Lagos—The Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, yesterday in Lagos, attributed last Friday’s riot at the Kirikiri Medium Prison, Lagos, which left two persons dead and several others injured, to congestion and unlimited freedom accorded inmates.

PORT HAR-COURT— Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Mr. Oke Wali, SAN, has been kidnapped in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

The tussle for the Enugu West Senatorial ticket took a dramatic turn, weekend, when loyalists of Governor Sullivan Chime abandoned a scheduled constituency meeting at the unexpected arrival of Senator Ike Ekweremadu, the incumbent senator representing the zone.

Signals emerging from the global economy can best be described as complex considering the trends in macroeconomic and socio-political sphere.

Former Attorney General of Edo State and a delegate to the just concluded National Conference, Chief Charles Uwensuyi-Edosomwan, SAN, has condemned the abduction of former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA , Mr. Okey Wali, SAN, and appealed to his abductors to release him without harm.

As the high –flying Super Falcons are set for their second match of the 9th African Women Championship in Namibia, after earning three maximum points in their first match against Cote d’Ivoire, President of Nigeria Football Federation, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick has charged the players to go for a comfortable win that will seal their place in the semi finals of the competition.

ENtwistle, the ebullient and dynamic Chief Envoy of America here reportedly made this assertion in a media briefing at a private university in Yola, Adamawa State, when asked why his country was blocking efforts by Nigeria to procure arms and ammunition to tackle the Islamist insurgency in the North East. He also alleged that his country’s reluctance to sell crucial military equipment to Nigeria was based on what he described as “human rights violations” by the Nigerian military personnel.

Education Tax (EDT) The Education tax decree No. 7 which was initially declared in 1993 was amended by Education Tax (Amendment) Decree No. 40 of 1998. As stated in the Act, 2% tax rate should be charged on the profit of all companies registered or resident in Nigeria. EDT should be paid at the point […]

ALHAJI Abubakar Tsav, an elder statesman and a retired Commissioner of Police, in this interview expressed sadness that President Goodluck Jonathan’s rumoured second term ambition has been made pre-eminent over the security challenge in Nigeria by those, who recently adopted him as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) consensus presidential candidate. He also spoke on other issues.

THE Presidency, yesterday, opened up on the controversy surrounding the seizure by South Africa of Nigeria’s $15m meant for the purchase of arms for the Nigeria Intelligence Service.

JUDICIAL Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, has accused the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke, of embarking on selective justice in carrying out his responsibilities as the nation’s chief law officer.

I’ve got three topics that I’d like to talk about and then I’ll take your questions. I’ve just come from a meeting focused on the Ebola epidemic and we had an extremely productive discussion. We had president Konde from Guinea with us and we had President Johnson Sirleaf and President Koroma on video conference.

The Federal Government said that 97 percent of Nigeria’s landmass remains undocumented, a development which has contributed to the country’s poor rating among comity of nations on the speed and efficiency of processes and procedures of land governance. Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, stated this recently in his keynote […]

Former Minister of Education and one of the Coordinators of BringBackOurGirls, BBOG, campaign group, Dr. Oby Ezekwezili, weekend tasked President Goodluck Jonathan to take the front seat in mobilising Nigerian citizens against the Boko Haram insurgents.

Angola will overtake Nigeria as the largest crude oil producing country in Africa by 2016, the International Energy Agency, IEA, declared yesterday.