AMID persistent political violence in some parts of the country, elective office seekers and other party leaders yesterday appealed to their followers to refrain from acts that can affect the smooth conduct of the April polls, which begins with National Assembly elections on Saturday. The police have also scaled up their preparations for the polls […]
THE Federal Government yesterday explained the depletion of the country’s foreign reserve from $42 billion in 2008 to less than $32 billion in 2010, saying it was a price the country had to pay for maintaining a stable exchange rate. Speaking at an interactive session with the organized private sector under the auspices of the […]
ALTHOUGH Britain and the United States (U.S.) have expressed concern over the spate of political violence that has rocked some states across the country, South Africa has expressed optimism that Nigeria would hold a successful general election next month. South Africa’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Kingsley Mamabolo, who stated this on Monday in an […]
Challenges Buhari, others to debate • ‘Workers can now sue for breach’ • NLC demands for signed copy President Goodluck Jonathan has said that he secretly signed the N18, 000 Minimum Wage Bill into law to avoid unnecessary pressure on the state government and other affected relevant agencies.In the last few days, there has been controversy over […]
The North-east presidential rally of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, rescheduled for Tuesday in Maiduguri was disrupted mid-day as gunshots from a nearby filling station caused pandemonium at the Ramat Square venue of the event, leading to stampede. Daily Sun gathered that the gunmen, suspected to be armed robbers, had attacked […]
NO fewer than 9,000 security personnel would be deployed to provide security in Edo State, next Saturday, during the National Assembly elections. This was disclosed by the Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. David Omojola, yesterday, after a closed door meeting with representatives of Inter Agency Committee on Security for the April elections. He said […]
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said he had signed the National Minimum Wage Bill into law. The President stated this in Abuja while addressing a combined delegation of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, which paid him a courtesy call at the Presidential Villa. The disclosure finally brought to an end […]
The Akwa Ibom State Action Congress of Nigeria governorship candidate, Mr. John Akpanudoedeh, who is standing trial for treason and felony charges, was on Monday returned to police custody by Justice Adamu Bello of a Federal High Court in Abuja. The accused, who was a two-term senator and a former minister of the Federal […]
The vice-presidential candidate of the United National Party Development, Alhaji Galadima Samari, stunned those present at the debate organised by the Nigeria Election Debate Group for vice presidential candidates of some political parties, in Abuja on Monday as he used an interpreter to convey his message. Samari was among those slated to speak at […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday described as ‘shameful,’ the N155bn Nigeria spends annually on rice importation. Obasanjo, in a keynote address he delivered at the International Conference on Information Communication Technology for Africa 2011 at the Bells University, Ota, Ogun State, said importation of food by Nigeria was condemnable in view of its […]
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