The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the PDP as a victim of self-inflicted paranoia following the ruling party’s panic reaction to a yet to be conducted opinion poll.

Boko Haram’s seizure of a key town and military base in Nigeria’s far northeast has tightened its grip on the region, undermining efforts to tackle the insurgency, experts said on Tuesday.

Raising N21bn
“We raised about N21 billion on that day. Right from the start, we were raising money for PDP and its projects. The documents and letters said so; the speeches confirmed it and during the day of the fund raising, in my own speech and the speech of the Vice President, who happens to be an architect, there was a specific focus on this building that we want to complete.

ABUJA— Former Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (retd), has said that he should be regarded as a saint given the level of corruption that pervades the Nigerian society today.

MAJORITY of South-East and Igbo votes may not go to President Goodluck Jonathan in the February14 presidential polls contrary to expectations unless the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) takes the complaints of the zone seriously, Founder of the Igbo Youth Movement (IYM) and Deputy Secretary of the Igbo Leaders of Thought (ILT), Evangelist Elliot Uko, has said.

MINDFUL of the impact that falling crude oil prices will have on the fortunes of Nigeria this year due to declining foreign revenue, a host of the state governors have mapped out measures to cushion the effects of the dwindling economic fortunes on the citizenry.

Former Nigeria striker Jonathan Akpoborie has revealed that Stephen Keshi should not have been appointed as the Super Eagles coach because he lacks the rudiments of a good tactician.

The challenge for some people is not savings but what to invest their saving on. While there are a host of investment options available, the reason for investing should guide your decision. For example, if your aim is to invest for children school fees, it is advisable you choose an insurance linked investment.

For affordable housing to become a reality in Nigeria, the Federal and State governments should embrace the public private partnership, PPP approach and make conscious efforts to eliminate all impediments to housing delivery in the country.

ABEOKUTA—Irked by what he perceived as the frivolous expenditure of the Jonathan administration, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, once again took a swipe at President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing him among other things of squandering $25billion crude oil savings left behind by his administration.

LAGOS — Judicial workers, under the aegis of Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, yesterday, shut down courts across the country as they commenced an industrial action.

THERE is no denying the fact that 2014 was a year few Americans will be in a hurry to forget. It was a year in which the infamous Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) raised brutality to higher pedestals with the decapitation of innocent Americans and people of other nationalities in the name of religion and other banalities the group claims to represent.

Bauchi—No fewer than 13 persons were killed, while four others sustained injuries in an auto crash on the Bauchi-Jos Road, Narbodo village in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State.

It was further learned that the accident, which occurred around 5p.m., yesterday, involved an Opel Vectra and Toyota Sharon bus.

The continuous decline in the prices of crude oil in the international market in addition to throwing up a number of challenges for the Nigerian economy, has also brought up yet another controversial issue the issue of petroleum subsidy removal.

Where are the hand sanitisers? This is the poser currently making the rounds. Barely three months after the country was declared Ebola free by the World Health Organisation, WHO, alcohol-based hand sanitisers that held sway at the peak of the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, outbreak, have practically disappeared from the nation’s health scene.