Show me your friends, a popular adage says, and I will tell you who you are. The friends or more appropriately, close associates of the acting president, Goodluck Jonathan give some insight into the kind of leader he is. Though … read more
DESPITE tightened security in the restive Nigerian city of Jos following recent sectarian massacres, a wave of revenge killings has claimed the lives of both Muslims and Christians. The tension is so marked that inhabitants find it difficult to venture … read more
The Nigerian parliament on Thursday approved a 4.6 trillion naira (31-billion-dollar) budget for 2010 based on a benchmark oil price of 67 dollars per barrel. The new budget shows a 13.3 percent increase from the original proposal of 4.079 trillion … read more
IT was a huge surprise to many senators yesterday when at the mention of the name of a former colleague of theirs as a ministerial nominee, Senator Sanusi Daggash, out of a total of 33, shouts of “No” rent the … read more
Afghans, Iraqis, Somalis and Nigerians are top on the list of asylum seekers, according to the 2009 chart released by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). Also top on the chart are people from Russia, China and Serbia. … read more
Champions of deregulation gained the upper hand yesterday. Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has given his blessing to the planned deregulation of the oil industry’s downstream sector, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Group Managing Director Sanusi Barkindo said. He told the … read more
Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber, the Senate, Wednesday voted to amend 36 sections of the country’s 1999 Constitution, including those concerning next year’s general elections. Key among the amendments, which were each effected with over two-thirds majority of the required votes, … read more
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday claimed that the figures contained in the recent Auditor-General of the Federation’s report on the financial operations of foreign missions were not right. Martin Uhonoihbi, Permanent Secretary, said the ministry has set the records … read more
A Nigerian Islamic Sharia court has banned Twitter and Facebook debates on the country’s first wrist amputation for theft, according to court papers seen by AFP on Tuesday. The Magajin Gari Sharia court in the northern city of Kaduna on … read more
Nigeria’s white-collar oil workers union on Tuesday protested the murder of two colleagues in the restive oil hub of the Niger Delta and gave the government two weeks to hunt down the killers. “We have issued a 14-day ultimatum to … read more