MAKURDI — Officers of the Benue State Police Command on stop and search duty, at the early hours of yesterday, arrested a middle aged man, Salondo Viashima, in Makurdi, the state capital, with an AK-47 rifle and nine rounds of live ammunition.

Analysts at FBN Capital Limited have bemoaned the negative correlation between Nigeria’s oil output and economic development, saying the oil sector has contributed negatively to the growth of the Nigerian economy.

The Board of United Bank for Africa Plc, UBA, yesterday named Mr. Tony O. Elumelu, CON, as Chairman to succeed Ambassador Joe Keshi. Mr. Elumelu until this new appointment is Chairman/CEO of Heirs Holdings, the pan-African proprietary investment company, founded by him in 2010.

By Nkiruka Nnorom The Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trader, NBET, has not demonstrated the readiness to midwife bilateral trading in electricity, said the Chairman, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN Apapa branch, Mr Babatunde Odunayo. This is even as some private sector companies are already developing the interest and capacity to sell power to the distribution companies, […]

The Federal Government has explained that it is prioritising deployment of renewable energy for electricity generation because of its environmental safety advantage.

The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) has congratulated the Falconets for emerging the second best team at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, which ended weekend in Canada.

National Industrial Court, NIC, yesterday in Lagos, restrained the Federal Government through the Chief Medical Directors of 37 medical institutions across the country from terminating the appointment of the resident doctors.

Students leaders in the South-West of the country, yesterday claimed students who participated in the agitation against increase in Lagos State University, LASU tuition fees were being victimized by the institution management.

LAGOS—The Presbyterian Church of Nigeria has announced that in keeping with the Church’s spirit of Christian charity and in support of President Goodluck Jonathan’s initiative in setting up a special Fund in aid of victims of Boko Haram insurgency and other social upheavals, the Church has set up a Fund toward the rehabilitation of the Chibok girls when they are eventually rescued.

Head Coach of the Nigeria female under-20 team Peter Dedevbo slammed his players for losing their tactical discipline in their 0-1 loss to Germany at the Under-20 World Cup final.

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, Senator Bala Mohammed disclosed at the weekend that the FCT accounts for 10 per cent of the 17 million housing deficit in Nigeria. The minister disclosed this while commissioning a 49-unit luxury apartments christened “AICL Apo- Dutse Housing Estate”.

Given that former Governor Murtala Nyako was removed from office by the convergence of many conspiracies, it is no surprise that the election to replace him is equally laced with many intrigues, the latest of which is the script to shove Nuhu Ribadu as the favoured candidate of the ruling party ahead of those who conspired against Nyako and his erstwhile deputy, Bala Ngilari

LAGOS — Residents of Bariga and Somolu, areas of Lagos State have made an appeal to Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State to come to their aid over the activities of some cultists in the area, who have become a source of nightmare.

ABUJA- THE Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr. Musa Sada, has reassured that explosives used by operators in the mining sector are under control and close watch.

By Chris Ochayi The Chairman of the Cement Company of Northern Nigeria Plc, Alhaji Abdulsamad Rabiu, has decried the high cost of electricity to power production equipment in his factory. Rabiu, who spoke with newsmen on the sideline of the company’s 35th Annual General Meeting, AGM, in Abuja, regretted that despite the high cost, the […]