Guardian Nigeria

Thai PM offers to dissolve parliament in September

THAILAND’S prime minister yesterday said that he would dissolve Parliament in September, paving the way for new elections demanded by anti-government protesters if they end their crippling occupation of Bangkok’s commercial district.
14 years ago

As we mourn Yar’Adua

Written by Paul I. Adujie I join all Nigerians and Nigerian, my nation in mourning the death of President Umaru Musa YarAdua, this sad news of President YarAdua’s passing was received on
14 years ago

Turai accompanies Yar’Adua’s corpse

Former First Lady, Turai Yar’Adua, accompanied her husband’s body to Katsina with a final military parade at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja before their departure to his final resting place in Katsina,
14 years ago

Govt seeks tougher sanctions for tax evaders

* Pledges transparent oil licensing rounds ACTING President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday sent a bill to the National Assembly, seeking far-reaching tax reforms.In the meantime, the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke,
14 years ago

Reps reject Option A4, electronic voting

* Okay terms for independent candidacy* Ex-govs want two-party system* Assembly shut out NUJ protestersMEMBERS of the House of Assembly yesterday refused to endorse Option A4 and electronic machine for voting in
14 years ago

Yar’Adua dies at 58

Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, President and Commander in Chief of Nigerian Armed Forces is dead. He died late Wednesday evening, about 9 o’clock at his official residence in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He
14 years ago

Pools of danger on the highway

* Motorists want FERMA to rehabilitate flooded sections of Apapa-Oshodi expresswayTWENTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Tony Omeni is one of the hundreds of thousands of people who reside in the vast area between Sanya and Ijesha
14 years ago