The Supreme Court today waived the Court of Appeal’s decision that ordered the removal of the Chairman Senate Committee on Gas, Senator Nkechi Nwogu, as the duly elected Senator representing Abia Central Senatorial District. Presiding Justice Francis Adebiyi while setting aside the lower court’s decision of December 13th, 2011, said the sole ground for removing Senator Nwogu from office was not on election ...

The Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, says prison officers are ill equipped to hold high profile suspects and criminals, especially terrorists. Mr. Moro said at a media Briefing in Abuja that terrorism suspects within the prison walls have made the prison service vulnerable to attacks by the insurgents. The Minister added that the prisons were initially built for minor cases but the advent of insurgency has ...

Reactions have started to trail the nationwide broadcast by President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday in which he expressed his anger over the endless bloodshed in some northern states, and declaring a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States. Lending his support to the President's action, prominent lawyer, Festus Keyamo, says the decision was long overdue, adding that the activities of the insurge ...

In what appears to be about the boldest step taken by the Federal Government in tackling the insurgency in the northern part of Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in three states, namely: Borno, Yobe and Adamawa. In a nationwide broadcast, President Jonathan said the growing insecurity in these troubled states compelled him to exercise his powers as enshrined in Se ...

The Federal Government says it has set aside $100m from the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) to tackle the high rate of maternal and child mortality in the country. The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Mohammed Ali Patte made the announcement at the launch of the conditional cash transfer pilot programme of SURE-P in Abuja. The minister challenged Nigerians to hold government account ...

The Deputy Governor of Osun State; Mrs Tomori has hinted that motivating the teachers can actually work magic as this was one of the game plans that the Osun State government applied. Principals that have haven’t gotten promotion for more than five years were promoted by the governor; several other teachers who had not gotten promotion for a long time were also promoted. Salaries were reviewed, housing loan ...

The UK Foreign Secretary; William Jefferson Hague has reacted fervidly to the recent extremist attack in north east Nigeria, as he reiterated UK’s support pointing out that the protection the citizens who are civilians is paramount. According to a press statement released by through Rob Fitzpatrick; the Press, Political and Public Affairs Officer of the British High Commission, Abuja, Hague expressed his de ...

Former Head of State and presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change; General Muhammadu Buhari firmly stated today that the All Progressives Congress would be too strong for the PDP to resist come 2015. If the optimism being expressed by former Head of State and presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change; General Muhammadu Buhari is anything to go by, then the ruling Peo ...

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has warned against the politicisation of the funds meant for the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals. Speaking during an advocacy visit by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on MDG, Dr Precious Gbeneol, Governor Okorocha said the bureaucracy associated with accessing the funds have been frustrating. He advised that government should not be dire ...

The Vice President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Mr Issa Aremu has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to resign if he cannot call to order the Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta, Mr Kingsley Kuku and former Niger Delta Militant, Mr Asari Dokubo as he reacted to the inciting statements made by these men. In Mr. Aremu's words “It was regrettable that people of questionable character were the o ...