NIGERIA: Battered Rivers Lawmaker Recounts Ordeal
Majority Leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Chidi Lloyd, has recounted his ordeal in the hands of some lawmakers opposed to the state Governor, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi,...
NIGERIA: A Visit That Changed It All
The First Lady of Nigeria, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, spent a reasonable period of time last month (June) in her home state, Rivers, doing good work, doing what she knows best,...
NIGERIA: We Signed Pact with Authentic Boko Haram Leaders – Turaki
Chairman, Presidential Amnesty Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of the Security Challenges in the North, Alhaji Kabiru Turaki, Tuesday defended the ceasefire agreement signed with Boko Haram, saying the...
NIGERIA: Rivers Lawmakers Resort to Fisticuffs over Attempt to Impeach Speaker
The crisis rocking the Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took a turn for the worse Tuesday when five out of 32 lawmakers claimed that they had...
NIGERIA: Senators, Fashola Reject Six-year Single Tenure
Senators Tuesday vehemently opposed the six-year single term proposal by the Senate Committee on the Review of the Constitution as debate on the reports submitted to the parliament by the...
PIB: FG, IOCs Feud Deepens over Fiscal Terms
As the National Assembly prepares to sit with the various stakeholders to harmonise their positions on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), the feud between the federal government and the International...
Death Penalty: I Stand by the Constitution, Says Oshiomhole
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has said he would apply fully the Nigerian Constitution, which he subscribed to and not the laws of a European country or the whims...
NIGERIA: Why FG is Seeking $500m Loan for Aviation Sector – Oduah
The Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah, Tuesday stated that the $500 million loan being sought by the federal government from the Chinese government for the ministry, was for the ...
NIGERIA: ASUP Agrees to End Strike as ASUU Snubs Senate Education Committee
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Tuesday heeded pleas from the Senate Committee on Education, Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’i and his Labour and Productivity counterpart, Chief Emeka...
IMF Cuts Nigeria’s Economic Growth Projections to 7.2%
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Tuesday lowered its economic growth forecast for Nigeria as well as other economies in the world, as recession continues to hamper growth in Europe and...