The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mike Aondoakaa, on Thursday demanded an apology from the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, over the...
President Umaru Yar’Adua has said that Nigeria required about $9bn annually to meet its infrastructural needs. Yar’Adua, who spoke at the opening of the 13th Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja, argued that...
The Grand Alliance of the Niger Delta, an umbrella body of militants in the region, has said that youth restiveness can be stopped if the Federal Government invests in the development of the region. Addressing...
About 127 people escaped death on Wednesday in separate incidents involving three aircraft. A Boeing 737 aircraft belonging to Chanchangi Airlines, which took off from the Owerri Airport at about 11am had to make a...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday set up a nine-member panel to probe the N628m contract scandal involving the Speaker, Mrs. Patricia Etteh, and her deputy, Alhaji Babangida Nguroje. The panel, whose members...
The World Bank has advised the Federal Government on how to go about the rehabilitation of the railway system in the country. According to the bank, the ongoing rehabilitation should be restricted, for now, to the...
A former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, on Sunday said ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo was behind his ordeal with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Alamieyeseigha, who spoke at a...
Anxiety is mounting within the federal bureaucracy and political circles in Abuja, as President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua prepares his first posting of Permanent Secretaries. Generally considered to be the most...
President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua yesterday said he expects the House of Representatives to fully investigate the allegations of contract awards for the renovations of the official residences of the Speaker and Deputy...
Forty-eight hours to resumption of the National Assembly from a six-week recess, embattled House Speaker Patricia Etteh met with various groups yesterday at the Apo Legislative Quarters in Abuja. This is in a last...