Graft: Labour demands judicial commission
Labour and civil society leaders yesterday demanded that President Umaru Yar’adua set up a judicial commission of inquiry to investigate suspected corrupt deals in the last administration and to recover all looted funds from the culprits. It was the highlight of a big march staged through the streets of Abuja to ... Read more...
Turaki pleads not guilty to EFCC charges
Former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Ibrahim Saminu Turaki yesterday pleaded not guilty to the 32...
CBN threatens MFBs over monthly returns
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday threatened to revoke the operating license of any Microf...
Senate sets up constitution review committee
The Senate yesterday kick-started the process of constitutional amendment with the formation of a 37...
1,946 uncompleted rural electricity projects abandoned
Not less then 1,946 uncompleted rural electricity projects have been abandon between 1999 and 2007 b...Re: “Not thigh, it is hind leg…”
"We call the intention good which is right in itself, but the action is good, not because it contains within it some good, but because it is issued from a good intention".Peter Abelard (1079...Visit police cells regularly, lawyer tells govt
A human rights lawyer, Barrister Nnaemeka Ejiofor has called on the Attorney-General of the Federation, the Chief Justice of Nigeria and the Inspector-General of Police to jointly visit police cells a...Coy takes over Kwara Satellite Motel reconstruction
An indigenous leading construction company in the country, Gutherie Nigeria Limited, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Kwara state government to reconstruct and improve the perfo...Wamakko’s candidature proper, logical and legal
Right from the time the Appeal Tribunal delivered its verdict in Kaduna, which set aside the April 14, 2007 governorship election in Sokoto State, several unsolicited interpretations of the judgments ...Microsoft abandons Yahoo acquisition
Software giant Microsoft has dropped its three-month-old bid to buy internet firm Yahoo because the two sides cannot agree on an acceptable sale price. Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer formally...Halal Fund public offer successful- Hajara Adeola
Lotus Capital, a new entrant into the stock market has announced that its public offer, the Halal Fund, which recently closed to the investing public, has been successful, as Nigerian Muslims and adhe...Kaduna Utd budgets N60m for next season
In a bid to retain its Premier- ship status at the end of next season, newly promo-ted Professional League 1A champion, Kaduna United has budgeted about N60 million for the coming season.Be first to c...AD will soon bounce back –Party vice chairman
Alliance for Democracy (AD) was so popular in the south west when the present political order began in 1999, that it swept all the councils and states in the geo-political zone. However, in 2003, the ...Life in a wheelbarrow
Around the FCT are groups of physically challenged persons, who seem to live in the wheelbarrows which they use to move around. Boco Edet reports on the remarkable lives of women who live in wheelbarr...Cholera: The myths and truths
There was fear and news of deaths everywhere in Makurdi, the capital of Benue state; the markets were filled with attractive display of various fruits and vegetables but no one dared buy, sachet and b...Community news
Gwale LG empowers 300 youths
04.05.2008 | Community news
Worried by the rising unemployment among youths, Gwale Local Government Council in Kano State has trained 300 youths in various vocational skills ranging from computer, metalwork, carpentry, among others. Read more
Travel & Leisure
Hotels meant for decent people, not hooligans - CEO Sharon Hotels
Architect (Pastor) Ifeanyi Odedo, the Chairman/CEO of Sharon Groups of Hotels, in this interview, said operators of hospitality tfits must expunge services that encourages vices not minding the financial gains,… Read more
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- Yar’adua presents N69.9bn 2008 FCT budget to NASS
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- Acute water shortage hits Gusau
- Former Kaduna Gov, AVM Usman Mu’azu, dies
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- I’ll not seek for redress –Bamaiyi
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Editorial
The Arts
Kano’s home of history and culture
Gidan Dan Hausa has a long history associated with Hausa socio-cultural development. It was also the first zoological garden in the entire Northern Nigeria, as Sunday Trust’s Hassan A. Karofi… Read more
Weekend sports
… Settles rift with NFA
The Nigeria Football Association and the newly contracted Super Eagles head coach, Shaibu Amodu on Friday said they have settled their past disagreements and would henceforth work together without rancour. Read more
Weekend magazine
As an icon bows out
Tuesday April 22, at 2:18pm, my phone text message alert beeped. It was a five-word message from my friend, Alhaji Ishaq Salihu Maaji. And it read: Professor Albert Ozigi is… Read more
Letters
UI crisis management: Bamiro’s example
Recently, the relative peace that has been pervading the University of Ibadan (UI) was almost shattered as angry students abandoned their classrooms and blocked the main entrance to the… Read more
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