Dangote goes Green, Signs Clean Energy Deal with NNPC
International Gas and Energy Company, a subsidiary of the Dangote Group, which specializes in gas trading, distribution and cylinder business, has signed a joint venture scheme with the Nigeria Gas…
Okorocha implicated in fraudulent impeachment of Imo Deputy Governor
The impeachment of the Imo State Deputy Governor, Jude Agbaso might have inadvertently opened a Pandora’s Box amid emerging evidence that the charges against Agbaso were politically motivated and that…
Easter: Jonathan Prays for Peace as Gunmen unleash Mayhem in Plateau
As President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday prayed and sued for peace in the country and joined Christians and their counterparts the world over to celebrate Easter, gunmen unleashed violence on the…
Editorial: Governor Akpabio and the limits of Buffoonery
To a man with a hammer, Mark Twain once said, everything looks like a nail. One hammer that has been working overtime is that wielded by Akwa Ibom State Governor,…
5 Dead, Others injured as Cameroon Expels Nigerians in Bakassi
No fewer than five Nigerians were reported dead and several others injured, some severely, after the government of Cameroon forcefully expelled over 1,000 Nigerians living in the Bakassi Peninsula who…
Free-For-All as ACN Factions battle in Abeokuta
It was an embarrassing situation for the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) on Friday as its members in Ogun State took on one another in a free-for-all. Though there was…
Presidency Denies Plans to Remove Fuel Subsidy
Ostensibly frightened by the current threats by Nigerians over claims by President Goodluck Jonathan that the Federal Government was considering total removal of subsidy from petrol, the presidency on Thursday…
Budget 2013: Motion Without Movement By Nasir Ei-Rufai
The first quarter of the fiscal year has practically ended, yet Nigeria and Nigerians are yet to know how the approximately $140 million dollars the country earns daily from crude…
Nelson Mandela Hospitalized again
Former South African President, Nelson Mandela, was readmitted to hospital yesterday with the recurrence of a lung infection. A statement from the South African presidency said Mr Mandela, 94, was…
Christians, Rights Groups Sue Jonathan Over Alamieyeseigha Pardon
There seems to be no end yet in sight for President Goodluck Jonathan over the controversial pardon he granted his former boss; former Bayelsa Sate Governor, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha; as…