Edo State chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has conferred an award of excellence on the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Edo State, Mr Peter Okhiria, for his “effective public relations and information management.”

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has directed its members to sell kerosene at N50 per litre in their filling stations. It also said that the Federal Government’s plan to privatise the four refineries would enhance the quality and supply chain of petroleum products across the country.

BY IDOWU AJANAKU The most memorable moments of life’s varied encounters sometimes come without a force or fanfare. But as events unfold years later, we come to recognise their landmark nature and what truly defined them. Such was my first chanced meeting with the former governor of Lagos State, the icon of democracy, Asiwaju Bola […]

That was the response of the Nigeria Insurance Deposit Corporation (NDIC) to the plight of those who invested in the failed public offers of Allstate Trust Bank and Trade Bank.

The European Union, EU, has agreed to partner with the Federal Government to ensure the provision of electricity to rural communities not captured in the national grid.

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, yesterday, accused the executive arm of government of paying lip service to the fight against corruption even as the African Development Bank (AfDB), says an estimated US2.6 trillion dollars gets stolen annually through high level corrupt practices in Africa.

Isoko United Front, IUF, has called on elected and and appointed officials from Isoko ethnic nationality  to close ranks and work as one family to attract development and boost the political fortunes of the area. Chairman of IUF, Mr. Francis Ughegbe, who made the call at a meeting of the body at Owhelogbo, Isoko North […]

GOVERNOR Peter Obi of Anambra State, yesterday, distributed 100 additional buses to public and mission schools in the state, bringing to 300 the number of schools that have so far benefited from the gesture.

The Bauchi State High Court Number 10 has jailed a 32-year-old man, Usman Abubakar, a staff of Kirfi GeneralHospital, for killing a 60-year-old woman.

OFFICIALS of the Special Fraud Unit, SFU, yesterday, said they have arrested a suspect, Prince Adekunle Adeyeba Johnson, over a case of conspiracy, forgery, stealing and money laundering which led to the liquidation of the defunct Gulf Bank Plc.