Why Oyo Still Remains Poor – AjimobiNigerian ObserverLAGOS – Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has said the state still ranked among the poorest in the country. Ajimobi said at the unveiling of the Development Agenda for Western States (DAWN) in Lag…

Leadership NewspapersSenate Caucus Insists On Representation In PDP NECTimes of NigeriaBy Tony Abrahams The PDP caucus in the Senate says its insistence on having National Assembly members in the party's National Executive Committee (NEC) is not ai…

Times of NigeriaResign If You Can't Perform, APGA Tells OrjiTimes of NigeriaBy Tony Abrahams The Abia State chapter of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has urged Gov. Theodore Orji to resign if he can no longer perform. It will be recalle…

Myjoyonline.comNigeria agrees to conditional Boko Haram talksMyjoyonline.comThe Federal Government yesterday deliberated upon and adopted most of the recommendations of Alhaji Usman Galtimari Committee on security challenges in the North-east after a r…

Leadership NewspapersWe Have Actual Figures Of Daily Consumption Of PMS, DPK – LawanLeadership NewspapersChairman of the ad-hoc committee investigating the subsidy regime, Hon Farouk Lawan has revealed that the committee has in the course of its inve…

Leadership NewspapersBoko Haram: FG docks Nigerian Al-Qaeda leaderVanguardBy Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA – An alleged link man between the Boko Haram Islamic sect and the Al-Qaeda terrorist network, Mallam Mohammed Ashafa, was yesterday docked before a …

The Daily StarNigeria Approves Committee Proposals on Islamist MilitantsBloombergNigeria approved the recommendations made by a presidential committee that proposed dialogue and amnesty to Boko Haram Islamist militants in the northeast if they agree to…

Leadership NewspapersFRSC Attributes Road Accidents To Drug UseLeadership NewspapersThe Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), has attributed road accidents to the misuse of various drugs by road users. The commission made this disclosure yesterday at …

AFP2 killed in Boko Haram attacks in north-eastern NigeriaAgenzia Giornalistica Italia(AGI) Abuja – Members of Islamist sect Boko Haram have attacked a prison, a police station and a church in north-eastern Nigeria. The attacks were carried out between…

Leadership NewspapersSouthwest Govs, Leaders Unfold Region's Development AgendaP.M. News (blog)The six state governors of the South Western part of Nigeria were on Tuesday joined by notable personalities from the region in launching the Development…

Leadership NewspapersSouthwest Govs, Leaders Unfold Region's Development AgendaP.M. News (blog)The six state governors of the South Western part of Nigeria were on Tuesday joined by notable personalities from the region in launching the Development…

Ojukwu: Biafra And The “Abandoned Properties” Question —Charles UgwuanyiP.M. NewsDim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu meant different thing to different people. To the authorities of Kings College then, he could have been a stubborn student. But the v…

CHANNELSDeportation row grows in Nigeria, South AfricaThe Associated PressABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A series of airport deportations by South African and Nigerian authorities has sparked a growing diplomatic row between the two African nations. Last week…

CHANNELSNLC wants National Assembly to release r…BusinessDayThe Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Tuesday called on the National Assembly to release the report of its investigations on oil subsidy. A statement signed by NLC president, Abdulwaheed Omar…

CHANNELSStill on poverty in Northern NigeriaBusinessDaySanusi Lamido Sanusi blamed the emergence of the group, Boko Haram, on the 13 percent derivation allocated to the oil-producing states. Since then, the debate on the allocation formula has again be…

Ojukwu – the Man Died but His Spirit Lives OnAllAfrica.comBy Mohammed Haruna, 7 March 2012 In his 1982 hagiography of Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, EMEKA, the famous British novelist Fredrick Forsyth (Dogs of War, Odessa File, Day of the Jackal, e…

Leadership NewspapersFRSC and the Rule of ConsultantsAllAfrica.comBy Candid Joe, 7 March 2012 The Corp Marshall of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Osita Chidoka, appear to be fighting to retain his office following the fallout of his risky ven…

