Barely 24 hours after the Federal Government warned striking teachers against picketing private schools, the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) yesterday directed its members nationwide to paralyse academic activities in private schools from today.
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), yesterday joined other eminent Nigerians and groups in the call for the removal of Prof. Ibrahim Gambari as the chairman of steering committee of the proposed Niger Delta Ssummit.
The Management of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) has announced a 12-hourly zonal power rotational rationing from 6am - 6pm and 6pm - 6am nationwide.
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Chukwuma Soludo, yesterday revealed that the country is under producing currency notes to the tune of N2 billion.
The National Action Committee on AIDS (NACA) has said that Federal Government's reduction of the HIV/AIDS funds by twenty-five percent this year could affect the campaign against the epidemic in the country.
The global food crisis is indeed real and biting hard, especially in some developing countries, including Nigeria where many cannot afford three square meals a day. Reasons for the food crisis are not far to find. Possible causes are climate
Against the background of the scepticism being expressed over the proposed Niger Delta Summit, President Umaru Musa Yar'adua yesterday reaffirmed that the summit would not be another "pointless and diversionary jamboree, as some fear."
Minister of State for Information and Communication, Alhaji Ibrahim Nakande, has said that the Federal Government cannot impose a salary structure on other tiers of government, due to the deregulation of the sector.
The Niger Delta region is Nigeria's and Africa's largest marshland, and the third largest wetland in the world. The region has a steadily growing population put at about 40 million people as of 2006. The population growth has not been
The controversy over the ceding of the oil rich Bakassi Peninsula to the Republic of Cameroon by the immediate past President Olusegun Obasanjo is yet to abate.
In recent times, quite a lot has been said and written about the presence of Chinese investors in Africa . The West is clearly worried not just about the rate of China's growth within a global context, but also about
Dr Babatunde Osotimehin, Director General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), yesterday in Abuja, said Benue still ranked highest in HIV prevalence in Nigeria.
Sierra Leone and Nigeria are currently locked in a diplomatic stalemate at the UN Headquarters in New York on who gets one of the seats reserved for West Africa as a non-permanent member of the Security Council.
Nigeria has maintained its lead as African's largest telecoms market with 47 million active subscribers relegating South Africa to second place with 42.3 million recorded subscribers at the end of the first quarter of 2008.
Chuks Okocha who covered the last public hearing by the Presidential Committee on Electoral Reform in Abuja, writes on the thought provoking submissions by civil society groups, political parties, NBA, among others, during the exercise
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Dimeji Bankole, has said that the House will continue to support the Federal Government through the enactment of relevant laws that would guarantee enduring peace, security and development in Niger Delta.
On-going trial of Major Hamza al-Mustapha, former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, over alleged murder of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, was yesterday stalled again, due to pending applications before the court.
s of our own. In order to run our off rid home we would need about 3000 watts of production power and that would cost us in excess of N1.3million to buy new. Now I don't know about you but
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested and paraded over 13 persons suspected to commit various types of crime in the state, including nine persons alleged to members of a syndicate which specialized in kidnapping.
