Buhari To Lead Nigeria’s Delegation To GECF in Tehran
President Muhammadu Buhari will travel to Tehran on Sunday to participate in the 3rd Gas Exporting Countries’ Forum (GECF) opening in the capital of Iran on Monday, 23rd November 2015.…
Suu Kyi and the Burmese “Spring”
Aung San Suu Kyi writes in Letters from Burma: “I have never ceased to be moved by the sense of the world lying quiescent and vulnerable, waiting to be awakened…
Sovereign Account Gets 250 Million Dollars
In order to increase its capital, the National Economic Council has approved that 250 million dollars out of the 400 million dollars dividend from the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG)…
Minister Tongue-lashes NTA, FRCN, Others Over Incompetence
New Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Thursday took on the Federal Government-owned media for allowing themselves to be used as tools of attack by politicians. He also…
Former Permanent Secretary Grilled Over Missing N500m Sure-P Fund
For many hours on Thursday, the immediate past Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Mrs. Nkechi Ejele, was questioned by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes…
Hard Times Hit States As Governors Can’t Pay N18,000 Minimum Wage
The staggering economy of Nigeria has hit the 36 state governors in the country and they have in turn declared on Thursday that they can no longer implement the N18,000…
Cash Crunch: We Won’t Retrench, Says Fayose
Despite the financial challenges being experienced by the state government, Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has said his administration will not retrench workers in its employ. The governor, who…
Before You Go! Where Is Our Money?
Nigeria is supposedly a rich nation whose wealth rather than being kept in a national portfolio or evident in some state-of-the-art public infrastructures and social amenities, it is illicitly tucked…
Dasuki Lampoon Presidency: Describes Interim Report As Theatrical & Absurd
The former National Security Adviser,Col Mohammed Sambo Dasuki(Rtd) has described as absurd the findings contained in the interim report of the 13 man committee set up by the Office of…
Twin Explosions Rock Kano GSM Market
A twin explosion has occurred at the popular GSM market in Kano killing eleven people and injuring sixty six others. The explosions occurred early Wednesday evening while business was still…