The South-South governors and leaders of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2015 presidential election.

WHEN Yemi woke up Thursday morning and remembered that he had an appointment at 12 noon with his Shipping company in Apapa, he became apprehensive. Two weeks earlier, he had kept a similar appointment at Apapa and the harrowing experience of that trip to the Port town, is better forgotten than re-lived. He thought of going through Ijora but quickly jettisoned the idea because “if you are trapped in the traffic in that axis, you may stay there throughout that day”

ANOTHER pressure group, Oriental Peoples Movement, OPM, has joined the army of groups campaigning for President Goodluck Jonathan’s 2015 presidential election with a rally planned for August 15, 2014, in Awka.

Traditional rulers in Bayelsa State have called on members of the Boko Haram sect to sheathe their swords and embrace amnesty like the former militants of the Niger Delta region did.

Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison‑Madueke, yesterday, said that the Federal Government is set to grow natural gas production to eight billion cubic feet per day, as well as sustain crude oil and condensate production at 2.388 million barrels per day.

Former Nigeria international winger, Adokiye Amiesimaka wants a “complete revolution” in the administration of Nigerian football.

THE Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin, Professor Osayuki Oshodin, has declared open the 11th edition of the Nigerian Universities Staff Sports Association (NUSSA) games open, saying that the sports event will cement the existing relationship among universities in the country.

New study by Terragon Group released for the second quarter of 2014, has revealed tremendous growth in the state of digital media and users’ online behavior in Nigeria over the past twelve months.

The Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers, CIS has pledged to monitor the ongoing delisting process of stock broking firms on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE ahead of planned demutualization of the exchange.

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), yesterday, hailed the Federal Government’s decision not to join other West African States to endorse the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between West Africa and the European Union, as this action would prevent the country from losing N208 trillion ($1.3 trillion) revenue.

Former Nigeria coach Chief Adegboye Onigbinde has called for knowledgeable people to run for office as the Nigeria Football Federation elections coming up later this month.

ABUJA — THE Federal Government, yesterday, said it did not believe that details of the accusations of extra-judicial killings leveled against Nigerian military by Amnesty International had been properly verified.

After the initial challenge of finding a replacement as the state’s representative in the federal cabinet, the Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP still has the onerous task of finding a competent candidate to face the presumptive nominee of the ruling party, that is Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed

By Prince Osuagwu A group of Nigerian reporters in Information and Technology, ICT sector, under the aegis of Information Technology Media Alliance has concluded plans to bestow President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and other eminent Nigerians with honours at a forthcoming event tagged the Nigeria Broadband Business Forum and ICT Centenary awards billed for October, 2014 […]

PORT HARCOURT – AT least five persons were shot dead on Monday night at a drinking joint on Aggrey Road, Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.