The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday said it had not apologised to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mike Aondoakaa, or any other Nigerian over the ongoing trial...
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Nigeria to Adopt ‘Citizenship Diplomacy’
Nigeria has announced a “retaliatory” foreign policy, warning that any country that presents Nigeria as corrupt without showcasing the intellect of Nigerians would be declared a “hostile...
‘Typhoid Check’ Invented By Nigerian
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration (NAFDAC) has approved Typhoid Check, a new product meant for the diagnosis of the deadly typhoid fever. Pioneered by a Nigerian Paediatrician and Internist at the...
Second phase of N48b food security scheme begins
Following the conclusion of the first phase of the National Programme for Food Security (NPFS) launched in November, 2001, the Federal Government yesterday floated the expanded phase of the programme estimated to cost...
NNPC sets December deadline to revive refineries
Nigerians should expect functional Kaduna and Warri refineries by the end of December this year, the acting Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Alhaji Lawal Yar'Adua, has...
Nigeria okays convention on aircraft acquisition
Nigeria has ratified the international convention on access to cheap funds for aircraft acquisition by local airlines. The instrument was signed in Dublin, Ireland, last week by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority...
Ladoja reports to police
The immediate past Governor of Oyo State, Alhaji Rashidi Ladoja, and some of his aides on Monday reported at the Special Fraud Unit of the Force Headquarters Annex, Alagbon, Lagos. Ladoja and others were invited by the...
Obasanjo bought 80,000 guns to rig April polls
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja will today determine whether former President Olusegun Obasanjo could be questioned over his handling of the April 21 presidential election. This came just as the...
Terror threat: IG meets embassies’ security officers
The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mike Okiro, on Monday met with the chief security officers of all the embassies in the country. The meeting came barely four days after the United States warned that Nigeria...
Panel stops renovation of speaker’s house
The panel investigating the N628m contract scandal in the House of Representatives has directed that the ongoing renovation of the residences of the Speaker, Mrs. Patricia Etteh, and her deputy, Alhaji Babangida...
2008 Budget: Govt to slash capital budget by 25 per cent
Minister of Finance, Shamsuddeen Usman has said that capital allocation in the 2008 budget might be slashed by 25 per cent. Usman told the Joint House of Representatives Committees on Appropriation and Finance that the...
Reps summon Maduekwe over Nigerian’s death in Spain
The House of Representatives ad-hoc committee probing the death of a Nigerian, Mr. Osamuyi Akpitanhi, has summoned the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, to appear before it on Tuesday on his...