Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State yesterday expressed his dissatisfaction with the implementation of the Second Quarter of the 2008 Budget tagged "Great Leap," saying it was below target. The year 2008 budget of Lagos State is put at over
Alhaji Sule Ya'u Sule is Governor Ibrahim Shekarau's spokesperson. He speaks on the huge funds Kano government received recently as its own share from the excess crude allocation and how such funds are being utilised. Excerpts:
The Federal Government yesterday raised a Transitional Board for the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) as part of the transitional arrangements pending the full implementation of the power sector reform. The board has Minister of State (Power) for Energy
Barrister Bamidele Aturu, Counsel to the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has debunked media reports that the National Industrial Court has restrained NUT from picketing private schools. Reacting to the ruling of the National Industrial Court yesterday, he said that
Workers under the aegis of National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) yesterday commenced an indefinite strike vowing not to return to work until the Federal Government redreses the problem of middlemen in oil business in Nigeria and
Fifteen minutes of fame is the proverbial moment one's shiny star of elation and celebration burns and keeps burning before it fizzling out. But for the quartet of Eugenia Abu, Ahmed Maiwada, Prof. Tunde Adeniran and Abubakar Gimba, their literary
Apart from the official coronation of the Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumini Kabir Usman, as the 50th emir, the historic event was full of colour and spectacles. Weekly Trust brings you some of the attractions that added great panache to
Rape, according to the Oxford English dictionary, is having sexual intercourse with someone without consent. It also describes it as an act of destruction or an act of destroying a place.
As the committee responsible for organising the annual Northern Zonal Book Fair sets to stage this year's edition of the book fair which's maiden edition was held in Abuja last October, it has received a much necessary motivation from no
Bala Muhammad is simply a journalist, broadcaster, teacher and communication consultant. He was Deputy Chief Press Secretary to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in 2000, and later a World Bank Communication Advisor based at the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE)
All is well that ends well was the response of the generality of the people of Kebbi State to the final determination of the election petition against Governor Saidu Usman Dakingari in his favour after protracted legal battles. In all
Despite the superstitious belief which some residents of the ancient city of Zaria cling onto the Wazirin Zazzau's throne, the title continues to attract a hot contest among the Zazzau's princes of the dynasty.
The police in Jos are yet to unravel the mystery behind the death of Engineer Musa Isa Umar, the Business Manager of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) in Jos who was shot dead on Friday June 27, by
The protracted case between Senator David Bonaventure Alechenu Mark of the PDP and ANPP's Alhaji Usman Dan Abubakar Maishanu alias Young Alhaji, is a case which every Idomaman has interest in.
The Sokoto State Council of Ulama and Imams has sent a written petition to the state House of Assembly against the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Aishatu Sani Dahiru for alleged abuse of power and breach of constitutional provisions.
Sometimes in the late 90s, elder statesman, Malam Yahaya Gusau, said at a reception organized in honour of some prominent natives of Zazzau Emirate in Zaria that positions of authority or leadership are meant to yield some dividends to the
Immediate past chairman of the Abuja branch of the Association of Nigerian Authors, Dr Emman Usman Shehu, has been expelled by the branch for failing to abide by terms of the out-of-court settlement reached between him and the writers' guild.
Last Thursday, the National Assembly held a two-day retreat on the restructuring of The National Budget in Kaduna. The Clerk of the National Assembly, Alhaji Nasir Ibrahim Arab, speaks on the controversy surrounding his service records, financial autonomy for the
Jeremiah Gyang, the Jos, Plateau State born accomplished songwriter, arranger, percussionist, vocalist and producer, seems to have beaten a retreat from the Nigerian music scene. But as he informed Weekend Magazine in a recent interview, all these long months of
Kano State government has made public its proposal to establish an Islamic Medical University in the state within a couple of months. The state governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau made this disclosure Thursday while addressing newsmen in his office saying that
