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Introduction The essence of good governance is to effectively lead and guide the instruments of the State to meet the needs of citizens, effectively balancing present needs while anticipating future trends. The ability to optimally achieve these balances is what defines good governance. If good governance is difficult to achieve under normal conditions, it is […]

On January 27, 2002, Palestinian anti-Israeli occupation activist, Wafa Idriss, became the first female suicide bomber of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict when she boldly walked into a shopping district on Jerusalem’s Jaffa Road and blew herself up in the heart of the City. The bomb killed Idris, an Israeli citizen, and wounded approximately ninety people. Since […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to urgently circulate to all political parties the Voters Identification Numbers (VINs) of all unclaimed Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) and publicly declare that anyone in possession of any PVC with any of such numbers is an impostor who must be arrested if […]

As part of preparations for a free and fair governorship election in Osun State, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Suleiman Abba, on Wednesday, addressed all stakeholders in the 9th August gubernatorial poll asking thugs and those planning to foment trouble to stare clear of the state during the exercise. At the forum, the IGP assured […]

Lagos State government has approved the provision of solar power to all public schools in the state. While 134 junior and senior secondary schools in the state won a total sum of N268 million in this year’s ‘Governor’s Award’ under the Lagos Eko Project, Governor of the state, Babatunde Fashola has announced. Fashola made the […]

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Dr. Joseph Thlama Dawha has said that the Corporation under his watch would sustain the ongoing transformation of the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry in order to impact positively on the economy. Dawha stated this on Wednesday […]

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has on Wednesday in Washington DC called for more effective global action and implementation of all existing international protocols against terrorism and violent extremism. In Nigeria’s country statement presented to the ongoing US-African Leaders Summit, Jonathan also demanded a more effective international sanctions regime against countries, organisations and individuals that sponsor […]

The Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, has confirmed that a Nigerian nurse who had primary contact with the late Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian who imported the deadly Ebola virus into Nigeria, is dead. The Minister said at a news conference on Wednesday, that the nurse died on Tuesday as a result of the virus. […]

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday debunked the allegation of illegality and impunity made against it by residents of Omole Phase 2 area of the state over the construction of some blocks of flats at the Estate.  The government said denied going wrong by constructing the flats which, it said, was part of the Lagos […]

Dangote Industries and Blackstone on Tuesday announced a commitment to jointly invest up to $5 billion (825 billion) over the next five years in energy infrastructure projects across Sub-Saharan Africa with a particular emphasis on power, transmission and pipeline projects. The investment is facilitated by Black Rhino, a portfolio company of Blackstone Energy Partners and […]

The seven-man panel set up by the Chief Judge of Nasarawa State to try the 16-count allegation of gross misconduct against the state governor, Umar Tanko Al-Makura, has found the governor innocent of all the charges. The panel which ended its sitting minutes ago, said the House of Assembly did not provide any evidence to […]

The gruesome video footage gathered by Amnesty International(AI) provides fresh evidence of war crimes in north-eastern Nigeria, the organisation has said. “This shocking new evidence is further proof of the appalling crimes being committed with abandon by all sides in the conflict. Nigerians deserve better – what does it say when members of the military […]