By Evelyn Usman LAGOS— The Police in Lagos have arrested the General Overseer of Holy Family Ministry, a.k.a House of Mercy, located in Ogolonto area of Ikorodu, Lagos, Pastor Ernest Nwankwo, who was alleged to have sent a member of his church to kidnap a boy for ritual purpose last week. He is currently cooling […]

Last week, the Managing Director, Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, and Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria, Mr. Mutiu Sunmonu, reiterated that the company has not put any price tags on any of the oil blocks it is divesting from. Clara Nwachukwu captured the interactive session with journalists, during which he also spoke on varied […]

The battle to impeach Gov. Murtala Nyako of Adamawa reached a crescendo last week with the state legislature and the governor playing hide-and-seek over the service of the Impeachment Notice.  In this interview, Dr. Umar Ardo, a former governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and one of the major opposition figures says that no one can save the governor from the impeachment, insisting that Nyako is as good as gone.

Cameroon had issues with money. They shamefully lost three matches, conceding nine goals and scoring two.
Ghana took after them. They had issues with money. Their government was ashamed and disgraced Africa the more when they flew $3m cash to Brazil to meet the demands of their players. International media mocked Africa. Flying $3m cash to Brazil?

Tim Ayomike emerged the winner of the MTN WGC South West Regional qualifiers that held at the Lakowe Lakes Golf Estate, Lagos at the weekend. Ayomike scored 37 net to win the first prize thus qualifying for the national finals to be held in Ibom Golf Club, Uyo.

Gazprom has shrugged off a Ukrainian proposal to bring in Western companies to invest in the natural gas pipeline which crosses the country, saying other transit routes bypassing Ukraine still promised to make the pipeline redundant.

Laser drilling may be key to make previously uneconomic oil or gas deposits commercially attractive as Argonne National Laboratory (Laser Applications Laboratory) and a group of collaborators are examining the feasibility of adapting high-power laser technology to drilling for gas and oil. The initial phase is designed to establish a scientific basis for developing a […]

FASTING for as little as three days can not only strengthen a person’s entire immune system but potentially extend the person’s life span. In view of this, persons with compromised immune systems have been urged to fast regularly in order to boost their immunity.

Super Eagles playmaker, Victor Moses praised the team’s achievement in the ongoing World Cup. After losing 2-0 to France yesterday he said,”I thought we did well today.

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has said that contrary to allegations by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, that the state government had mortgaged the future of the state through its debt profile, Edo State was the least indebted state when compared with the PDP states in the South-South.

Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Enugu State Housing Corporation, Chief Ikeje Asogwa, in this interview with By CHARLES KUMOLU speaks on how the corporation is tackling the housing challenges in the state. HOW would you assess the housing problem in Enugu metropolis and to what extent do you think the state government has tried to resolve […]

The National Industrial Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, adjourned till July 16, to hear the main suit by some aggrieved members of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, challenging their suspension by the association.

MOVED by the issue of time frame, delegates at the on- going National Conference yesterday adjusted its sittings to, among others, allow Muslim delegates observe the Ramadan fast.

By JUDE NJOKU & CHRIS OCHAYI Thirty-one years after Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande left office as the first civilian governor of Lagos State, his legacies in the housing sector are still speaking for him. Although most of the houses built by Jakande are today in distressed conditions due mainly to lack of maintenance culture, they […]

Franklin Alli reviews compliance to the deadline issued by Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) to cement manufacturers in the country and report that the 23 cement companies operating across the country are at the risk of having their products withdrawn from the market if they are unable to meet the 60-day ultimatum on product labelling and traceability requirements by the agency.