2014: Ekiti PDP Prunes Governorship Aspirants to Nine
In an attempt to select the most credible candidate ahead of the 2014 governorship election, the Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has pruned the number of...
Controversy Rocks APC over Admittance of Nyako’s Allies
Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State yesterday revealed that the interim leader of the party in the North-east, Alhaji Umaru Duhu, has opted to use his...
Six Years After…The Struggle Continues
The Newsmaker It was six years at the weekend since the struggle to lead Rivers State as governor began. From his days as Speaker of Rivers State House of...
NIGERIA: FG Attempts to Woo Lecturers Back to Negotiating Table
The federal government may have decided to kick-start another round of negotiations with the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), following two sets of meetings initiated...
NIGERIA: Confusion over N18bn SURE-P Fund
There was confusion yesterday on the N18 billion budget for Subsidy Reinvestment Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) which the National Assembly earlier diverted but later restored through 2013 budget amendment, as the...
NIGERIA: House Okays Plea Bargain, Puts Safeguards
The House of Representatives Tuesday endorsed the formal inclusion of plea bargain in the administration of criminal justice in the country. The lawmakers took this bold step yesterday...
NIGERIA: FG Should Spend More on Infrastructure Than Civil Service, Says el-Rufai
A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, Tuesday said it was "irresponsible and selfish" for the federal government to spend more on civil service rather...
Abia 2015: Going Beyond Zoning
Perspective Funso Adeolu refocuses the debate the proposed zoning of the governorship in Abia State has generated The recent pronouncement by the Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, to...
Mahama, a Truly African President
Farooq Kperogi recalls how the Ghanaian president, John Mahama, awed a United States audience at a lecture in Atlanta Georgia On September 30 this year, Ghana’s President John Dramani...
Zenith Bank Declares N69 Billion Q3 Profit
Zenith Bank Plc has reported a profit after tax of N64 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 with the loans and advances portfolio hitting N1.1 trillion. ...