National
7 Dec 2015
IRKED by the lingering fuel scarcity across the country, the Senate has unveiled plans to engage the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on the possibility of opening a special window for petroleum marketers to access foreign exchange which had remained a major challenge to marketers in their quest to import petroleum products.
7 Dec 2015
THE Department of State Service (DSS) has arrested two of its five operatives who allegedly connived with five soldiers to rob a bureau de change (BDC) operator of N310 million in Abuja.
7 Dec 2015
CITING the need to consolidate as it transits from one level to another in the course of its struggle, the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has rebranded to Biafra Independent Movement (BIM).
6 Dec 2015
TOUGHER times seem to lie ahead for Nigeria as the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) decided to maintain crude oil output despite pressure to cut production to ameliorate the effects of the plummeting prices on member countries’ revenues.
6 Dec 2015
ALTHOUGH the All Progressives Congress (APC) was yesterday declared the winner of the Kogi State governorship election that was concluded at the weekend, intra-party wrangling is apparently dampening the celebration that should follow the electoral victory.
6 Dec 2015
WITH official results so far released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the Bayelsa governorship election, the incumbent Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, is leading his closest rival, Timipre Sylva by a margin of 25, 420 votes.
6 Dec 2015
The House of Representatives has vowed to reverse the land swap policy in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) initiated by former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.
6 Dec 2015
The multinational enterprise (MNE) is an organization that owns or controls production of goods or services in one or more countries other than their home country. It is usually a large corporation which produces or sells goods or services in various countries: Importing and exporting goods and services Making significant investments in a foreign country…
6 Dec 2015
Barring any change of plan, the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) will soon commence the process of offloading 30 per cent of its remaining 40 per cent shares in the nation’s 11 privatised electricity distribution companies (Discos) to states.
6 Dec 2015
The Guardian, at the weekend in Lagos, won two of the awards up for grabs at the grand finale of the 24th edition of the Diamond Award for Media Excellence (DAME).
6 Dec 2015
HUNDREDS of passengers are stranded in airports across the federation due to the harmattan haze which forced many airliners to reschedule flights, The Guardian has learnt.
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