Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mike Okiro yesterday said the police would strive to unmask the killers of former Attorney-General of the Federation(AGF) and minister of justice, Chief Bola Ige (SAN), just as he...
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N200bn in illegal accounts – Senate
The Senate on Tuesday said it had discovered that some Federal ministries, departments and agencies still kept billions of unspent funds in illegal accounts. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and...
Why Niger-Delta youths are angry, by Kokori
Former Secretary of the National Union of Petroleum, Energy and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) Chief Frank Ovie Kokori has tasked the six South-South governors on youth empowerment, 25 per cent derivation and quality...
UN chief okays review of Obasanjo’s reforms
Head of United Nations in Nigeria, Mr. Alberic Cacou, has endorsed the Federal Government's review of the sweeping reforms introduced by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. He, however, urged the Umaru Musa...
Yar’Adua suspends approval of new contracts
President Umaru Yar’Adua, on Tuesday, at the last Federal Executive Council meeting of the year ordered ministers to suspend further approval of fresh contracts in the 2007 budget. Yar’Adua gave the...
The premature celebration of Nigeria’s Foreign Reserves
By Christopher Odetunde, Ph.D.Whenever I read about our growing foreign reserves while, at the same time, our national reserve: human, technological, moral capacities are dwindling, I simply have moments of...
The Day Andy Uba Showed Up In My Class
By Uche NworahRecently in a Public Relations class I teach, it was Marie’s turn to discuss contemporary public relations and marketing communications issues from around the globe. The students usually trawl...
Ibori’s trial begins
A former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, is to be arraigned on Thursday (today) at the Federal High Court, Kaduna, on corruption and money laundering charges. The arraignment follows his arrest in Abuja on...
Pipeline explosion in Lagos
Despite government ceaseless efforts to put any end to the nefarious acts of petroleum products pipelines in the country yet another disaster was recorded yesterday when a product line from Atlas Cove to Mosimi was...
Nigeria court bans rally permits
A court of appeal in Nigeria has declared unconstitutional a law requiring every organiser of a rally to have a special police permit. The law, a residue of colonial rule, was challenged after police used tear gas to...
Tribunals nullify election of Senator, Rep, Speaker
The election petitions tribunal sitting in Enugu on Tuesday nullified the election of the Senate Committee Chairman on Media, Senator Ayogu Eze, representing Enugu North in the upper chamber. The tribunal also sacked...
Appeal Court quashes Public Order Act
The Court of Appeal on Tuesday affirmed the inalienable right of Nigerians and asscociations to hold rallies without police permit. The court upheld the judgment of a Federal High Court which had, in June 2005,...