The Nigerian Navy has taken delivery of two brand new warships, the Manta, 38 metre Offshore Patrol Craft (OPC), as well as two new helicopter gunships, the Augusta Helicopter all from Italy. The two naval vessels were received last weekend … read more
Nigeria on Wednesday proposed a raft of electoral changes aimed at enhancing the credibility of future polls in the continent’s largest democracy, Information Minister Dora Akunyili said. Akunyili said cabinet considered recommendations by an electoral reform panel and agreed that … read more
THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Tuesday took far-reaching decisions on issues affecting its members and the proposed deregulation of the downstream sector of the oil industry by the Federal Government. It, therefore, resolved to embark on immediate protest rallies … read more
OVER 2,000 lives were allegedly wasted between 2002 and 2004 during the cult crises spareheaded by Ateke Tom and Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari in Rivers State. Rivers State governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, said this on Tuesday as the Chairman of the … read more
President Umaru Yar’Adua today signed into law a 3.1 trillion naira ($21.2 billion) budget for 2009, 8 percent higher than his original spending plan in December.Parliament last month increased Yar’Adua’s 2.87 trillion naira budget proposal, saying the government needed to … read more
Indian steel giant, Global Holdings Ltd. is at daggers drawn with the Nigerian Minister of Justice and Attorney-General, Michael Aondoakaa over the inability of the former to deliver on a deal to convince President Umaru Yar’Adua to reverse the federal … read more
Anglo-Dutch oil major Shell Petroleum Deve-lopment Company Nigeria (SPDC) may have rescinded its decision to put on hold the re-organisation of its Nigerian operations which last year claimed the jobs of over 1,000 workers and resulted in a drastic reduction … read more
A NEW offensive directed at multinational corporations and their home countries linked with various bribery scandals has been initiated by the Federal Government to curb corruption in Nigeria. The exercise, which is being handled by the office of the Attorney-General … read more
Twenty persons including three ladies were arraigned at the Federal High Court in Awka, Anambra State yesterday. They were accused of allegedly abducting two Chinese nationals in Nnewi in March, 2007. But the 21st person, multi millionaire, Pius Ogbuawa was … read more
Local staffers on the employ of the second largest network carrier in the country, Zain have raised alarm over the on-going systemic replacement of senior executive Nigerian staff with Arab expatriates by the Kuwaiti-based parent company, MTC, which holds a … read more