No fewer than 10,000 people in Delta have applied for the State Employment and Expenditure for Result (SEEFOR) project.

BY NWABUEZE OKONKWO ONITSHA —THE governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the November 16, 2013, gubernatorial election in Anambra State, Senator Chris Ngige, has said he headed to the Court of Appeal in Enugu to ask for disbandment of the tribunal currently handling the matter in Awaka because of its bias. Speaking […]

The Edo Government said on Wednesday in Benin that more than 200,000 jobs would be created from oil palm production by 2015.

FIFA on Wednesday suspended a ban on Barcelona signing players while the club makes an appeal against a 14-month transfer ban.

THERE are strong indications that the poor power situation in the country may worsen as organised labour plans to shut no fewer than five Electricity Distribution Companies, DISCOs, over alleged unfair practices, including continued manipulation associated with increase in fixed tariff and non-metering of electricity customers.

The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Mrs Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, on Wednesday called on parents to complement the state government’s efforts to stop abuse and violation of children’s rights.

Six lecturers from Nigerian Universities have been awarded 33,090 pounds (N8.6million ) as Research Travel Grants to the United Kingdom by the British Council in Nigeria.

The Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jigawa, Alhaji Salisu Mahmuda, said that no contestant seeking elective position would be given automatic ticket.

A finance expert, Mr Johnson Chukwu, on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to utilise the opportunity of the country’s rebased gross domestic products to attract new investors.

Ten vessels laden with petroleum products and containers are waiting to berth at the Lagos ports, says the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA).

Monkeys are found able to do math, according to a study in the latest Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Wednesday.

Former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, has said Nigeria must ensure that it does not sacrifice its development on the altar of politics if it must improve its infrastructure and better the lives of its citizens.

IN his words of wisdom, John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850) said: ”The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and not for the benefit of an individual or a party.” Describing one of the invaluable attributes of a great leader, America’s foremost activist President, Theodore Roosevelt, believed that: ”The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men [and women] to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.”

He who is without sin should cast the first stone. Nigerian rapper Neyu Godwon Nyan had a few days ago mocked fellow rapper and friend-turned-foe Sinzu after the latter got embroiled in a $300 debit card fraud controversy sparked to life by Godwon himself who had been among those to first share the controversial surveilance video.

US President Barack Obama will reportedly dine at a tiny Tokyo sushi restaurant on Wednesday — a place with three coveted Michelin stars but only a handful of seats — ruled with an iron rod by its redoubtable 88-year-old owner, Jiro.