Lagos — The China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd, a member of the New Generation Consortium that won the bid for NITEL, has demanded 20 per cent equity holdings in the newly acquired company. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr William So, President of the company, on Friday in Lagos. So said the […]

THE Ezza-Ezillo communal war in Ebonyi state, on Friday, assumed a frightening dimension as the Nigerian Police Force was overran by suspected hired militants that sporadically shot face to face with the Police and smashed two police armoured tanks that were recently acquired by the Ebonyi state government.

NIGERIA Labour  Congress (NLC), yesterday condemned the military takeover of government in the neighbouring Niger Republic and called on the leaders of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and African Union (AU), to immediately imposed stiff economic sanctions on the military government being formed. NLC in a statement also condemned sacked  President Mamadou Tandja […]

By Chioma Gabriel, Deputy Editor Turks in former President Olusegun Obasanjo are converging in Dubai this weekend in commemoration of the birthday of former minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Nasir El-Rufai. El-Rufai, who is currently abroad, was considered a member of former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s kitchen cabinet, having served as the  head of  […]

By Ise-Oluwa Ige, Abuja A Federal high court sitting in Abuja yesterday granted the Chairman, Senate Committee on Power, Senator Nicholas Ugbane and eight others a fresh bail of N450million. Ugbane and the eight others are standing trial on N5.2billion fraud before the high court. The trial high court judge, Justice Garba Umar who granted […]