THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is a behemoth in every sense. It has governors in 28 States and the numbers keep increasing through the subterfuge that sees governors decamping to the party. The Houses of Assembly of those States are in PDP’s control. At the National Assembly, PDP has overwhelming hold with 89 senators and […]

The Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (PHCCIMA) on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to dredge the Port Harcourt Port. The President of PHCCIMA, Mr Billy Gillis-Harry, made the call in Port Harcourt when he led officials of the chamber on a facility tour of the port. He said the measure would be in fulfilment of government’s promise to dredge the port before concessioning it.

The management of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja has advised passengers and other stakeholders to be safety conscious when they are around the ‘RAMP’ area of the facility, to avoid accidents. RAMP is the operational area of the airport where aircraft drop and pick passengers, refuel and carry out other checks in preparation for take-offflight. Mr Chris Bature, the airport Manager, gave the advice on Wednesday at a road show to flag off the maiden edition of its “RAMP Safety Week”. We have operational vehicles of all the airlines; we have bouncers or people who bring in fuel to the RAMP, doing their work within the area.

THE Federal Operations Unit (F O U) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Ikeja over the weekend seized contraband goods with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N122million just as 20 suspected smugglers were arrested.

By Emmanuel Majebi The news of the death of Chief  Abdul Ganiyu Oyesola Fawehinmi SAN, came to us like a thief in the afternoon. I was at home resting on Saturday afternoon listening to Channels Television programme “Sunrise”. I was enjoying they comedy of the hot verbal exchanges between Actor Kanayo O. Kanayo and another […]

By Ise-Oluwa Ige About three months ago, the United Kingdom requested the Federal Government for legal assistance in the investigation and prosecution of a London-based broker firm, African Development Fund Incorporation (ADFI), over alleged conspiracy and money-laundering. ADFI, in the letter by UK to the Federal Government, was accused to have criminally conspired with some […]

The Ijaw Monitoring group has faulted the claim by the Amnesty Committee that militants who submitted their arms will not be arrested.

NATIONAL Secretary of Urhobo Political Forum (UPF), Dr. Ebenezer Okorodudu, has dismissed reports that the group has taken a position on 2011, describing comments attributed to Chief Paulinus Akpeki on the issue as his personal opinion.

Nigeria senior Women national team, D’Tigress earned a hard victory over Cote d’’Ivoire in Game-3 of the FIBA Africa Championship for Women Zone-III qualifiers by 71-64 points to book a place in the final round of the 21st FIBA Africa Championship for Women billed for Antananarivo, Madagascar.

Customers of Union Bank PLC in the South Eastern states of Nigeria have re-affirmed their confidence and loyalty to the bank, stating that the recent intervention by the Central Bank of Nigeria would make it more capable of meeting their desires and aspirations.

For many investors in the hospitality sector of the tourism industry, one thing they can not afford to play with is the issue of the sales of alcohol. There are few hotels in Nigeria where alcohol sales are not allowed.

ABUJA – NFF Technical Committee chairman, Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi, yesterday, threw his weight behind the use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, MRI, to ascertain the real age of players in the national Under-17 team, the Golden Eaglets.

THE Governor of Ekiti State, Engineer Olusegun Adebayo Oni has been described as an inestimable and precious asset to Ekiti State in particular and Nigeria in general.

South Africa’s sports minister, Reverend Makhenkesi Stofile, has threatened a “third world war” should the International Association of Athletics Federations ban world champion Caster Semenya.

For been in the forefront in the re-branding Nigeria initiative, the Hon Minister of Information and Communications Prof. Dora Akunyli has named the CEO of Anabel Mobile Mr. Nicholas Okoye as a foot soldier in the effort to redefine the Global perception of the Nigerian Business environment which is a major pillar of the Federal Government’s re-Branding initiative.