A tripartite meeting called at the instance of the Federal Government to stop the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ strike has ended in a deadlock. Consequently, the one-week strike will begin (today), thereby forcing some universities, including the University of Ibadan to postpone their semester examinations. One of our correspondents learnt that a series […]
THE terrorist Islamic group, Boko Haram, appears not willing to let go of its sinister plot to wreak a monumental havoc on the nation to avenge the military onslaught against the group, with intelligence report showing that the group has earmarked between Monday, September 26 and Saturday, October 1, 2011, when Nigeria would be celebrating […]
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has responded to critics who think that he lacks the necessary will power to decisively tackle the various challenges facing his administration, saying that he does not need to be a dictator to change the fortunes of the country. Speaking on Sunday, in Abuja, at an interdenominational service ahead of the country’s […]
The Special Court Martial set up to try the former Brigade Commander of 33 Artillery Brigade, Bauchi, Brigadier General Muraina Raji over the escape of two detainees suspected to be Boko Haram members has visited the Wetland Detention Facility at the brigade as the defence and prosecution closed their cases last Friday. This came as […]
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has urged the international community and the United Nations (UN) to support both financially and technically the efforts of African nations in conflict preventive strategies. Jonathan yesterday continued his five-day visit to New York as part of the activities marking the 66th UN General Assembly, meeting with several world leaders. Accompanied […]
THE Federal Government has disclosed that the recognition accorded the Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) by the United Nations (UN) through its Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, as well as the African Union (AU) and South Africa on Tuesday have finally vindicated Nigeria’s position that the new interim government in Tripoli is the legitimate government of Libyans. […]
Despite its denials, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Thursday asked the Supreme Court to hold that the tenures of five state governors expired on May 29, this year. The five governors are Ibrahim Idris (Kogi), Aliyu Wammako (Sokoto), Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), Liyel Imoke (Cross River) and Timipre Sylva (Bayelsa). Counsel to the commission, Mr. […]
President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday, at the opening of Nigeria Investment Summit and Exhibition in New York, unveiled a new visa regime of single entry between five and 10 years against the current two maximum years. He said the new visa regime was thought out by his administration to facilitate easy entry for foreign direct investment […]
New York – Nigeria’s investment potentials support private sector and are increasingly becoming more open and transparent, President Goodluck Jonathan, said on in Thursday New York. Declaring open an International Investment Summit on Nigeria’s economy in New York, Jonathan said positive results had been recorded on the anti-corruption campaign, security in Niger Delta as well […]
The Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said that recurrent expenditure in next year’s budget is to be reduced from 74 to 72 per cent. Okonjo- Iweala made the disclosure at a forum organised by ThisDay Newspapers at the ongoing annual meeting of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in […]
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