NIGERIA: Suswam Pulls Out of Northern Governors Forum
Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State Friday pulled out of the Northern Governors Forum until he was sure decisions reached at the forum would be binding and implemented by all...
NIGERIA: Esuene Wants to Succeed Akpabio
Senator Helen Esuene, representing Eket Senatorial district, Akwa Ibom state in the National Assembly has indicated her intention to become the first female governorship aspirant in the state for the...
NIGERIA: June 12, an Unforgettable Injustice
Last Wednesday marked the 20th anniversary of the great day called June 12 in the political history of Nigeria. For twenty years, all the laudable talks, beautiful adjectives and anecdotes...
NIGERIA: We’ll Support Sovereign Wealth Fund – Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State Friday expressed support for the Sovereign Wealth Fund and charged the federal government to ensure effective participation of all the states in the management...
NIGERIA: FG Mourns Death of NANS Leaders
The federal government Friday expressed shock over the death of the Senate President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Donald Onukaogu and four others in a car crash on...
NIGERIA: How Previous Chairmen Derailed NGF, By Dickson
Previous chairmen of the crisis-ridden Nigeria Governors’ Forum used it as a campaign platform to promote personal ambition and as a tool for occupying national political space, thus derailing the...
Africa: $1.6trn Lost By Developing Countries in 2006
The Director General of the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), Dr. Abdullahi Shehu, has said that developing countries lost about US$858.6 billion - $1.6 trillion...
Nigerian Society Has Failed, Says Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has blamed Nigerians for crimes in the country, saying the society has failed. Jonathan stated this, yesterday, during the official opening of the National Christian campaign on...
Man Hands over Boko Haram Son to JTF
A 60-year old Maiduguri based businessman, Friday, turned in his son, a member of the deadly Boko Haram sect, to the Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Restore Order. It was...
APRM: Nnamani Chairs 20-man Nigeria’s Second Peer Review C’ttee
The former Senate President, Ken Nnamani has been appointed Chairman of the National Steering Committee on Nigeria Second Peer Review, with a charge to appraise the level of progress made...