The Nigerian Communications Commission plans to step up penalties for telecommunications operators whose quality of service fall below regulatory benchmarks. This move is in response to pressures from subscribers, who...
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N628m contracts: Director faults speaker, others
The Director of Works and Estate Management in the National Assembly, Alhaji Mohammed Mahdi, on Thursday said that the controversial contracts for the renovation of the residences of the Speaker of the House of...
UN excludes African leaders
When the United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today inaugurates a steering group on efforts towards curbing poverty, diseases and illiteracy in Africa by 2015, there will be a loud silence from what may be...
Resign now, PDP tells Ali, others
The Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday ordered its Chairman, Dr. Ahmadu Ali, and other members of the partys National Executive Committee and National Working Committee to turn in their letters of resignation. This...
Eminent Nigerians honour Ige
Friends and associates of the late Attorney-General and Justice Minister, Chief James Ajibola Ige (SAN) yesterday assembled in Ibadan, Oyo State, to celebrate the life and times of the astute politician and Awoist who...
Fiscal Federalism, Resource Control and Violence in the Niger Delta
Being text of paper presented by Dr. Ekeng A. Anam-Ndu, Director, Center for Minority and Development Studies, Uyo, at the National Association of Seadogs' Town Hall Meeting held at Eden Hotel, Eket on Saturday,...
Demystification of Received Orthodoxy: Strategies for a New Political Renewal
Being text of the paper delivered by Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at the 3rd Ralph Okpara Memorial Lecture of the National Association of Seadogs at the Nigeria...
Religious and Ethnic Versatility: The Nigerian Experience
Being text of a lecture delivered by Hon. Musa Ibrahim Ahmadu, Member, Federal House of Representatives, at the 2007 Annual Lecture of the National Association of Seadogs, Aba Chapter, on Saturday, March 10, 2007 ...
Achieving A Nation Of Our Dreams
Being text of the welcome address delivered by Prof. Olatunde Makanju, NAS Capone, National Association of Seadogs, at the 3rd Ralph Opara Memorial Lecture on Friday, November 3, 2006. The National Association of...
Okiro accuses politicians of aiding crime
The acting Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mike Okiro, on Wednesday accused politicians of contributing to the high crime rate in the country by failing to honour agreements with political jobbers in their states....
No apology to AGF, says EFCC
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...
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...