APC Scared of Me, Says Ladoja
Former Governor of Oyo state, Chief Rashidi Ladoja has declared that the recent overtures made to him by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state are proof that…
Lagos Assembly Approves N489.6bn Budget for 2014
The Lagos State House of Assembly very late on Thursday approved the sum of N489. 690bn as budget for the 2014 fiscal year, the same amount presented to the House…
Jonathan to Join ECOWAS Leaders in Meeting with Japanese PM in Abidjan
President Goodluck Jonathan will travel to Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire on Friday afternoon to attend a meeting of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Heads of State and Government.…
Reps Dismiss Plan to Remove Tambuwal, Others
The Federal House of Representatives on Thursday allayed fears over rumoured plans to remove its principal officers despite the exodus of members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the…
APC to Jonathan: Don`t force Lamido Sanusi out of office
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised President Goodluck Jonathan to tread softly on his reported plan to force Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Malam Sanusi Lamido…
Presidency Denies Receiving Minority Report on Confab
Wednesday’s allegation by President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Okey Wali that President Goodluck Jonathan refused to receive a minority report of the Presidential Advisory Committee on the…
Editorial: Mr. President, Sanitize the Oil Sector
Successive Nigerian governments have deliberately created and left open a system of mammoth shadow revenue taps in the nation’s oil sector. The Federal Government has refused to address the urgent…
Jonathan Dangles Oil Blocks to APC leaders; Tinubu, others targeted
31 marginal fields are on the auction block; but who gets what will depend on the shifting political equation ahead of legislative and presidential elections in 2015. A sinister plot…
Lagos Assembly Stakes N1.2m for Information on Suspects Who Brutalised Ejigbo Women
The Lagos State House of Assembly has waded into the controversy surrounding the inhumane treatment of two women in the Ejigbo area of the state, and have staked N1.25m for…
Oshiomhole Has No Regret for Sacking 836 Edo Teachers
Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole says he has no regret for the sack of 836 teachers in the state. The governor — who was speaking in Auchi during…