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Former Delta State governor, Chief James Ibori has identified the twin issues of fiscal federalism and amnesty programme as the most urgent political challenges confronting the Federal Government, adding that the nation must deal with both challenges in order to ensure sustainable peace for the development of the long neglected region Ibori, who said this Monday evening while delivering the ...
Having mulled over all his options, former minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has finally started preparations for his imminent return to Nigeria in order to clear his name from all allegations in court.
Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oluseyi Petirin, yesterday disclosed that the Nigeria Air Force had saved the country over N1 billion that would have gone abroad but for its decision to engage local vendors to repair and rehabilitate aircraft within the country.
The Federal Government has said that the Government of the Republic of China has extended the deadline for the cremation of unclaimed corpses of Nigerians who died in China. According to the Government, the new date is now 15th December, 2009.
Barely two weeks after Vice President, Goodluck Jonathan said that President Umaru Yar'Adua was unhappy with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the handling of the Anambra State governorship primary election, he has called on the party's National Chairman, Prince Vincent Ogbulafor to assert his authority on the party.
The embattled Cordinator of Police Equipment Foundation (PEF), Chief Kenny martins has descibed court judgment, where he and three others were discharged and acquaited, as his vindication from all allegations levelled against him by just as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has threatened to appeal the judgment.
Mixed reactions have trailed the 2010 budget presented by President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua yesterday.
Against the backdrop of media reports on the health of President Umaru Musa Yar'dua who is in Saudi Arabia for medical check-up, the Senate yesterday said that it did not have evidence that Yar'Adua could not perform his constitutional responsibilities of president.
Head of Service of the Federation, Steve Oronsaye and his colleagues from the 36 States yesterday raised a 6-man committee to draw up a position paper on the issues concerning the civil service in view of the review of the 1999 Constitution.
As part of the national mitigation efforts to contain the impact of climate change, the Federal Government through the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said it has embarked on gas utilisation projects that would gulp a total of $12.1bn between now and 2013 with the aim of achieving alternative energy development and a low carbon economy.
The 2010 National Appropriation Bill has been prepared against the background of the global economic crisis that started in 2008 and remained through most of 2009 to date.
The Action Congress (AC) has expressed concern over the health of President Umaru Yar'Adua, after he again travelled to Saudi Arabia on medical grounds on Monday.
Chairman of the National Investments and Securities Tribunal (IST), Dr. Nnenna Adaeze Orji has said that the tribunal within its six years of existence has adjudicated about 300 cases whose monetary value is about N100 Billion.
Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prof. Chukwuma Soludo yesterday said that he would not negotiate the state treasury with anyone in the state in the name of reconciliation.
In Africa, names by which a person is addressed or by which a town is known have deeper meaning than they look on the surface. In a number of cases, names given to an African child are either due to circumstances of his or her birth, the economic, social or political status of the parent or happenings during the birth of the child.
Is Coach Shuaibu Amodu going to be sacked for qualifying Nigeria for the World Cup despite all odds? More so this is the second time he has done that in the history of Nigeria's qualification for the world cup.
The Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State has resumed for the 2009/2010 academic session and has commenced academic activities for both fresh and returning students of the institution.
Why did it take the Alumni Association so long time to have an Abuja Chapter?
Oil giant, Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) Unlimited has donated to the University of Uyo (UNIUYO), Akwa Ibom State, various engineering equipment worth N17 million, to promote effective teaching and learning.
Distinguished Professor of Cultural Diversity and English at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Osonye Tess Onwueme has won several international awards, including a Ford Foundation research award.
The use of multiple-choice questions in Post Universities Matriculation Examination (Post-UME) screening by universities in the country contravenes the original concept. Former Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Peter Okebukola has said.
A Canadian Education Consultant and international admission specialist, Ms. Karen Perez has attributed attempts by parents to seek better education opportunities for their children where available, to the insecurity in the country's education system.
Ghanaian President, Prof. John Evans Attah-Mills has pledged his government's full support to the Association of African Universities (AAU). He made the pledge while receiving the Board members of the association, led by the President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Is-haq O. Oloyede, who visited the President on the African University Day, November 12.
Teachers and pupils of Baptist Day Primary School , Agbesi Ewekoro, Ogun State had cause to celebrate, as Lafarge Cement WAPCO Nigeria Plc. recently renovated and provided electricity for the entire school complex comprising five blocks of 14 classrooms, laboratory, head teachers office and the toilet.
The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) has warned that it would not recognise any graduate of Engineering from universities or institutions approved only by the National Universities Commission (NUC) without a corresponding approval by the council.
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