Presidential Election: Regional Leaders Applaud Jonathan’s Statesmanship
Leaders from the ECOWAS sub-region Tuesday in Accra paid glowing tribute to President Goodluck Jonathan for his contributions to regional peace, security and overseeing the conduct of successful elections in…
Governors Now One Family Again, Elects Yari as Chairman
Nigerian Governors have at last sheathed their sword and buried their differences. In a landmark meeting late Monday night in Abuja the governors resolved to unite and promote a common…
Rivers: AGF Directs Bayelsa CJ to Swear in Nyesom Wike on May 29
To avert a constitutional crisis, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, has directed the Chief Judge of Bayelsa State to administer Oath of…
History as Apple Buys a Nigerian’s ICT Firm for $1Bn
Apple has bought Chinedu Echeruo’s HopStop.com, The Wall Street Journal’s publication, AllThingsDigital reports. Founded in 2005, HopStop.com makes mobile applications for both iOS and Android that covers over 300 cities…
Splinter Governors’ Forums Unite as Shettima Succeeds Aliyu
The troubled Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, was on the path of reconciliation Monday night as henchmen behind the two factions met for the first time since the divisive election that…
Court Orders GTBank to Refund Illegally Withdrawn N5.3bn from Customer’s Account
For a client of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), Dr. Ted I. Edwards, justice seems to have been served as a court has ordered the bank to pay back a hefty…
Fuel Scarcity to Worsen as Oil Workers Threaten Shut Down over Sale of Oil Blocs
Employees of the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), have been directed to shutdown indefinitely their locations and all oil production facilities…
Stakeholders See Boom in Africa ICT Bourse as TD, EMC Seal Partnership
The partnership between global data storage giants EMC and Technology Distributions, biggest ICT distributors in Sub-Saharan Africa has been hailed as a strategic initiative which will go a long way…
Jonathan Fires NIPC Boss, Umar, Appoints Hassan-Baba
President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), Mrs. Saratu Altine Umar. A statement issued by the president’s spokesperson Reuben Abati said…
Senator-elect, Khalifa Zannah, Dies of Liver Cancer
Borno State senator-elect Khalifa Ahmed Zannah, who was re-elected in the April, 2015 election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to represent Borno Central Senatorial District at…