June 26, 2012

• Nigeria: MKO Deserves Ex-President Status, Says ACN Chieftain

  Peterclaver Egbochue, in this interview with Chief Chris Ekwilo reports that naming University of Lagos after the late Moshood Abiola was not enough, given the supreme sacrifice... Read more »

• Nigeria: 76 Oil Wells - Akwa Ibom Indigenes Fault CRS Claims

  LESS than 24 hours after some people who claim to be indigenes of the ceded Bakassi peninsular to Cameroon had protested in Cross River State over the ownership of the 76 oil... Read more »

• Nigeria: Nation Will Remain Indivisible, Says Tukur

  THE National Chairman of the PDP, Mr. Bamanga Tukur, has said despite the security challenges facing the country, Nigeria would remain an indivisible political entity. Read more »

• Nigeria: Pharmacists Kick Against Concession of Hospital Pharmacy in C/River

  AGAINST the wholesale plan of the Cross River State Government to hand over pharmacy shops owned by the state government to community pharmacy shop operators in the state,... Read more »

• Nigeria: Court Restrains Ogun From Conducting LG Elections

  A Federal High Court in Lagos, yesterday, restrained the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) from conducting the local government elections pending the... Read more »

• Nigeria: Imo Police CP Dares Kidnappers

  IMO State Police Commissioner (CP), Chris Dega, says he is all out for kidnappers and other forms of violent criminals in the state. Read more »

• Nigeria: Jonathan, Tukur, Meet Nass On National Security

  WORRIED by the current security problems facing the country, eminent Nigerians including President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State met with... Read more »

• Nigeria: Lagos Assembly Wants Native Languages Taught in Schools

  THE Lagos State House of Assembly has directed the Ministry of Education to ensure that public and private schools in the state comply with the teaching of native languages at both... Read more »

June 21, 2012

• Nigeria: Information Minister to ACN - Jonathan Can Rule From Anywhere

  President Goodluck Jonathan has not breached any known legal or moral law for travelling out of the country in the face of violence and counter-violence precipitated by the bombing... Read more »

• Nigeria: Kaduna Attacks - Defence Chiefs, IGP Visit Yakowa

  TOP security chiefs, including the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Olusheyin Petirin and Inspector General of Police, Muhammad Abubakar, yesterday arrived in Kaduna to meet... Read more »

• Nigeria: Investigation Into Bellview, ADC Crashes Still On, Says AIB

  THE Commissioner, Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), Capt. Muktar Usman, said that the bureau is yet to conclude investigations into the Bellview and ADC crash of 2005 and 2006... Read more »

• Nigeria: ACN Can't Influence Our Legislators - Abuja PDP

  THE Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abaji Chapter, Abuja, Mr. Idris Gana, yesterday said the opposition cannot influence the party's legislators in the council to carry... Read more »

• Nigeria: NNPC Denies Importing Adulterated Diesel

  THE Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Mr. Austen Oniwon, yesterday, debunked claims that the NNPC imports fake and adulterated diesel into the... Read more »

June 20, 2012

• Nigeria: FG Spends N518 Billion On Fuel Subsidy, Says FG

  Minister of State for Finance Yerima Ngama said on Wednesday that the Federal Government had spent N518 billion so far on fuel subsidy out of the N888 billion appropriated in the... Read more »

• Nigeria: Nigeria in Trouble, Says Shittu [interview]

  Wahab Shittu, a frontline lawyer, law lecturer and consultant to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), reviews the situation in the country and declares that all is... Read more »

• Nigeria: Nigerians, Where Do We Go From Here? (2) [opinion]

  THE Nigerian constitution itself indicts the present leadership in Nigeria. Read more »

• Nigeria: PDP Repositions for 2015, Condemns Boko Haram Attacks

  AHEAD of the general elections in 2015, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has launched far-reaching reforms that will ensure the acclaimed largest party in Africa reclaim their... Read more »

• Nigeria: Echiejile Welcomes Scramble for Eagles' Shirts

  NIGERIA defender, Elderson Echiejile, has said the new competition in the Eagles will only make them a better team. Read more »

• Liberia: Thoughts On Charles Taylor Verdict [opinion]

  I have been asked by many people about my views on the conviction, on April 26, of Charles Taylor, Liberia's former president, for aiding and abetting Sierra Leone's Revolutionary... Read more »

• Nigeria: Agriculture Key to Development, Says Governo Obi

  GOVERNOR Peter Obi of Anambra State yesterday said that agriculture remains the key to development of countries, just as he called on the people of the state to take it seriously. Read more »

• Nigeria: Inflation Rate - Expert Forecasts 12 Percent MPR for Second Half of 2012

  FOLLOWING the release of data by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday showing that the country's consumer inflation eased slightly to 12.7 per cent year-on-year in... Read more »

• Africa: Business Unusual in Africa as Usual (1) [opinion]

  THE Zurich Insurance Company has an advert with a catchphrase 'because change happens'. The truth is, in Africa, change is always happening. Actually, that may be an... Read more »

June 19, 2012

• Nigeria: The Logic of Privatisation [analysis]

  IS privatisation of public services good for Nigeria? There is no straight answer to the question, although the country's public sector is faced with the serious challenge of... Read more »

• Nigeria: FG, Private Sector Plan Industrial Parks

  THE Minister of Trade and Investment, Dr. Olusegun Aganaga has said that the Federal Government is partnering with the private sector to establish industrial parks to facilitate... Read more »

• Nigeria: Gunmen Kill Police Inspector in Sokoto

  SUSPECTED armed robbers in Sokoto have killed a police inspector and one civilian at Marina area of Sokoto metropolis. Read more »