The bid by the House of Representatives to probe the controversial sale of an oil block, OPL 245, was stalled on Thursday by key Federal Government officials with information on the deal. The alleged “shady sale” involved the Federal Government, Shell/Agip Consortium and Malabu Oil and Gas Limited, with OPL 245 being sold to the […]
The Action Congress of Nigeria has criticised the decision by the Presidency to blame the inaccurate claim on Nigeria’s anti-corruption efforts, contained in the President’s 52nd Independence anniversary speech, on the media. It described the defence as “a product of poor thinking,” saying it is “worse than the original gaffe.” This was contained in a […]
By Leburah Ganago | NPP | Oct. 4 , 2012 – In the 2012 election year, Republicans have made it clear that bad news is good news for them. All along, they have been strategizing for bad economic news- slow economic recovery, bad monthly job reports have always provided them with their own version of […]
By Prince Charles Dickson | Jos, Nigeria | Oct. 4, 2012 – So, who do we blame, and really is it a blame game or the scary realisation that we are just a nation run on auto-pilot, one for which after 52 years, we are still plagued largely by the same problems? We are 52, […]
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | NNP | October 4, 2012 – The first instalment in these series was published on 1December 2011 while the second instalment was on 13 September 2011. In these series, which will not run consecutively, I will try to monitor the putative re-inventions of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ) and the consequent […]
Taraba State House of Assembly on Thursday, in Jalingo impeached the state’s Deputy Governor, Alhaji Sani Abubakar, from office. The action followed the Assembly’s adoption of the recommendation of the seven-member Judicial Commission of inquiry set up by Justice Josephine Tuktur, the acting Chief Judge of the state. The commission, with Mr. Usman Dangiri […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the inclusion of 3,642 ex- Niger Delta militants in the Presidential Amnesty Programme. The new figure brings the total number of ex-militants undergoing reformation under the programme to 30,000. It was learnt that the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, had forwarded a memo to […]
Republican presidential hopeful, Mitt Romney, on Wednesday night trounced incumbent President Barack Obama of the Democratic Party in the first of the three presidential debates. A CNN poll of 430 registered voters said 67 per cent of respondents believe Romney won the debate, compared to only 25 per cent who said Obama came out on […]
Nigeria again failed to advance beyond the quarter-final of the U-17 Women’s World Cup after falling to France 5-4 on penalties at the competition in Azerbaijan on Thursday. At the last edition held in Trinidad and Tobago in 2010, Nigeria were stopped by Korea Republic in the quarter-finals. The team have never made it to […]
The World Bank has said there is no reliable data with which to correctly measure the decline or increase in Nigeria’s poverty rate. In a video press conference to mark the release of Africa’s Pulse, an analysis of issues shaping the continent’s economic future, the World Bank’s Chief Economist for the African region, Mr. Shanta […]
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