By Ehis Osajie Abuja – The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has started investigations into the alleged N90 billion fraud leveled against managers of Pension Fund for retirees in the health sector. The ICPC Resident Consultant (media & events), Mr Folu Olamiti confirmed this yesterday in a statement released in Abuja. […]

There were at least some attempts made by the Americans to seem to work with Nigerian officials to make the visit hitch-free. Clinton’s visit left behind a lot of ruffled feathers. Even the media were not spared, as she did not even bother to wave the press corps goodbye, let alone stop briefly for a perfunctory chat.

Hi readers! It was nice to be pursued once more, but frankly, I don’t see myself falling for Alfred or any other man for many years, or even forever! To me, no man can ever measure up to late dear Vic. He was in a class of his own – so refined and a complete gentleman. Even if he had lived up to two hundred years, he would still appeal to me. Strong words, yes? But true! It was his mind and character, you see.

By Abdulwahab Abdulah Abuja-Two Nigerian Ministers, President, Nigerian Guild of Editors, Mr Gbenga Adefaye and the Executive Director of the African Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC), Dr. Alex Ezeh are expected to make presentations at the orientation workshop on “Public Policy Making and Working with the Media” being put together by a Nairobi based […]

By Patience Ogbodo Bauchi -  THE Bauchi State Government has been urged to introduce monthly environmental sanitation in order to improve the poor sanitary conditions of the street and houses in the state. According to a communiqué issued  by participants at the end of a two-day workshop organised by Bauchi State Agency for the Control […]

By Wole Mosadomi Minna – Security agencies who dislodged the members of the Darul-Islam in Mokwa, Niger State have started screening members of the sect towards identifying their different nationalities. Just as the screening exercise continues, leader of the sect, Bashir Abdullahi has protested to the government to pay them adequate compensation for their displacement […]

Vivian Chukwuemeka is blowing hot over the doping problems that have seen her leave the Nigerian Berlin Hotel camp here.
“If my urine tested positive to any banned drug, then the sample must have been tampered with. I have thrown 18 metres and didn’t test positive. Is it now that I am throwing just above 17 meters? Something is wrong somewhere and the federation has questions to answer.

Olusoji Fasuba is leaving Berlin happy with the way he ran here.The former World Indoor and current African Champion lost out in the second round here but was not disappointed.

By Demola Akinyemi Ilorin -  The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  has  urged the ruling Action Congress (AC) party in Lagos State to obey the constitution and the supreme court judgment and  revert to the status quo ante just as the party accused the elites of inciting the state against the Federal Government. The national […]

The Action Congress (AC) in Osun State has raised an alarm over alleged plan by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state to use the police to arrest its gubernatorial candidate, Mr Rauf Aregbesola over the bomb blast that rocked the state secretariat in 2007.