INTERVIEW: Why I will not step down for Governor Akpabio in 2015- Senator Aloysius Etok
Mr. Etok speaks on his duties in the Senate and relationship with the governor. Aloysius Etok is the Chairman of...
EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian military gives recipe for stampede-free mass recruitments
The Nigerian military has given a recipe on how to conduct death and stampede-free mass recruitments in the country. This...
EXCLUSIVE: Anti-Gay law may threaten US, UK multimillion dollar projects for Nigerian gays
President Jonathan’s assent to the anti-gay law may jeopardise all ongoing projects targeted at the HIV/AIDS high-risk groups, especially homosexuals....
UPDATE: Shell declares Force Majeure on Forcados facility after MEND attack
MEND claimed responsibility for attack on the pipeline The Management of Shell Petroleum Development Corporation, SPDC, on Thursday said it...
National Conference: North will pull out of Nigeria if …., – Lamido of Adamawa
National Conference delegate and Lamido of Adamawa says, "If you push us to wall, we can easily walk out of...
National Conference raises 50-member Consensus Group to resolve voting procedure Logjam
The deadlock at the conference continues as the Lamido of Adamawa warns against pushing North to the wall The fourth...
National Conference: Don’t push the North to the wall, Lamido of Adamawa warns
National Conference raises 50-Member consensus group to resolve logjam The fourth day of plenary at the on-going National Conference ended...
National Conference amends “offensive” rule against media
The ThisDay publisher and media representative, Nduka Obaigbena, made a case for journalists. The National Conference, on Tuesday, amended a...
National Conference stalled as delegates disagree on voting procedure
Delegates failed to agree on the rule for reaching a consensus. The proceedings at the National Conference were brought to...
National Conference: Delegates attempt to wield powers over National Assembly
After a passionate debate, the Conference voted to send its report to the President for consideration. Some delegates to National...
National Conference: Tempers rise as delegates fail to agree on voting procedure
“Having waited for it for over 20 years, for this, Mr. Chairman we are here to make history. I will...
EXCLUSIVE: Female Delegates poised for war with male colleagues over alleged harassment of Conference Secretary, Azinge
The female delegates are ganging up to check male domination and high-handedness at the Conference Female delegates to the ongoing...
National Conference: Plenary resumes Monday; Christian, Muslim prayers cancelled
The National Conference will resume plenary sitting on Monday after delegates went on a three-day break to study the working...
Nigerian Govt to spend N1.18 billion as monthly allowances for Conference Delegates
PREMIUM TIMES had exclusively reported on Friday that the delegates would get far less than the N4million a month that...
National Conference: Delegates to earn less than speculated N4 million monthly
Delegates would only be paid sitting allowance for 48 days. Indications have emerged that delegates to the ongoing National Conference...
Exclusive: How Interior Minister, Abba Moro, sidelined Immigration boss, Parradang, from killer recruitment
A protest letter from the Immigration boss, Mr. Parradang, sheds light into a process many Nigerians believe was hijacked and...
Delegates admit they are Nigeria’s Problem as National Conference holds first dramatic session
Delegates Ita- Giwa and Nuhu Sanusi say many of the problems Nigeria is facing were caused by some of the...
National Conference outcome may be subjected to referendum, President Jonathan says
President Jonathan says he has no personal agenda President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday assured Nigerians that he has no personal...
Behold the 2014 class of Nigeria national conference
The are some of the men and women who might shape Nigeria's future President Goodluck Jonathan Monday (today) inaugurate the...
Nigeria: Immigration pockets N520 million from job seekers, as Interior Minister blames applicants for deaths at recruitment centres
Nigeria’s interior minister, Abba Moro, has denied responsibility for the deaths of more than a dozen job applicants at Nigeria...
PDP regrets deaths at Immigration recruitment, calls for urgent probe
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Saturday regretted the deaths of job seekers during stampedes in some states of the...
Blood, sorrow and tears as job seekers perish at Immigrations recruitment centres
It was a tale of blood, sorrow and tears as the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, conducted recruitment examination for tens...
Nigeria: 7 applicants die in stampede at Immigration employment screening
At least seven job seekers died on Saturday at the Abuja National Stadium while scrambling to secure seats for a...
EXCLUSIVE: How presidential aides with less duties earn more money than Police Inspector-General
Successive Nigerian governments between 2007 and 2014 have paid far higher salaries and perks of office to some presidential aides...
Kidnappers of Wazobia FM journalist demand N10 million ransom; station wants unconditional release
Mr. Akatakpo, alias Akas Baba, is the host of “Make Una Wake Up” a breakfast show on Wazobia FM, Port Harcourt....
