Former President of the United States, George Bush, on Thursday told the leadership of the country and its people to fight corruption, saying it had become the obvious challenge against its development. Bush, who is in Lagos as a guest speaker at the Access Leadership Conference 2013, said corrupt people, no matter how highly paced, […]
AT last the Federal Government and the leadership of Academic Staff Union of Universities on Wednesday reached a comprise to end the over five month old industrial action that had grounded Nigerian universities. This was sealed by signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the implementation of all contending issues in the 2009 […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has refuted reports credited to the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, alleging that it withheld the sum of $49.8bn representing 76 per cent of the total crude oil revenues from January 2012 to July 2013. In a statement signed by the General Manager, […]
“IT is better to help a friend pay his fine, than tell a lie to help him cover a crime.” – Nigerian proverb. It was literally a life-long ambition, and I used every opportunity to meet the old man in person. I was finally in a position to press buttons and call old friends to […]
Presidential Spokesman, Dr Reuben Abati has said that President Goodluck Jonathan was not billed to speak at the Mandela Memorial service. According to Abati, only six out of the 100 world leaders at the event, were slated to speak and Jonathan was not one of those chosen to render any speech. “The late Madiba’s burial […]
The Excess Crude Account, which has dropped to $3.3bn in recent times, may deplete further to $2.5bn as soon as certain payments are made to the oil sector, the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said on Monday. While speaking on the performance of the economy at a breakfast meeting organised by the Nigerian Economic […]
The Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, has presented certificates of citizenship to 217 foreigners with a call on them to abide by national ethics and code of conduct as Nigerians. Moro said the 217 foreign nationals, comprising 129, who naturalised and 88, who became Nigerians by registration, were conferred citizenship after they were recommended to […]
The Peoples Democratic Party has attracted public criticisms for comparing its founding members with the late South African anti-apartheid leader, Nelson Mandela. The ruling party contested that just as the late Mandela fought and won the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, its founding fathers achieved a similar feat that “liberated” Nigeria from the shackles […]
The government may have tactically bowed to pressure in its imposition of 70 per cent duty on imported cars as it okays a concessionary duty for some dealers, RASHEED BISIRIYU reports The Federal Government is considering a new measure to avert a possible increase in the prices of vehicles in 2014 as a backlash of […]
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar III The leadership of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa’ad lll, has demanded immediate release of an alleged Boko Haram recruitment officer, Dr. Mohammed Yunus. The group claimed Yunus was not a Boko Haram member. Yunus, a lecturer with the Kogi State […]
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