NIGERIA: Court declines to reinstate Salami
Hopes of the embattled President of the Court of Appeal, PCA, Justice Isa Ayo Salami, returning to office a year and seven months after he was suspended by the National...
Nigeria requires $14.2b to fix ailing infrastructure – Ezekwesili
Nigeria requires sustained expenditure of about $14.2 billion per year over the next decade to provide non-existent infrastructure and fix the ailing ones. This amount translates to about 12 percent...
NIGERIA: Gov. Imoke leads Eagles Into Calabar
Cross RiverState Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, practically led African champions, the Super Eagles of Nigeria into Calabar, the state capital on Monday morning, as he was in the same Arik...
Controversy trails cancellation of Bill Gates’ visit to Nigeria
United States of America dealt a hard blow on Nigeria, yesterday, with the cancellation of a planned visit to Nigeria by one of its richest men, Bill Gates, to the...
NIGERIA: Okorocha lists 49 projects executed by Ohakim
In what seems to be a summersault, the Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, has acknowledged that his immediate predecessor, Dr. Ikedi Ohakim, actually executed several project that are fast...
NIGERIA: ROCHAS, THE NEW ICON OF DISAPPOINTMENT
Immediately after the Nigeria/Biafra Civil War, the Federal government through Gowon, then president, declared ‘No Victor, No Vanquished’ as the after-war policy for national integration. Igbos have been vanquished in...
NIGERIA: Lagos govt partners Hypo Bleach on immunisation
In a bid to promote the health and wellbeing of the Nigerian Child, MultiPro Enterprises Limited, makers of Hypo Super Bleach has partnered with the Lagos State Ministry of Health...
NIGERIA: CAN accuses Bauchi govt of insensitivity over Achaba
Bauchi State chapter of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has expressed surprise over the state government’s sudden lifting of the ban on commercial motorcycles (Achaba) in Bauchi metropolis, saying the...
Japan boosts child survival in Nigeria with N443m
A grant of N443 million $2.8 million has been received by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) from the government of Japan to tackle prevention of infectious diseases among Nigerian...
NIGERIA: Senate wades into Eket-Ibeno road contract, queries delay
The Senate has waded into the Eket-Ibeno road contract in Akwa Ibom State that was awarded by Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, since November 2009. Briefing newsmen ahead of a...