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National Chairman of the New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje on Tuesday resigned his position as Chairman of the Nigeria Railway Corporation Governing Board. Conveyed through a Letter of Gratitude and Resignation of Appointment as Chairman, Nigeria Railway Corporation Governing Board addressed to Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator […]

Former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Festus Iyayi died a few hours ago in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, in an accident involving a vehicle in the convoy of Governor of the State Governor, Idris Wada. Iyayi was on his way to Kano for a meeting of ASUU to consider […]

Oando Energy Resources(OER), an affiliate company of Oando PLC, focused on oil exploration and production in Nigeria, has expressed confidence in concluding the acquisition of the Nigerian oil and gas business of ConocoPhillips (COP). Financing Confidence High OER had paid COP an initial deposit of US$435 million deposit, and the net purchase price payable to […]

Nicon Luxury Hotel, Abuja, venue of the international colloquium on the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act that was to be hosted by Dino Melaye’s Anti-Corruption Network (ACN), has been sealed by a detachment of heavily armed policemen. Themed Demystifying the Complexities — Empowering the People, the maiden International Colloquium on Freedom of Information Act, 2011 […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has alerted voters in Anambra State to the creation of 1,973 extra polling units out of the existing 4,608 polling units in the state, bringing the total voting points to 6,581. In a statement issued in Benin on Tuesday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party […]

One thing you cannot take away from Chief Tom Ikimi is his ability to draw symbolisms to illustrate his points.  Penultimate week in Port Harcourt, the former External Affairs Minister offered Nigerians another meaning to the APC acronym of the opposition All Progressives Congress. Ikimi who accompanied opposition leaders Muhammadu Buhari, APC Chairman Bisi Akande […]

President Goodluck Jonathan has implored the Legislature all over the continent to preserve the rise of democracy as the popular medium of governance by promulgating laws that would not endanger democracy.   Speaking while opening open the 1st Africa Legislative Summit 2013 organised by the National Assembly in collaboration with the National Institute for Legislative Studies, […]

Universities under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) are not united in their opinions on whether or not the ongoing industrial action should be suspended. While some lecturers at the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna supported the suspension, others wanted its suspension only if the Federal Government is ready to […]

Nigeria and Chelsea FC of England footballers, John Mikel Obi and Victor Moses (albeit on a brief loan deal at Liverpool) have been named in the five-man shortlist for the 2013 BBC African Footballer of the Year award. Also listed for the award, which was revealed on the BBC’s Newsday programme, are current African Footballer […]

Just as President Goodluck Jonathan is speculated to be planning a meeting with the seven aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and some breakaway members, the party on Monday evening suspended its former National Secretary now National Secretary of the new PDP, Olagunsoye Oyinlola; National Chairman of the breakaway faction, Alhaji Abubakar Baraje; Deputy National […]

Towards meeting the national sugar master plan, Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc (DSR) is actively pursuing a backward integration policy with a target of producing a total of 1.5 million tonnes of sugar per annum locally from its subsidiaries. The company also plans to resume exports to selected West African countries in the first quarter of […]

1. On behalf of the Government and People of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I warmly welcome you all – our highly esteemed guests and distinguished parliamentarians from across Africa and beyond, to Abuja, for this very important First African Legislative Summit.   2. Let me, at the outset, thank the leadership and honourable members […]