Leadership NewspapersN21 Billion Fraud – Senate Scraps Pension Task Force, Summons Police Pension …AllAfrica.comBy Isiaka Wakili, 7 March 2012 Administrators of police pension funds are today expected to appear before the Senate Joint Committee on Pu…

BusinessDayKwara governor keeps his jobBusinessDayThe Supreme Court yesterday upheld the election of Peoples' Democratic Party, PDP Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State. The Supreme Court gave this judgment after the gubernatorial candidate of …

Leadership NewspapersI'll continue to do my best for Ebonyi -ElechiDaily SunEbonyi State Governor, Chief Martin Elechi has assured the people of the state that he would continue to do his best in providing for the welfare of the people. Elechi who …

AllAfrica.comWhy there's corruption, and Boko Haram –Rev. KenDaily SunRev. Sam. Ken is the Special Assistant on Environment, to Delta State governor and also the General Overseer of a church in Warri, a social Justice Advocate and analyst. The cl…

Uduaghan dismisses call for SNCDaily SunBy NDUBUISI ORJI Amidst calls by some interest groups for the convocation of a Sovereign National Conference (SNC) in the country, the Delta State Governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan yesterday dismissed such calls, sayin…

Uduaghan dismisses call for SNCDaily SunBy NDUBUISI ORJI Amidst calls by some interest groups for the convocation of a Sovereign National Conference (SNC) in the country, the Delta State Governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan yesterday dismissed such calls, sayin…

CHANNELSCop shoots 2 colleagues as hubby butchers wifeVanguardBy JIMITOTA ONOYUME, WOLE MOSADOMI & UMAR YUSUF, with agency report PORT HARCOURT—A policeman went berserk and shot two of his colleagues before shooting himself at Lala Village of Gom…

CHANNELSCop shoots 2 colleagues as hubby butchers wifeVanguardBy JIMITOTA ONOYUME, WOLE MOSADOMI & UMAR YUSUF, with agency report PORT HARCOURT—A policeman went berserk and shot two of his colleagues before shooting himself at Lala Village of Gom…

CHANNELSCop shoots 2 colleagues as hubby butchers wifeVanguardBy JIMITOTA ONOYUME, WOLE MOSADOMI & UMAR YUSUF, with agency report PORT HARCOURT—A policeman went berserk and shot two of his colleagues before shooting himself at Lala Village of Gom…

Osun DefenderHow Mimiko's Aide Incurred Yoruba Leaders' WrathOsun DefenderAn aide to the Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, Mr. Sola Ebiseeni on Tuesday incurred the wrath of the leaders of Yoruba over a conduct considered to be unbecomi…

THISDAY LiveCop Shoots Inspector, Then Kills HimselfP.M. NewsRivers Police Command Tuesday at about 9 am witnessed the first suicide in an unclear circumstance when a Police Corporal attached to “B” Operations shot an inspector and later killed him…

Independent OnlineEthnic violence kills 16 in Nigeria's Benue stateReuters AfricaONITSHA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Ethnic violence in a remote part of Nigeria's "middlebelt" has killed 16 people and wounded 20, after Fulani herdsmen raided…

'Awo's ideology should be codified as doctrine for politicians'Nigerian TribuneAS a sort of political handbook to guide the modern Nigerian political class on the essence of governance, a cleric has suggested the codification of all ideolog…

Aregbesola causes uproar •Attacks OBJ, Mimiko at Afenifere meeting in Lagos …Nigerian TribuneFOR almost 20 minutes on Tuesday, the City Hall, Lagos, was in turmoil, following verbal attacks launched by Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State against…

StarAfrica.comWe killed more than 10 soldiers – MENDVanguardBy Emma Amaize WARRI—MOVEMENT for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, yesterday, said that it was not only four military men that were killed in the March 2, gun fight between Joint…

Times of NigeriaIslamists Declare Jihad On Nigerian ChristiansInternational Christian ConcernMarch 6, 2012 Washington DC (International Christian Concern)-Members of Boko Haram, Nigeria's radical Muslim group, recently declared war on Christians in…

