“We remind the primary six graduands as they leave, that we expect them to be role models, and to show examples as paragons of excellence wherever they go.

The nine lucky students, who emerged through draw from the 24 shortlisted nominees, are among scores of Nigerian students whose applications to universities in the UK are being processed by PFL.

By Olasunkanmi Akoni & Chioma Obinna In a renewed effort to stamp out poliomyelitis in the state, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State will on Saturday chair a two-day stakeholders’ forum on polio eradication initiative aimed at fashioning ways to deal with the challenges militating against polio eradication in the state. State Commissioner for Health, […]

The Action Congress (AC) has dared the Federal Government to heed the advice of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and seal off the 37 development areas in Lagos State, warning that Nigerians will definitely resist such dictatorial move.

THE first phase of the 1074 Megawatts (Mw) power plant at Umuobasi-Ukwu, near Alaoji in Abia State, one of those being constructed under the National Integrated Power Programme (NIPP) have achieved 85 per cent completion with indications that one of the turbines could be fired in the next eight months.

By Emeka Mamah The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has reviewed the bloody Boko Haram saga in parts of the North and traced activities of the Muslim religious sect to what it described as the prevailing harsh economic situation in the country. The group noted, however, that it was concerned over the seeming extra-judicial killing of […]

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said late Tuesday that its disarmament would not be in exchange for money as the opening of a government amnesty offer window was due in less than 48 hours. “When we choose to disarm, it will be done freely, knowing that the reason for our […]

Former FCT Minister, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, has described the President Umaru Yar’Adua’s administration as inept and rudderless, regretting that former President Olusegun Obasanjo was misled into supporting Yar’Adua in 2007.

AN end to the lingering face-off between the Federal Government and the Lagos State government over the 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state may not be in sight as the Federal Government came hard on the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, when it described the action of the Governor on the creation of the LCDAs as not only mischievous but also as an attempt to distract the central government from implementing its Seven-Point agenda.

Fresh crisis looms in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, as the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide, Central Zone has given the Hausa community in the state 72 hours to produce the man that killed a mother and daughter last month in the capital city.