Dangote Sugar to resume exports in 2014
Towards meeting the national sugar master plan, Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc (DSR) is actively pursuing a backward integration policy with a target of producing a total of 1.5 million tonnes…
Jonathan`s Speech At the First African Legislative Summit,
1. On behalf of the Government and People of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I warmly welcome you all – our highly esteemed guests and distinguished parliamentarians from across Africa…
Governor Amaechi and the APC Romance
In 1997, Olusegun Obasanjo blatantly refused to accept the candidature of Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi as the gubernatorial candidate of his ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for Rivers State. In fact,…
Taraba Assembly Gets New Speaker
The Taraba State House of Assembly Monday morning elected a member of the House, Josiah Kente, as the new speaker, following the death of Haruna Tsokwa in controversial circumstances on…
The Blessing of Oil: A Peculiar Mess
Our parlous economic predicament is generally regarded as a “resource curse”; a phenomenon, which the free encyclopedia defines as a paradox of plenty, in which countries with abundant revenue from…
Dickson`s Infrastructure Revolution
At inauguration, Governor Seriake Dickson clearly spelt out the strategic value of the Restoration Agenda of his administration. His swift proclamation of this template of renewaldefinitely wasn’t a cheap move…
NNPC Denies Colluding with Oil Traders on Shady Deals
The Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has denounced the recent report by Swiss-based NGO (The Berne Declaration) accusing the corporation of colluding with some local and international…
Delta: Workers Gives Government Two-Week Ultimatum
Workers in Delta State have told the state government to either reverse excessive taxation on salaries of workers within 14 days or risk an industrial action from public servants. In…
Eaglets Get N2m Gift from Jonathan, Garba N3m
Members of the victorious Golden Eaglets of Nigeria have been rewarded with N2m each for winning the FIFA U-17 World Cup concluded on Friday in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).…
nPDP Set to Receive Five New Governors… Replaces Oyinlola
Rising from the November edition of the monthly meeting of its National Working Committee (NWC), the New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) on Saturday set up a six-man committee to coordinate…