By Ola Ajayi IBADAN—THE governorship candidate of the All Nigeria’s Peoples Party (ANPP) in the 2007 election in Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has advised Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala to jettison the military disposition he is using on the striking lecturers and workers of the Polytechnic Ibadan. Senator Ajimobi who spoke at the third annual Rammadan […]

By Chinyere Amalu ABUJA- Not less than 732 Nigerians are in various Chinese prisons for various offences; 322 out of the number are in detention and another 304 are awaiting deportation, while the remaining 106 are in prison for trafficking, robbery and fraud. According to a statement by the Ministry of Foreign affairs, the Permanent […]

The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) and insurance operators have teamed up to enforce compliance with the six compulsory insurance products with the aim of generating additional N836 billion premium income.

By Paul Bassey Events of the last three weeks, including two editorial pieces on our sports, coming as it were from two top newspapers – Guardian and The Sun – have set me thinking on the future of sports in this country, the most recent being the reelection bid of the outgoing President of the […]

By Emma Amaize & Festus Ahon WARRI – DEPUTY SPEAKER of Delta State House of Assembly, Basil Ganagana, said, weekend that the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC) were set to pool resources with Delta State government on the construction of the 38 km Uduophori-Toru-Angiama-Agoloma-Patani Road in Patani local government area […]