Delta jets (file photo)Delta Air Lines this week began a twice-weekly service between Abuja and New York, the first direct flight connecting the Nigerian capital and the United States. The world's biggest airline says the new service would...
The newly reconstituted technical board of the Nigeria Telecommuni-cations Ltd (NITEL) has directed that an audit of the assets of the company be undertaken and a status report submitted to verify allegations of asset stripping levelled against the immediate past...
The worst of the global economic crisis is far from over but there are signs that the world has started to crawl out of recession, IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said yesterday. Financeministers of the Group of Eight nations agreed over the weekend that the global...
One issue that has dominated public discourse in Nigeria lately is the need to establish special courts to handled corruption cases in the country. While it is no longer news that corruption is one of the greatest challenges facing the country in recent time, many have...
The Federal Government on Monday asked a Federal High Court Abuja to dismiss a suit filed by a South Korean firm to challenge the revocation of its two oil prospecting licences. "We are urging your lordship to dismiss this action as incompetent in law and totally...
SwissAmbassador to Nigeria, Mr Andreas Baum, yesterday dispelled the notion that his country was all about stolen money from developing countries. The problem of perception is still there, so I thought somehow it is history, but it is not history. It is an ongoing...
Bayelsa United are the new league champions of Nigeria after they held hosts Warri Wolves to a 2-2 draw in Oleh on Sunday, however, their celebrations were halted as captain Abiel Tador was later shot dead. United finished top of the 20-team championship on...
The Supreme Court last Thursday laid to rest attempts by former governor of Anambra State, Chief Andy Uba, to reclaim his mandate on account of the April 14, 2007 governorship election. Davidson Iriekpen reviews the entire case and concludes that one clear option left...
Education, a critical factor in the development of any society, constitutes one of the highpoints of the Seven-Point Agenda of the Yar`Adua administration. This is quite understandable, considering where the President is coming from. It is on record that Umar Musa...
There is no denying the fact that there will be a governorship election in Anambra State before March 2010, to allow for a fresh mandate for Governor Peter Obi to serve his second tenure. Obviously for this reason and for tile fact that Governor Obi is widely and almost...
For the fourth time in a week, the Movement for the Eman cipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) claimed Monday it had carried out attacks against the facilities of US oil giant Chevron in Nigeria's Niger Delta region, this time blowing up a key flow station and other...
