Former House of Representatives aspirant on the platform of the Congress for Progressive Change in Kaduna State, Hajiya Binta Mu’azu, has described the over-reliance on natural resources as a major setback for Nigeria’s economic growth. A business woman cum politician, in this interview with ADEDAYO ADEJOBI, she stressed the need for more women participation in politics, especially at the governorship level. Excerpts:
Author: Dotun Oladipo
Adewale OgunniranThe gradual phasing out of the old plates number and the introduction of the new number plates by the Federal Roads Safety Commission a few months back has attracted criticism from various quarters, not against the introduction of the new number plates but the new price regime, which Nigerians say is too expensive.
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As the Ad-hoc Committee of the House of Representatives on the Capital Market and other Institutions has set an April 17, 2012 date for resumption of its public hearing, a call has been made for the probe to be comprehensive instead of being a selective exercise since it is meant to draw lessons from the market’s past and make recommendations for a more sustainable capital market.
In a renewed effort to check fake private guard companies in Lagos State, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Lagos State Command has discovered and raided 12 illegal private guard companies operating in the state.
The verdict of the coroner inquest into the death of several persons involved in a ghastly accident in Lagos State in 2010 has, again, been adjourned.
He will be chaperoned to and from lectures by his father, and cannot enter bars to drink with his fellow students. It might not resemble normal student life, but Arran Fernandez is not a typical undergraduate.
After two delays from the airline, Dolphins will finally depart for Garoua, Cameroon on Friday aboard a chartered Air Nigeria Flight for the second leg CAF Champions League date with Coton Sport.
A nine-year-old boy in Bremerton, Washington DC, United States of America. wrote a letter apologising to a classmate who was seriously wounded after a gun discharged from his backpack, lodging a bullet in her spine.
Chelsea will face Barcelona after reaching their sixth Champions League semi-final in nine years with victory against Benfica at Stamford Bridge.
The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, has dissolved with immediate effect the State Executive Council.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed October 20, 2012 for the Ondo State governorship election.
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has felicitated with juju maestro, Evangelist Ebenezer Obey-Fabiyi, on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
An interest group, Association of Concerned Parents of Oyo State, has accused teachers in the state of spearheading the ongoing strike to jeopardise the educational development of their children and wards.
Nigeria Premier League side, Shooting Stars Sports Club of Ibadan on Wednesday signed sponsorship agreement deal with Guinness Nigeria Plc.
Transfer window of the 2011/12 Nigeria Premier League will open on Monday immediately after the conclusion Week 19 matches billed for this weekend.
Ahead of this evening cracker against Benfica, Nigerian international, John Obi Mikel. is confident of Chelsea winning the UEFA Champions League and finishing in the top four of the Premier League.
The President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has risen in self-defence of his action of accepting a 2,500-capacity church from a Federal Government contractor, Gitto, in his hometown, Otuoke, Bayelsa State.
The President of Confederation of African Football, Issa Hayatou, has expressed shock and sadness following the death of the President of the Somali Football Association, NUR Said Mohamud, during a suicide bomb attack in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Wednesday.
The ongoing strike in Oyo State took a dangerous dimension on Wednesday, as the officials of the state council of Nigeria Civil Service Union cried out over alleged threat to their lives.