“This attack is in line with our ongoing operation Hurricane Exodus, which was intended to bring down the entire refining facility. This facility was infiltrated by a few of our fighters with the aid of our internal agents within the NNPC contrary to speculations that the sabotage was carried out by ‘pipeline vandals and oil thieves’ which is a very convenient phrase used in shielding the truth.’

THE National Conference was on the edge of an uproar yesterday as delegates who reconvened sharply disagreed over the propriety of a probe into the more than N3 trillion expended on security in the period between 2010 and 2013.

All I can answer is that the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF has accused the president of being half hearted. They even went as far as saying that he was feeble. I am saying that they could not have blamed the president because the state of emergency the president declared was partial state of emergency.

We require the type of state of emergency we had in Ekiti, Plateau states and the type we had in the West in those days.

A ROYAL Air Force, RAF, spy plane sent to join the international hunt for schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants has broken down on the way. The Sentinel R1 was forced to divert to Senegal with a “technical issue” and will be grounded until repairs have been completed

A NEW generation of prefab buildings known as Huf haus or Huf houses is set to hit the Nigerian market. Described simply as a green revolution in housing, the self-sustaining insulated houses which have been around for more than 100 years, are German products being replicated across the globe

The wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi has urged women supporting her husband not to be afraid of coming out on Election Day saying that her husband would use his office to protect them.

Minister of Power, Prof Chinedu Nebo, has reassured that all the relevant agencies are working assiduously to make gas available to operators in the power sector with a view to achieving improvement in electricity supply promise made to consumers of the product in the country.

Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi said yesterday that Nigeria can win the World Cup.
‘’Yes, Nigeria can win the World Cup. Those who win the World Cup, do they have two heads?’’, Keshi asked yesterday after collecting his award as the best Nigerian coach presented to him by Chief Executive Officer of Matchmakers Consult, Shina Philips at the Ibis Hotel, off International Airport road, Lagos.

EDO State chapter of People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has said that it will resist attempts by Governor Adams Oshiomhole to choose his successor in the state’s 2016 election.

BENIN—Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, yesterday, directed the immediate re-instatement of the over 250 workers, whose names were deleted from the payroll of the state government.

The member representation Bauchi federal Constituency, Hon. Aliyu Garbi has voiced out his anger over the abduction of the missing Chibok schoolgirls and asked Nigerians to hold the northern governors responsible for the insecurity in the region.

DELEGATES reconvened yesterday into plenary sessions three weeks after they broke into committees. However, they could not begin debates on the reports of the 20 standing committees. Seven of the committees are yet to submit their reports

By Jude Njoku Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State has denounced any urban renewal programme that is targeted at the displacement of the underprivileged from their homes and means of livelihood. Dr Mimiko who spoke last week in Lagos, at the public presentation of a book – “Rich Country, Poor People – Nigeria’s story of […]

LAGOS-The Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos has been asked to order Commissioner of Police Lagos, Umar Manko, to bring before it, a Lagos businessman, Toba Ajiboye, who was arrested recently at his residence in Surulere by the Police in connection with the latest clash in Mushin area by the notorious Akala boys.

WESTERN powers have officially agreed to coordinate their efforts in reinforcing Nigeria’s campaign against the immediate threat of terrorism spearheaded by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram