By Anayo Okoli Umuahia – Abia State House of Assembly has passed a law, which makes the offence of terrorism, kidnapping, hostage-taking and the use of offensive weapons or explosives, punishable by death. The law is aimed at tackling the problems of kidnapping, which is rampant in the state, a situation the Speaker of the […]

A significant decline was recorded in trading, Tuesday, on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), as the volume of shares traded dipped by 42.32 per cent. The decline was also witnessed in the key market indices, as the value of listed equities, represented by the market capitalisation and All-share index, dipped by N38.62 billion.

SERVICOM, an agency established by the Federal Government to evaluate the quality of services rendered by government ministries, departments and agencies yesterday passed a verdict of woeful performance on all the 200 existing ministerial units of government and particularly singled out the Police and Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) for shameful services.

By Emeka Mamah Kaduna – THE late Head of State, General Sani Abacha’s brother, Alhaji Abdulkadir Abacha, has said the Federal Government is orchestrating its “so-called” investigations into the $180 million Halliburton bribery scandal to hoodwink Nigerians on the high level of corruption in the country. Alhaji Abacha who is one of the suspects being […]

*AS Iwu accuses PDP, other parties of electoral malpractises By Tordue Salem ABUJA  – The Constitution review exercise in the National Assembly took off on a stormy note yesterday as the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Michael Kaase Aondoakaa (SAN) and the House of Representatives disagreed on the method to overhaul the provisions of […]