A World Bank’s Managing Director, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Friday expressed regrets over her premature exit from the cabinet of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Okonjo-Iweala was the country’s...
Rivers State governor, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, over the weekend spoke of how he put God on the spot to right his wrongful preclusion from the April 2007 governorship race in Rivers State. Speaking with journalists in...
Five former governors may have given the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission undertakings to return more than N50bn looted public funds within the next two weeks. A top source in the EFCC told our correspondent...
The Nigerian Army on Tuesday apologised to the people of Benue State for the Zaki Biam killings in 2001. The News Agency of Nigeria quoted the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Luka Yusuf, as tendering the apology in...
Chief Saubana Alani Bankole, father of the new Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji, has assured Nigerians that his son will not pander to the dictates of the mafia within the Peoples Democratic Party....
A former executive of Wilbros International has admitted bribing Nigerian government officials as part of a scheme to win a natural gas pipeline contract. Jason Edward Steph, 37, of Sunset, North Texas, United States,...
President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua yesterday cautioned members of Nigeria's judiciary against submitting to sentiments in the discharge of their duties. Chief Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi also yesterday advised his...
Vice President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday stressed the need for a review of the 1999 Constitution, which he described as inadequate and in need of amendment if it is to accommodate current developments in the...
The Lagos State Government has said that it needs an estimated $50bn of new investments on infrastructure for it to actualise the vision of becoming a megacity. The state Governor, Mr. Raji Fashola, said it had been...
A former President of the Senate, Chief Anyim Pius Anyim, has described zoning of political offices as a ‘factor’ capable of making Nigeria a united and peaceful nation. Anyim, who faulted the criticisms...
The Interest or Pressure Groups Nigeria never thought she hadBy Chris Odetunde Ph.DAdvocacy group, lobbying group or special interest group, loosely or tightly organized, is a group doing advocacy on behalf of citizens...
Three years after the World Bank characterised and listed Nigeria as a fragile state, the country remains so listed in a 2007 study report alongside Burundi, Cambodia, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo,...