CHANNELSSupreme Court upholds election of Elechi, Ahmed and MakuraCHANNELSThe Supreme Court has upheld the elections of governors Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara state ,Tanko al-Makura of Nassarawa state and Martins Elechi of Ebonyi state. In separate judgme…

Leadership NewspapersNight of Praise-singing for ObasanjoP.M. NewsNigeria is God's special creation for the service of its citizens and those of other nations, especially in Africa, former President Olusegun Obasanjo said in Lagos Monday, at a birt…

SaharaReporters.comEx-Presidential aide denies assault allegationThe Nation NewspaperBy Kamarudeen Ogundele 7 hours 51 minutes ago A former presidential aide and member of the House of Representatives, Dr. Cairo Ojuogboh has denied assaulting a member …

SaharaReporters.comEx-Presidential aide denies assault allegationThe Nation NewspaperBy Kamarudeen Ogundele 7 hours 51 minutes ago A former presidential aide and member of the House of Representatives, Dr. Cairo Ojuogboh has denied assaulting a member …

WorldStagePDP govs not ganging up against Jonathan, says AkpabioInformation NigeriaAKWA Ibom State Governor Godswill Akpabio yesterday said there is no gang up by the Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against President Goodluck Jonathan o…

Fuel scarcity: Passengers stranded as Arik Air cancels US flightDaily SunBy UCHE USIM The persistent scarcity of aviation fuel (Jet A1) has taken its toll on the domestic airlines as many of them have been forced to continually cancel both local and in…

Fuel scarcity: Passengers stranded as Arik Air cancels US flightDaily SunBy UCHE USIM The persistent scarcity of aviation fuel (Jet A1) has taken its toll on the domestic airlines as many of them have been forced to continually cancel both local and in…

CHANNELSA'Court rejects Akingbola's application against FHC freezing order on assetsDaily SunBy FAITH OMORUYI The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has rejected two separate appeals filed by ex-chief executive officer (CEO) of Intercontinental B…

Daily GuideOjukwu's funeral influenced the traditional Igweship institution -Royal fatherDaily SunFour days after the burial of the late Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, eulogies have continued to pour in as mourners continuously troo…

Leadership NewspapersLAMORDE, CORRUPTION AND EFCCNigerian TribuneTHE confirmation by the Senate,of Mr Ibrahim Lamorde as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has finally broken the jinx which has trailed his appointment …

Leadership NewspapersINEC Swears In 5 New Resident CommissionersLeadership NewspapersThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday swore in five new resident commissioners in Abuja. The new commissioners are Prof. Jato Jacob from Nasar…

Court awards N11m to arrested ACN membersThe Nation NewspaperBy Joseph Jibueze 4 hours 49 minutes ago TWENTY THREE leaders and members of the Action Congress of Nigeria (AC N) who were detained in Kogi State in September and October last year were N11m…

CHANNELSSupreme Court upholds Yuguda's, Suntai's electionsThe Nation NewspaperBy Kamarudeen Ogundele, Abuja 12 hours 23 minutes ago The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the victories of Governors Isa Yuguda (Bauchi) and Danbaba Suntai (Taraba) in…

Leadership NewspapersMimiko doesn't deserve second term, says ACNThe Nation NewspaperBy Damisi Ojo,Akure 12 hours 11 minutes ago The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Ondo State yesterday reviewed the performance of the Labour Party (LP)-led stat…

Leadership NewspapersAppeal Court okays Ahmed as PDP candidateThe Nation NewspaperBy Adekunle Jimoh, Ilorin 5 minutes ago The Court of Appeal sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, yesterday dismissed an appeal challenging the 2011 primaries of th…

Leadership NewspapersNo More Factions In Ekiti PDP –MinisterLeadership NewspapersThe Minister for Police Affairs, Navy Capt. Caleb Olubolade (rtd) has said that, there are no more factions in Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ekiti State Chapter, sayin…

CHANNELSGunmen kill two policemen in KanoThe Nation NewspaperBy Kolade Adeyemi 2 minutes ago Suspected members of the Boko Haram sect on Monday killed two policemen in Kano's Dorayi quarters. The two other policemen were reportedly injured in the i…

