By Inalegwu Shaibu ABUJA— THE Senate has urged President Umaru Yar’Adua to quickly address the Niger Delta problem in the wake of the alarm raised by the Group Managing Director (GMD) of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Engineer Mohammed Barkindo that Nigeria has only two weeks reserve of crude oil for domestic consumption. The Senate […]

By Patience Saghana ABUJA — Against the backdrop of the global financial crunch, Nigeria is the only country in the world with the highest return on investment. Making this disclosure in Abuja yesterday was Mr Remi Babalola, Finance Minister at the 31st African Reinsurance Corporation Annual General Meeting. According to him, “With the financial crisis […]

By Emeka Mamah Kaduna — The Coordinator of Vision 20-2020 at the National Planning Commission, Mr. Akin Arikawe, has said the lingering Niger Delta crisis will be a beneficial factor that could propel the country to achieve greater height if the lessons are taken in good faith by Nigerians. Arikawe said a crisis in the […]

By Liade Akinboade ABUJA—The Director General (DG), National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Professor John Udoko, has said about 3million Nigerians are living with the dreaded Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency syndrome (AIDS), and out of this number 60% are women. Prof. Udoko stated this yesterday, when he paid a […]

By Ise-Oluwa Ige ABUJA—The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi, yesterday advised the newly appointed judges of the Federal high court to eschew any conduct capable of scandalising the judiciary in the performance of their judicial functions. Kutigi gave the advice yesterday in Abuja while swearing in eleven new judges recently appointed […]