CANDIATES of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP and Labour Party LP, Senator Iyiola Omisore and Alhaji Fatai Akinbade respectively have faulted the Rauf Aregbesola administration re-classification education policy in the state.

Mr. Charles Ajunwa, Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, in this interview speaks on the efforts of the state government to transform the state and challenged critics of the governor for a debate on TA Orji’s laudable achievements. Excerpts: What is your take to critics’ comments  that Governor Orji […]

SECOND Republic Transport Minister, Alhaji Umaru Dikko died yesterday in a London hospital. Dikko, who died at the age of 78 was said to have suffered three strokes in a row and had been ill before now.

In an effort to enhance connectivity among its members and forge unity in the Catholic church the Catholic Men Organisation, Lagos Archdiocese has floated the Archbishop Alfred Adewale Matins Football tournament.

OWERRI—Another round of labour crisis is brewing in Imo State, following what staff of the 27 local government councils described as arbitrary deduction of staff salaries by government, for staff identification card project.

It was a pathetic situation in all federal and state-owned hospitals across the country as services were shut down by medical doctors, leaving hundreds of patients, who turned up for appointments, hopeless.

A Customs agent, Raymond Onyimba, has dragged a commercial bank (name withheld) to court over unusual increase of interest charged on loan collected from the bank.

Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo of an Ikeja High Court, yesterday, issued a bench warrant for the production of the embattled chairman of Cross Country Motors, Chief Bube Okorodudu, over alleged involvement in the theft of N82.9 million.

GLOBACOM’s subscribers in Benin Republic can now get their airtime recharged anytime and anywhere without the use of recharge cards.

MANAGING Director/Chief Executive Officer, Inlaks computers, Mr. Femi Adeoti, has said that Nigerian banks have the potential to succeed in the digital age based on their existing assets which include a huge customer base, access to elaborate transactional data and the ability to offer integrated/multi-channels financial services.

By Emmanuel Elebeke Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Dr. Eugene Juwah has explained that the huge investment the commission was making into the Nigerian movie industry, was to oil its potent force in the projection of positive image of the country. Juwah spoke at the third edition of Friends of Nollywood […]

The 13th meeting of the National Council on Science and Technology, NCST, ended in Minna, the Niger State capital at the weekend, with stakeholders saying that Nigeria must begin to adopt Science, Technology and Innovation at grass-root level, to be able to transform the economy into one of the top 20 economies by year 2020.

THE Board of Directors of Etisalat Nigeria last week, announced the appointment of Matthew Charles Willsher as its new Chief Executive Officer.

Willsher has held the position of Chief Commercial Officer and Acting Chief Executive Officer since August 2013 after replacing previous CEO, Steven Evans. Under a year of his leadership, Etisalat stakeholders said that Wilsher has led the company to record over 20% growth in customer base, even as spend per customer and strengthening of margins, have all increased.

THERE is no argument that Nigerians are coming to terms with the realities of terrorism, but what many do not know is that their seemingly safest haven may be the softest target of terrorists.

A magistrate’s court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, yesterday, docked a 23-year-old man, Akeem Sulaimon, for killing a seven-year-old girl, Marvellous Olaiya, with his vehicle.