Leadership NewspapersOct. 1 Bomb Suspects Begin Hunger Strike TodayAllAfrica.comBy Ben Dunno, 5 March 2012 THE three surviving suspects of the October 1,2010 bomb blast in Abuja, Charles Okah, Obi Nwabueze and Edmund Ebiware, are embarking on hunger st…

Leadership NewspapersGunmen kill groom in Kano StateCHANNELSThere would be no “happy ever after” for bride Siliya whose groom was killed by unknown assasains, only hours after a wedding. According to reports, Alhaji Lawan Kofar Dawanau, the 47-year…

Mass posting of AIGs, CPs this weekVanguardBy KINGSLEY OMONOBIA ABUJA—Indications emerged, yesterday, that Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, may effect mass posting of officers this week. In this regard, 13 states of the fede…

Leadership NewspapersBayelsa Assembly Indicts Sylva Over ContractsLeadership NewspapersThe members of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly at the weekend indicted the administration of ex-Governor Timipre Sylva over the contracts for the building of the…

Boko Haram Kills 4 in MaiduguriTHISDAY LiveGunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect Sunday killed a trader at the popular Gamboru market in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Boko Haram in two separate attacks on Saturday night, a woman a…

THISDAY LiveFG, Others Owe PHCN N110 billionTHISDAY LiveBy Chineme Okafor The total indebtedness to successor companies of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) has now risen to about N110 billion, THISDAY can report, even as the management of th…

Leadership NewspapersJTF recovers corpses of slain soldiers in Bayelsa •As Navy kills alleged killerNigerian TribuneAUTHORITIES of the Joint Task Force (JTF) codenamed “Operation Pulo Shield”, on Sunday, disclosed that it had recovered the corpse…

Orji suspends 17 council chairmen, othersThe Nation NewspaperBy Ugochukwu Eke, Umuahia 12 hours 27 minutes ago ABIA State Governor Theodore Orji yesterday suspended the Transition Committee Chairmen of the 17 local government councils, his Chief of Sta…

'Cancel Adamawa election'The Nation NewspaperBy Tony Akowe, Kaduna 18 hours 59 minutes ago A civil society group which monitored the Adamawa State governorship election, yesterday called for its cancellation, alleging irregularities. This is al…

National secretary post: My vision for PDP – BabatopeNigerian TribuneOne of the aspirants to the office of the national secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and former Transport and Aviation minister, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, has written to…

Independent OnlineDerivation: N/Delta not overfunded – KukuVanguardBy EMMA UJAH , Abuja Bureau Chief ABUJA—Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs and Chairman of Presidential Amnesty Programme, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, said,weekend, th…

Lagos PDP ward congress fails to hold in some LGsVanguardBy DAPO AKINREFON LAGOS—The scheduled Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ward congress in Lagos State could not hold in some local government areas and wards, weekend, as two factions within the pa…

Oodua groups slam OyinlolaThe Nation NewspaperBy Adesoji Adeniyi, Osogbo 4 hours 41 minutes ago The Oodua Nationalist Coalition (ONAC) yesterday criticised former Osun State Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola for “trying to further diminish the reputation …

I've no problem with Ohakim – OkorochaVanguardBY CHIDI NKWOPARA OWERRI— Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State weekend denied any frosty relationship with his immediate predecessor, Chief Ikedi Ohakim. Okorocha, who was speaking on his return fr…

Leadership NewspapersSoyinka, Nwobodo, Duke storm Ekiti as Aluko is buriedVanguardOde-Ekiti (Ekiti) – The remains of the late Prof. Sam Aluko was laid to rest in his home town, Ode-Ekiti in Gbonyin Local government Area of Ekiti on Saturday. Alukodie…

Leadership NewspapersAdeboye assures of peaceVanguardBY SAM EYOBOKA & OLAYINKA LATONA GENERAL Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, who turned 70 years, on Friday, has assured the president and the people of …

Leadership NewspapersBayelsa Killings – JTF Deploys Local Divers to Recover Corpses of Four SoldiersAllAfrica.comBy Chinedu Wosu, 3 March 2012 Yenagoa — The Joint Military Task Force, JTF code named Operation Pulo Shield, Bayelsa state has declared m…

