Edo mulls court option over unremmitted DPR fund
Edo State Government may soon seek legal redress to compel a refund of monies due to it from the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR).
Governor Adams Oshiomhole made the state’s position known yesterday at a FAAC Post-Mortem Sub-Committee national seminar on the role of gas in Nigeria’s economy, which held in Benin City.
Nigerian football and the albatross of technical deficiency (2)
Being the concluding part of an opinion by Paddy Ezeala. The first part was published last week. Read on: A technical analysis of our semi-final exit against Senegal in Mali 2002, against Tunisia in Tunisia 2004, against Cote d’Ivoire in Egypt 2006, and against Ghana in Angola 2010 will reveal in-depth tactical deficiencies on the part […]
Ooni of Ife is alive, says Royal Traditional Council
Controversy has trailed the death of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade, Olubuse II as the Royal traditional Council of the town, Wednesday, said the paramount ruler is alive and in good state of health.
Why we blew-up NPDC oil pipeline – Suspects
THE two suspects arrested by security agents in connection with the explosion that rocked an oil pipeline belonging to the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company, NPDC at Ighwrenene community, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, have stated that they blew up the pipeline in a bid to coax NPDC into awarding them a pipeline surveillance contract.
Buhari worried over non payment of teachers’ salaries
President Mohammadu Buhari expressed regrets over the non payment of teachers’ salaries by their respective States, saying it was unfair.
Okorocha reads riot act, to sack Imo striking workers
Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, has ordered the striking civil servants to resume work immediately or risk being summarily sacked.
Palace shut as sympathisers troop to confirm news on Ooni
Following media reports of the passing on of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, sympathisers on Wednesday morning trooped to his palace to confirm the development.
Behold the Kuru declaration
IT was with the best of intentions that President Olusegun Obasanjo ordered the fourth retreat for Ministers and Permanent Secretaries at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Jos between February 23rd and 25th, 2001.
Kenya auditor uncovers massive government misspending
Only one percent of Kenyan government spending can be properly accounted for, according to a report by the country’s auditor-general released just days after US President Barack Obama warned corruption was holding the country back.
We’ll create enabling environment for capital market to thrive – Ambode
Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Tuesday said that his administration would create enabling environment for the financial capital market to thrive.
APC will reunite, wounds will heal, says National Chairman
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has said that the process of healing and reuniting will begin as the party scaled one of its major hurdles.
