President Barack Obama on Friday vetoed a bill allowing 9/11 families to sue Saudi Arabia, risking a fierce public backlash and rare congressional rebuke. While expressing “deep sympathy” for the families of the victims, Obama said the law would be “detrimental to US national interests.” The White House tried and failed to have the legislation […]

Dr Vincent Akpotai, the Acting Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), has fixed final verification of staff and pensioners of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) to hold between Oct.3 and Oct. 21.

Some people have asked us why we are bringing this campaign without even fulfilling our own promise of change. And our answer is very simple: If for instance, this campaign had been on before now and the tenet of the campaign had been imbibed we would not be where we are today. If Nigerians had imbibed the spirit of the campaign, I am sure the kind of corruption, stealing, mindless destruction of assets, and the huge appetite for imported goods would have been checked and we would have probably had a healthier balance sheet than we have today.

HAD ex-First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan not claimed ownership of $31.4 million found in the bank account of a former presidential aide, Mr. Waripome Dudafa, the issue may not have been made public by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

An online platform, PerSecondsNews.com, on Friday reactivated a long running campaign of calumny against businessman, Mr Dumebi Kachikwu in an article titled “Kachikwu on the run, wanted for graft charges”.