The Supreme Court upheld Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua’s 2007 election win Friday, dealing a blow to political opponents who sought to unseat him. But questions linger over the leader’s health and so far lethargic governance of Africa’s most populous nation. … read more
The presidential candidate of Nigeria’s main opposition Action Congress (AC), Atiku Abubakar, said Friday that democracy and all Nigerians were the real losers after the Supreme Court rejected his plea, and that of another opposition candidate, to nullify the 2007 … read more
The Nigerian Navy Friday arrested an unidentified man for allegedly vandalising a pipeline owned by the Nigerian subsidiary of Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell at the Oribiri flow station in Rivers state in the country’s oil producing Niger Delta region. The … read more
The World Bank, European Union (EU), and other stakeholders are in the process of conducting the 2008/2009 harmonized Nigeria living standard survey (HNLSS) as a way of providing needed data for analysis of poverty in the country, according to a … read more
Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, made a surprise visit to the Abuja headquarters of the anti-graft agency on Thursday In what is apparently a new twist to his travails, the former EFCC boss, … read more
THE Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has condemned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for adopting what he considered as a discretionary method in the fight against corruption. Amaechi has meanwhile pledged to continue to pursue programmes and … read more
The Police have deployed their men to strategic locations in the Federal Capital, Abuja ahead of the ruling on the validity of President Umaru Yar’adua’s election. The Public Relations Officer, Federal Capital Territory Police Command, Moshood Jimoh, a Deputy Superintendent, … read more
The Senate on Thursday asked the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Chukwumah Soludo; Minister of Finance, Dr. Shamsudeen Usman; the Chief Economic Adviser to the President, Dr. Tanimu Yakubu and the Director General, Budget Office, Dr. Bright … read more
When President Umaru Yar’ Adua presented the 2009 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly on Tuesday 2 December 2008, he said the Federal Government hopes to spend a total of N2.87 trillion as its budget next year. The proposed aggregate … read more
INDUSTRIALISTS and economists have expressed worries over the falling prices of crude oil, Nigeria’s major foreign exchange earner, saying that it will have a negative impact on the nation’s economy. Experts who spoke with the Nigerian Tribune said there were … read more