By Enyim Enyim ONITSHA—Nigerians may face hard times this yuletide following indications, yesterday by the Independent Marketers Association of Nigeria(IPMAN), that the pump price of fuel may be hiked again to N150 per litre. Speaking with reporters in Awka, Anambra State, the National Publicity Secretary of the union, Dr Leo Ngameme expressed fears that the […]

By Emeka Mamah KADUNA—The Kaduna state government says it will soon enact a law that will curb discriminations against those living with HIV/AIDS in the state. The state governor, Mohammed Namadi Sambo, made this known while speaking at a news conference to mark this year’s World AIDS Day in Kaduna, yesterday. Sambo, who was represented […]

LOCAL government chairmen in the country have been charged to re-direct and re-energise the youths in their areas to agricultural activities to disengage their minds from social vices.

Arik Air made history yesterday morning when it touched down at the JFK International Airport in New York, and this makes the airline the first Nigerian carrier to operate flights into the U.S. in the last decade. The liquidated national carrier, Nigeria Airways, stopped operations into New York at the peak of its management crisis, […]

By Laide Akinboade ABUJA — In spite of the hospitalisation of President Umaru Yar’Adua in a Saudi hospital, the Minister of Information and Communications, Professor Dora Akunyili, yesterday, said the Federal Government machinery would continue to operate optimally. The President who is currently on treatment abroad has elicited unprecedented debate on whether he should continue […]