A picture of the presidential candidates for the April 9 election emerged yesterday. Eighteen candidates have so far cleared the hurdle to contest the election, sources told The Nation. More candidates are likely to emerge before the expiration of the … read more
The Managing Director of Bristow Helicopters, Capt. Akin Oni, has said the company has put a policy in place to replace all existing expatriate pilots and engineers with Nigerians by 2015. Oni, who disclosed this last week in Lagos at … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday cancelled planned campaign rallies in two northern states after a stampede killed 12 people at an election meeting he addressed the day before. Police said Sunday that a 12th victim had died in hospital following … read more
FOR allegedly excluding their community in its welfare programmes despite alleged environmental pollution in the area, the people of Obe-Nla in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State have threatened to shut down the operations of the American oil giant, … read more
Nigerians should draw the right lessons from the 18-day revolt which saw the end of former Egyptian leader, Hosni Mubarak after 30 years and do the needful to effect a regime change in Nigeria at the April polls, presidential candidate … read more
THE late President Umaru Yar’Adua did a kidney transplant in 2002 as governor of Katsina State, but avoided another one as president for fears causing unrest, according to diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks. The cables claimed former Minister of Agriculture … read more
Rising Inflationary trend is the most persistent threat to Nigeria’s growing economy. The Central Bank of Nigeria and its monetary policy committee voted to lift the benchmark interest rate of previously 6.25 percent to 6.50 percent. The last time the … read more
The Federal Government has rejected the $30 million offered by major oil and gas companies towards the training of ex-militants in the Niger Delta, saying the money was too small, compared to the N3 trillion it has lost to the … read more
Pirates in a fishing boat opened fire on a chemical vessel in a suspected robbery attempt off the coast of Nigeria, an international maritime agency said on Friday. The International Maritime Bureau said the sailors of the vessel spotted a … read more
Five people including a child were shot dead in an overnight attack in violence-wracked central Nigeria over a cattle dispute, police and medical officials said on Friday. Police in Plateau State said “cattle rustlers” stormed residential quarters of a soil … read more