UN commends Delta State on delivery of MDGs
…Uduaghan vows to present report as bill to guide future administrations After over a year’s on-the-spot-assessment of implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the United Nations (UN) has commended…
2015: Atiku Declares for Presidency Today, South-West APC Caucus Endorses Bid
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has today formally declared his presidential ambition on the platform of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). The former Vice President’s declaration is, however, coming…
Chime Declares Thursday Public Holiday for Pro-Jonathan Rally
Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has declared Thursday as public holiday in the state to accommodate a rally in support of President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election. A statement signed by…
Poor Security, Risk Management Infrastructures are the Bane of e-Payment System in Nigeria ―CBN
Weak risk management framework and security challenges are the top issues militating against electronic payment system in Nigeria, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed. Godwin Emefiele, governor of CBN…
Soldier Cut Clergyman’s Hair at Gunpoint
In what looks as if it was coming straight from the German Gestapo era, a soldier associated with the Nigerian Army, 3 Battalion Effurun, Delta State, forcefully cut the hair…
Chibok schoolgirls ‘not freed in Nigeria’
Once again,Nigeria’s military has reversed its position and retracted its statement that some of the schoolgirls abducted from Chibok town in April by Islamist militants had been freed. Army spokesman…
Nigeria still top investment destination despite challenges –Dangote
…Urges Nigerians to have faith in nation’s economy President of Dangote Group and Chairman of Dangote Cement Plc, Aliko Dangote has urged Nigerians to see the current challenges faced by…
Where did Chibuike Amaechi go wrong?
The River State Governor Chubuike Rotimi Amaechi is probably one of the most misunderstood Nigerian politician in recent times. From nowhere those who perceived him to be a potential threat…
Editorial: Questions over the war on Boko Haram
As Nigeria bleeds and burns, the unabated bombings and killings by Boko Haram terrorists, advertises the gross incapacitation and cluelessness of the Jonathan administration on how to end the insurgency.…
2015: Balewa’s Son Challenges Jonathan
Dr. Abdul Jhalil Tafawa Balewa, son of Nigeria’s First Republic Prime Minister, Tafawa Balewa, said at the weekend that he would contest the 2015 presidential election on the platform of…