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THE Senate has criticised the Director-General, Nigeria Maritime Security Agency (NIMASA), Mr. Patrick Ziakede Akpobolokemi for flouting the Federal Character principle in the recent recruitment exercise undertaken by the agency. The Upper Chamber, through its […]

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday disagreed with the Organised Labour over the increasing cases of corruption in the country. While the President, Nigeria Labour Congress, Mr. Abdulwaheed Omar, and the President-General of the Trade Union […]

THE Senate Committee on Petroleum Upstream, headed by Senator Emmanuel Paulker has commenced a probe into allegations that the Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Allison Madueke illegally transferred  four oil blocks which amounts to the […]

Nigeria’s oil exports will fall to a  four-year low as a result of crude oil theft and resultant facility closures by some oil companies, news agency Reuters is reporting. Quoting the shipping lists it saw […]

AS Nigerian workers join their counterparts in other parts of the world to celebrate May Day today, they have been asked to demand improved welfare. Labour leaders preparing for the celebration told the News Agency of Nigeria […]

President Goodluck Jonathan’s job approval rating suffered a paltry setback in the month that just ended with a four-point decline as four in 10 Nigerians which account for 42 per cent of a study sample […]

The Federal Government has accused opposition parties  of  deliberately misinforming Nigerians  about  the performance of President Goodluck Jonathan. Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, who  made the allegation  on Tuesday, however […]

A  Lagos High Court was yesterday told why the trial of those accused of killing a former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant Funsho Williams seven years ago is being delayed. A prosecution witness told […]

Isn’t it strange and curious that right in the heart of Yenegoa, the Bayelsa State capital, is a Government House Complex initiated by the duo of former governors Diepreye Alamieyeseigha and Timipre Sylva, but avoided […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Sunday, faulted move by the Federal Government to set up an agency for pipeline protection, saying it was another way of stealing from the government coffers.

The  scourge of kidnapping which has become a national plague has continued in the country. But the police and other security agencies are working round the clock to thwart the menace. Their efforts again paid […]

The Federal Government on Sunday refuted claims that the President had a hand in the grounding and outright ban of the official plane of Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi for “operating illegally in the country.” […]

Only 520,000 of the 1.7 million that wrote the 2013 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) can gain admission, the Minister of Education, Professor Ruqayyatu Rufa’I, disclosed yesterday. Rufai expressed sadness over the fate of the […]

Just days after a fiery attack on the Presidency, Lagos lawyer, Femi Falana, on Friday, met with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa over what the former described as private affair.

The National Judicial Council has suspended Hon. Justice Abubakar Mahmud Talba of the Abuja High Court from office for a period of twelve months without pay. The council also issued a serious warning against Justice […]

Communities shut down N’Assembly as Senate intervenes … Alison-Madueke not involved –Aide From ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI, Abuja Five aggrieved oil-producing communities in Delta State yesterday shut down the National Assembly over allegations that Petroleum Minister, Diezani […]

The Federal Government and the 36 states got yesterday the National Economic Council’s (NEC’s) green light to borrow about $9 billion in 2013-2014. The cash will go into infrastructure development, the Council said.