Minister/Chairman National Sports Commission has urged the 101 Nigeria Football Association delegates during yesterday's Annual general meeting to embrace the new trend in sports, sports business when they resolve on ways to move the game forward. Sports. The minister spoke
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, has warned members of the House Committee on oil sector probe, who might have any hidden agenda contrary to their terms of reference to simply resign the position.
Last week, there was, again, another aircraft incident in Port Harcourt. This time, it involved one of Chanchangi Airlines' B737-200. No one was hurt seriously, and the rapid efforts of the Federal Airports Authority's (FAAN) fire fighting squad saved a
The core investor in NICON Insurance and the Nigeria-Re, Bar. Jimoh Ibrahim and the federal government have re-injected N25 billion into the two companies as required by the agreement which ended the face-off between the two parties.
To start with, the phrase "true federalism" which though stands to be corrected, is simply a constitutional power sharing arrangement between the tiers of government - Federal and States - where the latter enjoys the constitutional and prerogative authority as
Access Bank Sierra Leone limited Thursday commenced operations in the country with the commissioning of its corporate head office on Siaka Stevens Street in Freetown.
Standard Chartered Bank in its strategic move to support Nigeria's Oil and Gas sector has struck a deal with 8 other Nigerian banks to provide $220m bank debt financing priced at Libor +275 bps for the National Nigerian Petroleum Corporation
About two years after he presided over the affairs of the Oyo state government, for eleven months, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) which has been investigating charges of corruption, stealing and abuse of office leveled against Gov Christopher
In a bid to bolster power generation in the country, President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has directed the Minister of Finance, Dr. Shamsuddeen Usman, to release, within the next week, N59 billion being the balance of appropriation to the power sector
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has said the delay in the Doha talks is adversely affecting economic advancement of countries in Sub- Saharan Africa, including Nigeria.
The House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating the award of oil blocks by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) yesterday queried the discrepancies in the record of payments for oil blocks under the regime of President Olusegun Obasanjo.
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Chief Farida Waziri, has set up a committee to look into money laundering cases involving former governors.
Members of the Textile Manufacturer Association of Nigeria yesterday told Daily Trust that President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua is responsible for the delay in the disbursement of the N70 billion textile revival fund.
PRESIDENT Umaru Yar'Adua has ordered the immediate release of N59 billion being part of the N115 billion 2008 budget for the Ministry of Energy to enable it address the epileptic power supply in the country.
DEADLINES are a waste if appropriate landmarks are not placed to check progress on the journey. Nigeria 's vaunted ambition to be among the top 20 economies in the world by 2020 is an irredeemable mirage.
Mystery now surrounds the whereabouts of the sum of $210million paid by two oil companies for oil blocks in the 2003 bid round carried out by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) as officials of the department were yesterday unable
FEDERAL Government and the Lagos State government yesterday maintained sealed lips over the sixteen petroleum tank farms in the state barred from use of the bays to take delivery of imported petroleum products owing to the traffic jam caused by
The Labour Party in Edo yesterday criticised the Federal Government for not resolving the issues involved in the ongoing nationwide strike by teachers.
Nigerian health workers â€" comprising of doctors, pharmacists, laboratory scientists, nurses and midwives â€" in all public hospitals have indicated their intention to embark on an indefinite strike from next Wednesday. They are asking for, among other things, their monetisation
