A Court of Appeal sitting in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, Tuesday, dismissed the appeal by the state government challenging the judgment of Justice A.K Fowe of an Ado Ekiti High Court which declared the dissolution of the Ekiti State Local Government Service Commission by Governor Kayode Fayemi as unlawful and of no effect.

When the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in Bauchi State, started its fight against crime, it discovered that 75 percent of youths in the state were under the influence of drugs.

In an effort to boost indigenous participation in the nation’s oil and gas industry following the passage of the Nigerian Content Development Act by the federal Government the Petroleum Technology and Development Fund (PTDF), has concluded plans to continually boost indigenous capacity to pave way for indigenous participation in the oil and gas industry.

The discordant tune of the Central Bank of Nigeria on the resolution of the eight rescued banks entered another phase yesterday in far away South Africa, where it announced its intention to nationalise the banks should they fail to recapitalise by the September 31st deadline.

The Federal Ministry of Education has expressed disgust over the mass failure of its directors in its last promotion examination.

The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Tuesday , described calls for the establishment of special courts for the prosecution of economic crimes in the country as needless, insisting that such cases ought to be referred to it by the various anti-graft agencies.

KADUNA and Kebbi states threw the essence of the essence of the National Sports Festival (NSF) going on in Port Harcout to the mud Tuesday when both states’Dambe and Kakowa (traditional wrestling) engaged in a free for all fight at the indoor Sports Hall of the Port Harcourt Civic Centre.

Badminton Federation of Nigeria (BFN) secretary-general, Amaechi Akawo has disclosed that Nigeria would not participate in the Africa Junior Championships in Mozambique from July 24 to July 30.

A planned boycott of technical officials was averted over the weekend here in Port-Harcourt as all the technical officials were paid their dues in full and this has seen a good performance on their part.

IF there is anyone doubting the ability of Ogun state ranking among the top four finishers in the Garden City Games in Port Harcourt, the former Commissioner of Sports in the state, Bukola Olapade has sounded it loud and clear that Ogun will be among the top four finishers in the festival.

A mild drama played out, Tuesday, at the Oduduwa office of the Lagos State Police Command Public Relations Officer, when Mr. Arowolo Akolade, 30, alleged to have murdered his wife, Titi Arowolo, slumped when he saw newsmen waiting anxiously to speak with him.

The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, and the European Union, EU, are now fine tuning ways to address exploration and production challenges, especially of offshore safety and human resource availability with a view to creating a safer operating environment.

DESPITE heavy security put in place to tame the Boko Haram sect and as the Senate was having crucial meeting with security chiefs in Abuja on how to find solution to the problem, yesterday, the group struck again killing seven persons in separate attacks in Maiduguri, Borno State

Nasarawa put a stop to Rivers’ sweep of cycling medals at the 17th National Sports Festival in Port Harcourt by winning the men’s 140 kilometres mass start road race.

Rivers failed to qualify for the women hockey event’s quarter-finals at the 17th National Sports Festival in Port Harcourt as they lost their protest against Delta