Akure—AHEAD of the 2015 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday said additional 30, 000 polling units would be created across the country, bringing the total number of polling units to 150, 000 as against the present 120, 000 units.

Adamawa State House of Assembly, has said that it is yet to communicate the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on the impeachment of the immediate past Governor Murtala Nyako, to the effect that the office is now vacant and that necessary arrangements should be made for rerun election.

SYMPATHISERS including some eminent indigenes of Ikorodu, yesterday besieged the palace of the paramount ruler of Ikorodu, the Ayangburen, Oba Salaudeen Oyefusi (Oguntade II), to pay their condolences.
The Oba died in London on Saturday at the age of 83 after months of battling ill-health.

Eight months after the unveiling of guidelines for participation in a much-awaited marginal fields bid round, investors’ expectations appear to have been dashed, as there is yet no clear information on the round expected to have been concluded since May

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, described the Chairman, Board of Trustees, BoT of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Tony Anenih as one of Nigeria’s highly respected political icons ever produced in the country, just as he said that they will eternally remain grateful to him.

By Gabriel Enogholase BENIN—Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, legislators in the Edo State House of Assembly, yesterday, passed a resolution calling on the Edo State Traffic Management Agency and its officials to stop and desist from the management and control of traffic and arrest of suspected traffic offenders on federal trunk roads in the state. It […]

Lagos State Government has disclosed that it spent about N300 million on the Eko Gas initiative between last year and now.

LAFIA — Governor Umaru Al‑Makura of Nasarawa state, yesterday appeared before the investigating panel over allegations of gross misconduct filed against him by the state House of Assembly and vowed to challenge violation of his rights.

Divestment in the Nigeria’s oil and gas industry is worrisome due to the level of attendant job losses and other losses that accompany the process. Many of the International Oil Companies, IOCs, operating in the country have sold some of their assets to other interest parties, who may not have the technical and financial wherewithal for the exploration and exploitation activities in the onshore and shallow water production assets.

The Federal Government has confirmed the first case of Ebola Virus Disease in a Nigerian medical doctor, who was among the people that had the first contact with Mr. Patrick Sawyer, the deceased Liberian and first confirmed Ebola victim in the country.