BusinessDayCorruption – Court Frees Gbenga DanielAllAfrica.comBy Kehinde Akinyemi, 2 March 2012 Abeokuta — A technical loophole on the part of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) gave embattled former governor of Ogun state, Gbenga Da…

Leadership NewspapersJonathan, Governors ClashLeadership NewspapersA silient political war is brewing between the presidency and the 24 governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the choice of the next PDP chairman. A new chairman of the part…

Nigerian TribuneGood governance: Echoes from AkureVanguardBy Tonnie Iredia Last week, one of our old colleagues, the legendary James Iroha, alias Gringory Akabogu of the new Masquerade Television Drama fame passed on. May his soul rest in peace. A reti…

CHANNELSRobberies on Lagos/Ibadan expressway: I escaped through the bush – Wale JohnsonVanguardBy OLASUNKANMI AKONI Narrating his encounter, a victim, Mr Wale Johnson, a business man, said on February 16th, robbers laid siege on Lagos-Ibadan Expressw…

Myjoyonline.comIgbos in Abidjan honour OjukwuVanguardAbidjan- The Igbo Community in Abidjan on Friday honoured the late Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu in grand style, drawing unpredendented crowds of Nigerians and Ivorians to “Cartier Biafra” in…

Spyghana.comPay Baba N25m in 21 days – Court orders NDLEAVanguardBY BARTHOLOMEW MADUKWE An Ikeja High Court, yesterday, ordered the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, to pay the N25 million awarded as damages to Nollywood actor, Babatunde O…

Leadership NewspapersCOCIN Buries Victims of Bomb BlastTHISDAY LiveBy Seriki Adinoyi It was a day of emotions as mourners thronged the Zaria Road burial ground to witness the burial of victims of the last Sunday bomb blast at the headquarters of Church…

CHANNELSWe've complied with NASS directives – FRSCVanguardBY THEODORE OPARA The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC has denied floating the National Assembly's directive on the production of the new National Drivers Licences and number plates. Th…

Times of NigeriaSupreme Court upholds Okorocha's, Uduaghan's electionsThe Nation NewspaperBy Kamarudeen Ogundele, Abuja 18 hours 21 minutes ago The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the victory of Governors Rochas Okorocha (Imo) and Dr. Emmanuel U…

Myjoyonline.comSix die in Ogun, Lagos multiple accidentsThe Nation NewspaperBy Ernest Nwokolo, Abeokuta & Miriam Ndikanwu 12 hours 13 minutes ago Six persons yesterday lost their lives in three separate motor accidents at Papalanto/Ilaro junction i…

The Daily StarExplosion At Bomb Factory Kills Boko Haram MembersNigerian TribuneResidents of Kaleri ward in London Chiki area of Maiduguri Metropolitan Council were again thrown into confusion at about 10:30a.m when explosions were heard at a residence…

Leadership NewspapersAdefulire Charges LGs, LCDAs On PerformanceP.M. NewsThe Lagos State Deputy Governor, Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire has challenged the chairmen of local governments and local council development areas to ensure that they perform to the …

P.M. NewsAdeboye Clocks 70 TodayP.M. NewsThe pastors of The Redeemed Christian Church of God gave their General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, pleasant surprise on Wednesday, the night the Solemn Assembly came to an end. It is the custom of th…

Leadership NewspapersNigeria: Pakistani arrested with USD750,000 heroinAfrique en LiguePakistani arrested in Nigeria – Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 35-year-old Pakistani with 13 kilogrammes of “high grade

Aljazeera.comNigeria MEND militants claim attack, threaten oil shipsReuters* MEND has resurfaced since pipeline attack last month * President Goodluck Jonathan's security forces stretched * Local politics often fuels conflict in oil-rich delta (Add…

Daily SunPhoto: Sun News PublishingDaily SunSpeaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji was on Thursday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before a Federal High Court in Lagos on money laundering charge…

