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The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the Federal Government to publish the names and other details of contractors who allegedly collected money and disappeared without executing awarded electricity projects since the return to democracy in 1999. Justice Chuka Obiozor handed down the order in a suit filed by …

President Muhammadu Buhari has solicited the support of the Islamic Development Bank to address Nigeria’s infrastructure deficit. The President’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, said this in a statement. Adesina said the President made the call during a bilateral meeting with Dr Mansur Muhtar, Vice President, Islamic Development Bank on the margins …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Sunday described the President Muhammadu Buhari’s policy on education as anti-masses. It accused the All Progressives Congress government of a deliberate plan to starve public education with funds in order to deny Nigerian youths the right to know and challenge misrule. In a …

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka and Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, have called on Nigerians to defend the sanctity of their ancestral land. They urged the people to recognise that the internal colonisation project is ever recurrent, as there are backward, primitive, undeveloped minds that have failed …

The Christian Association of Nigeria has explained why it has refused to ‘jump to conclusions’ about the rape allegations against the Senior Pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, Biodun Fatoyinbo It however stated that, no matter who is involved, rape is ungodly and reprehensible. CAN, in a statement by its …

The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum has said there is a surreptitious plan by the Federal Government to repeal the Land Use Act and take over the control of lands in the country from state governors. This, it said, was to enable the government to subsequently implement the suspended …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has inaugurated a modern multi-media studio to enhance its communication strategies. The Group Managing Director of the Corporation, Dr Maikanti Baru, applauded the leadership of the corporation’s Group Public Affairs Division (GPAD) for efficiently managing resources to build an ultra-modern multi-media studio. Baru gave …

Secretary, Mogaji Gboyega Adejumo, The Yoruba Summit Group wondered why the 30-day ultimatum given by the Coalition of Northern Groups to Southern leaders and governor to rescind their decision on Ruga or face the consequences had not led to the arrest of those that issued the ultimatum. Quoting a Yoruba …

In an authoritative autobiography that captured major challenges he encountered in journalism and politics, former Ogun State governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba, has lamented that the All Progressives Congress (APC) its founding leaders planned and worked for “is yet to find its political feet.” Osoba, who chaired the committee that produced …

The Deputy Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Okey Onyekanma, has urged the House to probe the former governor, Rochas Okorocha, for allegedly spending about N500m to renovate the state House of Assembly complex. The call followed a motion moved by the majority leader, Chigozie Nwaneri, demanding the …