By Favour Nnanugwu Abuja – The Minister of Education, Professor Ruqayyatu Rufai has said that the Federal Government is considering the request made by teachers to approve 65 years as retirement age for them. The minister who spoke in Abuja, yesterday, said that the the request made by the teachers through their umbrella body, the […]
By SONI DANIEL, ASSISTANT EDITOR ABUJA—Indications emerged yesterday that Nigeria might call for a review of the International Court of Justice, ICJ, ruling of October 10, 2002, which ceded the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula, to Cameroun. The deadline for Nigeria to appeal the ruling expires on October 9, 2012, which is Tuesday next week. Eminent Nigerians […]
Abuja – Ahead of Nigeria’s 52nd anniversary of independence celebration on Oct. 1, the Eagle Square, Abuja, the usual venue of the celebrations, is calm with no sign of activity. A check at the venue on Saturday showed that the usual rehearsals and heavy presence of security men ahead of previous celebrations were missing. The […]
Alhaji Mohammed Bello, the Chairman, National Hajj Commission (NAHCOM), says that the commission is now ready to resume the transportation of prospective pilgrims to Saudi Arabia, which it earlier suspended for two days. Bello said this at a news conference held in Abuja on Saturday to clarify issues surrounding the repatriation of some female pilgrims […]
Former Governor of Anambra State, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife in this no-holds barred interview x-rays Nigeria’s socio-economic and political development these past 52 years and posits that the component nationalities and other social forces in the country must fix Nigeria this time around or forget about its future. He spoke to OKEY NDIRIBE AND EMMAN OVUAKPORIE […]
It is no longer news that for hundreds of prospective female pilgrims to Saudi Arabia this year, their dreams have crashed like a pack of cards. What is news is the graphic narration of what most of them consider as their gruelling ordeals in the hands of the Saudi authorities. They are currently sulking and […]
To many observers, irrespective of religion or creed, the embarrassment meted on hundreds of Nigerian female pilgrims in Saudi Arabia who were there for the 2012 Hajj pilgrimage, is not only a diplomatic breach, but a challenge to Nigeria’s integrity as a sovereign state to them, the action is. It is no longer news that […]
BY BEN AGANDE ABUJA—The Federal Executive Council yesterday took a major step to ameliorate the transportation challenge in the country as it approved N1.334 billion for the commencement of work on new standard gauge railway lines. Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, who briefed newsmen, alongside the Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar and Minister of […]
Niger Republic has arrested five people near the Nigerian border suspected of belonging to the militant Nigerian Islamist group, Boko Haram, Niger security officials said on Tuesday. The group has been blamed for more than 1,000 deaths in Nigeria since 2010. Observers said the suspects are using Niger as a transit route to link up […]
By Clara Nwachukwu, Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief & Emma Elebeke ABUJA — No fewer than $1.62 billion (about N254.39 billion) was placed on the table to enable the Bureau of Public Entreprises, BPE, conclude the long awaited privatisation of six generation companies unbundled from the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN. The amount represents […]
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