Business
Unity Bank grows 26% pre-tax profit
Unity Bank Plc has recorded a 26% profit before tax in its Quarter 1 2014 financial statement compared to the same period in 2013. This is at the top of a list of positive trends […]
Month: April 2014
News
Senate to Jonathan: Declare war on insurgents
Ezrel Tabiowo Ayodele Adegbuyi The Senate has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to declare war against terrorists in the country just as it condemned in strict terms the recent abduction of 234 secondary school girls in […]
News
Nigeria can’t survive another 5 years of Jonathan – Nda-Isaiah
Samuel Aruwan An aspirant for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket ahead of the 2015 general elections, Mr. Sam Nda-Isaiah, has stated that Nigeria cannot survive another five years under the Jonathan Administration. Nda-Isaiah, […]
News
N10bn jet: Court summons Reps over ‘restraining order’ on Diezani
Ameh Ejekwonyilo A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Head of Legal Services of the House of Representatives to appear before it and show the purported order stopping the House of Representatives Committee […]
News
Confab committee may settle for modified-presidential system
There were indications yesterday that the National conference committee on Political Restructuring and Forms of Governments may settle for a modified-presidential system of government, to replace the current system. The voice vote by delegates which […]
News
Confab committee okays LG autonomy
Says we won’t scrap LGs Bode Olagoke The Committee on Political Restructuring and Forms of Government has said that its efforts to reposition the local government system at the ongoing National Conference will make it […]
News
Mysterious pot causes panic at Benue Govt House
By Kula Tersoo Makurdi A mysterious pot yesterday caused panic amongst Benue Government House workers and visitors. The pot was seen where it was conspicuously kept at the Government House round-about in Makurdi; where it […]
Business
Gold mining: farmers choose death by lead poisoning over poverty
Unregulated mining in rural Northern Nigeria is causing blindness and paralysis among children and making adults infertile, yet the abject poverty of the Nigerian people will not let them vacate the death path. Francis ADINOYI […]
Politics
Land tussle: Jang sacks JUTH
Plateau state government has given the management of Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) seven days within which to quit its property located along Murtala Way in Jos North local government area of the state or […]
News
Jonathan sacks Political Adviser, Gulak
Abdullahi M. Gulloma President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday terminated the appointment of his Special Adviser (Political), Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, with immediate effect. This was contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President […]
News
F/Eagles tackle Ikare United
Nigeria U-20 squad will continue their build-up to a 2015 AYC qualifier in Tanzania with another warm-up match against Ikare United of Ondo state today. The match will be played at the FIFA Goal Project […]
News
S/Falcons take Lionesses for diner
Nigeria Super Falcons yesterday defeated their Cameroonian counterparts 1 – 0 in an international friendly match played inside FIFA Goal Project, National Stadium Package B, Abuja. Asisat Oshoala got the only goal for Falcons in […]
News
Disaster Mgt: Understanding self-help, mutual-help, public-help
In Nigeria, in spite of continuous sensitisation that disaster management is everyone’s responsibilities, yet individuals and state governments still rely heavily on federal government as a sole responder. Given the global accelerating dreadful experiences from […]
Politics
Reliving memory of Tsokwa, late Taraba speaker
STEPHEN OSU was at a recent ceremony where the late Speaker, Taraba House of Assembly, Haruna Tsokwa, was immortalized for his commitment to the people’s welfare Tsokwa’s stand for justice For the record, the immediate […]
News
NFF denies fixing 2010 World Cup qualifiers
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has dismissed as ‘totally fallacious’, the claim by a self-confessed and convicted Singaporean match-fixer, Wilson Raj Perumal, that he helped Nigeria qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Finals in […]
News
Gowon, Chime hail Nigeria over guinea worm eradication
Raphael Ede Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd) and Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu state have congratulated the nation on her recent certification as a Guinea worm-free country by the World Health Organisation […]
Metro
Gwagwalada council boss promises youth empowerment
Awaal Gata Chairman of Gwagwalada Area Council, Abubakar Jibrin Giri, has said that his administration would create policies that would enhance youth development in the Council. Speaking yesterday at the flag-off ceremony of the Council’s […]
News
Still on bad leadership
Charles Ofoji [email protected] +23480-3311-1113 Nigeria is undoubtedly a sleeping gargantuan. It is a country endowed with all the trappings a nation needs to excel – abundance of natural and human resources – yet it is […]
News
Police teargas protesting ASUP, COEASU leaders
Protesting members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) and Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) were yesterday tear-gassed by a detachment of the Nigerian Police, FCT command. The policemen lost their cool […]
Letters
Kudos to FCT Minister over abolition of Park & Pay policy
The Northern Youth Advocacy for Excellence (NOYADE) exulting over the achievements of Senator Bala Mohammad as Minister of the FCT, is persuaded to openly commend him for his fairness, flexibility and respect for the rule […]
Politics
North ‘ll drag Jonathan before ICC on genocide charges – Dalung
Barrister Solomon Dalung, a Jos based lawyer, is a prominent member of the Northern Elders Forum(NEF), human rights activist and defender of democracy and civil rule. In this interview with ALIYU ASKIRA in Jos, the […]
News
Community laments neglect of FG’s skill acquisition centre
Joseph Kingston Ikot Nakanda community in Akpabuyo local government area of Cross River state have cried out over what they described as “a deliberate attempt” to abandon the federal government’s skill acquisition centre, undertaken by […]
Letters
Politics of the Second Niger Bridge
The news is everywhere that the Minister of Environment, Mrs. Laurentia Mallam, has just admitted that the Federal Government erred in commencing work on the construction of the Second Niger Bridge without consideration for the […]
News
Nyako, Atiku clash over Adamawa APC congress
Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz As the soul of All Progressives Congress (APC,) Adamawa state is set to be determined today, given the state congress of the party to elect State Working Committee (SWC),a fierce political battle has […]
News
Disaster mgt: Experts analyse 2014 rainfall predictions
By Adoyi M. Aba Abuja National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has commenced the analysis of the 2014 Seasonal Rainfall Predictions released by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) to determine its implications for disaster management. Director-General […]