The Federal Government is holding discussions with a consortium comprising Nigerian and Chinese companies, with a view to selling the Olorunsogo and Omotosho power stations under a buyout deal. Sources close to the deal told our correspondent on Wednesday that the government settled for this option because it was becoming difficult for workers of […]
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Wednesday ordered the indefinite suspension of toll collection on the Eti-Osa Lekki Epe Expressway. It was originally billed to commence on January 3, 2011 but the state government succumbed to appeals and complaints on the toll. The suspension, according to the governor, is to enable the government […]
A former Nigerian Foreign Affairs Minister, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, has reacted to the Wikileaks exposure of US diplomatic cable of plans by the former United States Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, to remove him from the United Nations assignment in Myanmar. According to Empowered Newswire, Gambari said that though the cable was dated October 2008, […]
President of Human Rights, Justice and Peace Foundation, Chidi Nwosu, was killed by gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday. A family source informed Thetimesofnigeria.com that Nwosu was trailed to his house in Abia State by armed men around 1am and shot dead. His wife and 5 year-old daughter were locked up in the […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission is seeking an additional N45.39bn for capital and recurrent expenditure in 2011. This amount is contained in the 2011 budget forwarded by President Goodluck Jonathan to the National Assembly for approval. Earlier, the commission had received N87bn for the purchase of Direct Data Capturing Machines for voter registration and related […]
President Goodluck Jonathan, his Deputy, Mr. Namadi Sambo and others on Wednesday endorsed Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State for the 2011 gubernatorial election. Speaking at a declaration rally of Governor Amaechi in Port Harcourt, the president said the governor had so much to show during his three years tenure in office. President Jonathan, who […]
A 25-year-old National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Miss Bere Basiri, was on Wednesday arraigned before an Abeokuta Chief Magistrate’s court for allegedly abandoning her 14-day-old baby. The police prosecutor, Mr Paul Etusi, had told the court that the the accused, who is doing her primary assignment with the Osun State government, delivered the baby […]
Despite ongoing moves to reconcile the various faction, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State by former chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT), Chief Tony Anenih, the party yesterday held congresses in the 266 wards where new party executives were elected. The congresses, which continue today and tomorrow for local and […]
Three persons were killed on Tuesday in a fresh attack in Maiduguri, Borno State, where a similar violence led to the death of six persons the same day bomb explosions claimed scores of lives in Jos. Some assailants suspected to be members of a religious sect, Boko Haram, fired shots into a teaching hospital killing […]
THE Deputy High Commissioner of Pakistan, Ahmed Sirohey, in Abuja, on Wednesday, said if Nigeria was able to manage its resources properly, it has the potential of being Africa’s economic power by 2030. This came just as he called for stronger bilateral ties between Nigeria and his country, noting that Pakistan was ready to help […]
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