* Over N1 billion collected, but each household got between N1,500 to N7,000 * Emergency camps becoming permanent abodes As the controversy over last year flood donations rages, our correspondent, Momoh Obansa who visited some of the affected local government areas recently, reports that victims who lost properties and belongings were given as low as [...]
The succession battle at the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has raged for some time now, with several contenders pulling strings to ensure they emerge victorious at the end of the day. MUSA SIMON REEF and BODE SUNDAY probe into a battle that promises to make or mar the fortunes of the service The exit of [...]
Workers of the National Hospital Abuja (NHA) recently embarked on a three-day warning strike to draw attention to the deplorable condition militating against enhanced medical services by staffers. MUSA SIMON REEF and MOSES JOHN probe into the anger of the workers and why it may take a long time to resolve the thorny issues The [...]
Originally designed to be completed in nine months, the upgrading of the Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, Kaduna (NARHK), which commenced on July 18, 2009, was supposed to be completed in October 2010. Although six months were added to the completion date, the project is stalled because of an alleged power tussle between the Chief of [...]
There is disunity brewing within the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) since the election of Pastor Ayo Joseph Oritsejafor. MUSA SIMON REEF and SAMUEL ARUWAN probe into the forces tearing the body apart Following announcement by the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN) that it was suspending its participation at the national affairs of the Christian [...]
Nearly 10 years after the ceding of Bakassi to Cameroun by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, the Senate last week rekindled the dream of reclaiming the ceded territory through a motion calling on President Goodluck Jonathan to challenge the verdict of the International Court of Justice. ABDULRAHMAN ABDULRAUF and JOSEPH KINGSTON probe the possibility of [...]
The death of the immediate past Ohimege Igu of Kotonkarfe, Alhaji Mamman Lafia, has left a very big vacuum which needs to be filled. MOMOH OBANSA, who has been following the trend, reports on the squabbles that have trailed the selection of a new monarch for Kotonkarfe The late Ohimege of Kotonkarfe in Kogi Local [...]
From left: Deputy Governor Ramalan Yero, Governor Patrick Yakowa, with other government officials inspecting a scene of a bomb blast in Kaduna As the political capital of the Northern region, Kaduna state is very vital to the region, such that the region shares in anything that affects the state. The economy, people and social life [...]
The council of the University of Abuja recently set up a committee to verify the veracity of the allegations on September 20, 2011 as alleged by academic staffers of the institution. In its report submitted to the university’s council, the committee vindicated the position of the Academic Staff Universities Union (ASUU). The report, obtained by [...]
Last week, the National Judicial Council (NJC), recommended the re-instatement of the president of the Court of Appeal, Justice Isa Ayo Salami, nine months after the same body had suspended him. LAWAL SABO IBRAHIM and KUNLE OLASANMI review the controversial circumstances under which the suspension came and also sought the views of some Nigerians on [...]
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