NIGERIA: Judges’ kidnap: Challenge to independence of judiciary
DELTA State deputy governor, Prof. Amos Utuama, SAN, has said that the recent kidnap attempts on judges in the state were not only a direct attack on lives of the...
NIGERIA: No going back on cell phones for farmers – Minister
Despite criticisms that have trailed the proposed purchase of cell phones for farmers in the country, the Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwunmi Adeshina, yesterday reiterated that there was no going...
NIGERIA: Appreciating Hakeem Baba-Ahmed’s north
HAKEEM BABA-AHMED approaches issues of Nigerian political ethos with the energy and perspicacity of Chidi Amuta and I read him for his reading of politics in Nigeria. In his North:...
NIGERIA: Gunmen kill 2 policemen at Kano checkpoint
Two policemen at a checkpoint, yesterday, lost their lives during an exchange of fire with unknown gunmen in Kano State. An eyewitness said the incident occured around 4pm when the...
Chinese firm to set up $7.5bn refinery in Cross-River
A Chinese firm, Sino Arab Energy, SAE, in partnership with a local firm, Osabo Refining and Petrochemical Industry Limited, have concluded plans to build a refinery in Akabuyo, Local Government...
NIGERIA: Former Edo AG cries for justice over imprisonment
BENIN—One year after he was sent to prison by Justice Adamu Hobon, then judge of a Federal High Court in Benin, Edo State, immediate past Attorney- General and Commissioner for...
NIGERIA: NURTW members clash leaves 8 injured in Abuja
ABUJA — Over eight persons yesterday escaped death but suffered various degrees of injuries from machete cuts as members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, branch 2,...
Occupy Nigeria Anniversary: It ’ll take Nigeria 70 yrs to pay N6.6trn debt
*Disagrees with CBN on inflation rate, economy *Inflation will be reduced —CBN *We dare FG to increase fuel price —Bakare LAGOS — EMOTIONS ran high, Monday, as foremost Economist, Mr...
NIGERIA: Obasanjo working for Amosun’s second term
ABEOKUTA – FACTIONAL leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ogun State, Buruji Kashamu, Monday accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of working for the re-election of the state Governor,...
NIGERIA: The fire always
THE Petroleum Products Marketing Company Limited should have many suits on its neck for the danger it poses to lives by not securing pipelines it uses in transporting products to...