By  Peter Duru MAKURDI— Disappointed by the failure of the lease agreement entered into by the state government for the revival of the ailing Taraku Oil Mills, the Benue State House of Assembly has nullified the deed the state government entered with Yelwata Trading Company for non-performance. The Assembly also hinged its reasons for the […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni & Monsur Olowopejo As part of a comprehensive vision to transform Lagos into the model mega-city in Africa, Governor Babatunde Fashola yesterday declared open the second stakeholders’ forum on digital mapping, Geographic Information System (GIS) in the state.

Former Athletics Federation of Nigeria president, Dan Ngerem, has backed Solomon Ogba to succeed in his task to put Nigeria athletics back into the world map

World football governing body, FIFA, has appointed Nigerian media diva, Aisha Falode, as a Venue Media Officer for the upcoming FIFA Confederations Cup tournament holding in the Republic of South Africa.
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By Anayo Okoli Umuahia—ABIA state Governor, Chief Theodore Orji has expressed concern over the lingering state of insecurity in the state,  saying that adequate measures have been put in place to deal with those perpetrating violent crimes, particularly kidnapping in the state.

LIKE a bolt out from the blues, the Nigeria Wrestling Board of Control, NWB of C, yesterday, threatened the African Heavyweight title fight between Ultimate Commander and Canadian Joe Legend when it revoked all national titles of wrestlers.

The United Nations Education Fund (UNICEF) will today re- appoint Nigeria football star Nwankwo Kano as UNICEF Nigeria’s Goodwill Ambassador.

By Isiaka Oyibo LOKOJA — A man in his mid-30s, yesterday, got drowned in River Niger while trying to fetch water with a bucket from the river at Ganaja area of Lokoja.

WITHOUT flexing his muscles, he looks as harmless as a lamb. His fine face could easily give him out as one of the pin-up guys or better still, one of the Nollywood guys. But beneath these lies an incredible power that has seen him torture men bigger and taller in the rings.

While expressing confidence in Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan as a detribalized Deltan, he lamented that the Ndokwa nation has never been given the opportunity to produce a commissioner for the NDDC.

Former Green Eagles defender, Sylvanus Okpalla, has picked out two players, Seyi Olofinjana and Kalu Uche as the weak links in the Super Eagles World Cup qualifier at the Abuja National Stadium last Sunday.
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By Victor Ahiuma-Young FOR employers in the food and beverage sector of the nation’s economy, the gradual and steady waning capacity utilisation and employment generation in the sector and indeed, the entire manufacturing sector in the country, is something that the government must urgently address frontally if the country’s dream of joining top 20 economies […]

GlaxoSmithKline   Consumer (GSK) PLC has launched a new campaign slogan  tagged: ‘Energizing the Nation’ for Lucozade Boost, even as Indulge organisation, a fitness cum healthy lifestyle advocate and organiser of the Indulge Wellness Awards has adjudged the product most healthy sport drink in the country.

The new Administration  of Governor Olusegun Mimiko is set to disburse the sum of N1 Billion to small scale industries and cooperative societies in the State.

MANAGING Director of Freedom Mortgage Finance Limited, Dr Tommy Ighrakpata-Peters, has commended the board of Delta State Oil Producing and Development Commission (DESOPADEC) for ensuring peace and socio-economic development in oil producing areas in the state.