Parade commander, four other cops slump as Ogun CP bows outVanguardBy DAUD OLATUNJI ABEOKUTA—The pull-out parade for the retired Commissioner of Police in Ogun state, Nicholas Nkedeme, yesterday, almost ended in tragedy, as no fewer than five police …

Leadership NewspapersSupreme Court frees condemned cannibal – The GuardianNigerian BulletinIN a dramatic twist of fate, the Supreme Court yesterday set free a self-confessed cannibal, Edet Obeten Mbang, 15 years after he was sentenced to death by han…

NIMET Predicts Bumper Harvest for FarmersAllAfrica.comBy Shehu Abubakar, 2 March 2012 Nigeria is expected to experience normal growing season in 2012 with early and heavy rainfall in most part of the country suggesting bumper harvest for farmers, Direc…

Leadership NewspapersGuber Poll: NAESS Roots For OshiomholeNigerian ObserverAUCHI – The National Association of Edo State Students (NAESS), Auchi Polytechnic chapter has described Comrade Adams Oshiomhole as a legendary performer deserving of a second …

Derivation: Why North can't get more moneyVanguardLAGOS— Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State joined elders and youths of the Niger Delta yesterday in dismissing demands by northern Governors for the scrapping of the derivation principle in reven…

Myjoyonline.com'Ibori has brought shame on Nigeria'The Nation NewspaperBy Adesoji Adeniyi, Osogbo 3 hours 23 minutes ago Chairman, Conference of Speakers of States' Legislature, Hon. Najeem Salaam, has said the former governor of Delta Stat…

Leadership NewspapersLawyers querrel over who represents robbery suspectVanguardBy DAYO JOHNSON AKURE—IT was a show of shame yesterday in Akure the Ondo State capital as two lawyers querrelled over who would give legal representation to six armed rob…

Leadership Newspapers3 die as building collapses in AwkaNigerian TribuneTHREE persons were feared killed while some were trapped when a two-storey building collapsed at Kwata junction, Awka, on the Onitsha-Enugu expressway. The incident happened the da…

Leadership NewspapersVoluntary resignation option coming for Salami•As court adjourns suit on …Nigerian TribuneA new thinking to thaw the ice in the logjam surrounding the future of the suspended president of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Isa Sa…

Leadership NewspapersWe'll reduce loss of sight in Ogun says Amosun's wifeThe Nation NewspaperBy Our Reporter 5 minutes ago Wife of Ogun State Governor, Mrs. Olufunso Amosun has expressed her determination to partner with stakeholders to reduce…

Ojukwu great nationalist, says YugudaVanguardBy Suzan Edeh Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Isa Yuguda has described late Chukwuemeka Ojukwu as a great nationalist who made a lot of sacrifices when it mattered most in ensuring that Nigeria remained on…

Leadership NewspapersAPGA Crisis: Court Dismisses Chekwas' SuitLeadership NewspapersA Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday dismissed a suit asking the court to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)to recognize the Chekwas Ok…

BusinessDayLagos uncovers N82m ghost worker fraudDaily Times NigeriaAbout 100 people have been arrested in connection with ghost workers-fraud schemes in local governments, Local Council Development Area (LCDA) and Local Government Education Authoritie…

Ghana Business NewsGIPC Hosts Africa Investment ForumGhanaWebThe Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), in collaboration with the Commonwealth Business Council (CBC) and the ECOWAS Commission, will host the Africa Investment Forum from 3-4 April 201…

MiamiHerald.comI didn't plead guilty to corruption charges – IboriVanguardFormer governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, who is facing a 10-count charge of stealing, money laundering and corruption at a London court, yesterday, denied pleadin…

Leadership NewspapersAkingbola loses bid to use proceedings of another court to argue case at high …The Nation NewspaperBy Adebisi Onanuga 3 minutes ago Justice Hakeem Abiru of a Lagos High Court, Ikeja yesterday dismissed attempts by former managing…

Ojukwu: Govt tightens security in Akwa, NnewiVanguardBy VINCENT UJUMADU AWKA—THE stage is set for tomorrow's burial of elder statesman and former Military Administrator of Eastern Nigeria, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. Icho Mmadu, a traditiona…