10th National Delegates conference of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, which had a total of 1,992 delegates in attendance, was unique in several respects. One of the exceptional features of the conference was a joint document presented as manifesto by the team that now forms the National Administrative Council, NAC, of NLC, titled “Our Vision, our mission in the next four years

Ethiopia in a 2012 Nations Cup qualifier later this month, would see the Super Eagles rise in the next edition of the FIFA rankings, due in the early days of April.

THE battle for the three senatorial seats of Cross River State has changed gear with the combatants throwing all the tricks in their armoury into the electioneering campaigns. Across the zones, each of the candidates is expected to put in his best to sail through victoriously.

The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Benue State, has been enmeshed in a major crisis as six of its founding members have asked a Makurdi Federal High Court to annul the emergence of all the party’s candidates in the state in the April elections, citing the negation of the Electoral Act and the party’s constitution in the process of nominating the candidates.

A coalition of civil society for PIB campaign yesterday called on Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, to resign for calling those protesting the delay in the passage of Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, charlatans.

The Federal Government said available electricity output now stands at 4,000MW, blaming poor infrastructure for the inability of government to evacuate the total electricity generation put at 6,000MW.
Minister of Science and Technology, Prof Mohammed Abubakar, made this known yesterday at the summit on energy and sustainable economic growth organised by the Energy Commission of Nigeria, ECN.

Men’s love for God in this perilous times, truly is waxing cold. This change in attitude is a confirmation of the Biblical injunction as recorded in Matthew 24:12, resulting in individuals, worst of all, leaders doing things out of spite and self ambition irrespective of how badly the poor masses suffer from their actions . The love for wealth acquisition has become so intrusive on the rights of citizens of Nigeria to the extent that not even crumbs are left by the oppressors and persecutors of God’s people for the downtrodden.

Ahead of the April polls, the National Conscience Party, NCP, gubernatorial candidate for Lagos state, Comrade Ayodele Akele has promised to increase the minimum wage of civil servants in Lagos state public service from its present N 18, 780 to N 25, 000, if elected into office.

With the recent passage of the Freedom of Information Bill, FoI,by the House of Representatives and the recent utterance of the Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on National Assembly Matters, Senator Mohammed Abba-Aji to the effect that he (Abba-Aji) and his colleagues will advise their principal against assenting to the Bill (FoI) if it was eventually passed by the Senate, Nigerians became apprehensive on the fate of the bill.

The Network of National Human Rights Institutions, NNHRI, has called on ECOWAS and National Human Rights Institutions in the continent to take genuine steps to eliminate discrimination in education on the basis of gender. NNHRI also want Ecowas to pursue with more commitment and diligence