At NIRP Launch, Jonathan Promises to Build infrastructure for Industries
President Goodluck Jonathan has promised to address age-old constraints that have persistently limited manufacturing, particularly by building industrial infrastructure, prioritizing power for industrial use, reducing borrowing costs and mobilizing funding…
Jittery APC Accuses PDP of Luring Defected Lawmakers
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday evening accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of tempting members of the National Assembly and others who had decamped from the PDP with…
Reps Begin Debate on 2014 Appropriation Bill
The Federal House of Representatives on Tuesday commenced debate on the general principles of the 2014 Appropriation Bill after adopting the report of its six-man committee on the matter. Majority…
PDP Regains Control of House of Reps… As 5 APC lawmakers join PDP
No fewer than five members of All Progressive Congress (APC) in the House of Representatives from Kano, Sokoto, Zamfara and Kaduna States to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). They are Lawan…
Money-Laundering Charges: Fani-Kayode Restates Innocence
Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has maintained his innocence in his ongoing money laundering trial to the tune of N500m by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFC)).…
Allison-Madueke, NNPC Boss, Others Stall Probe of $20bn Kerosene Subsidy
Efforts of the House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) to commence the investigation into the alleged $20 billion scandal have been stalled by the overseas trip embarked upon by…
Keyamo Condemns NFF’s ‘Corrupt’ Plans to Hire Technical Adviser for Super Eagles
Human rights lawyer, Festus Keyamo has described reports of plans by the National Football Federation (NFF) to hire a foreign technical assistant for the Super Eagles ahead of the 2014…
South Africa Reveal Okah’s Failed Prison Escape
Henry Okah, leader of the Movement for Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) who is serving a 24-year prison sentence in South Africa for terrorism charges, attempted to escape from…
PDP’s Abuses on Me Are Childish — Atiku
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described the recent name-calling by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in response to his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a childish…
Group Demands Sanusi’s Resignation
Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi must resign his position, the New Nigeria Initiative (NNI) said on Monday. According to the group, Sanusi’s decision to…