Following Dangote’s $1billion investment in rice production in Nigeria, another company has pledged to invest about N2.2 billion in cultivating about 25,000 hectares of land at Akotogbo in Ondo state with a promise to create 2500 jobs.

GOVERNOR Theodore Orji of Abia State has accused the Mamman Nasir Commission on Boundaries of creating problems between the state and its neighbours.

It goes without saying that advancements in modern technology have helped countries develop and broaden their communication networks, enabling faster and easier networking as well as information exchange. Currently, there are almost about two billion internet users and over five billion mobile phone connections worldwide.

Lagos chapter of Move on Nigeria, MoN, a grassroots movement pushing for the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan, has lauded the Transformation Agenda, while urging the President to declare his intention to run for a second term

Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria, Iba District, will tomorrow offer free medical test to residents of Iba and its environs in Lagos.

NIGERIA Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, yesterday, said it had secured concession for hospitality companies (Hotels, Restaurants and Fast Food Businesses) from the Lagos State Government on uncollected occupancy and consumption taxes/rates

While technology is intended to make our lives simpler, anyone who has gone shopping for a new television will tell you that the abundance of choices available can make choosing the right TV almost impossible

AHEAD of his formal re-election declaration, President Goodluck Jonathan has been adopted as the sole presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by the National Working Committee (NEC) and Board of Trustees (BoT) of the party. The party’s governors’ forum had on Wednesday endorsed the President for a second term

THE complainant in case of alleged felony, stealing and assault, a lecturer at the Theater Arts Department of the Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka, Mr. Ifeanyi Ogu-Raphael, in which three former students of the university were charged before an Abraka Magistrate’s Court, has taken a twist with the death of the lecturer.

The death of Chief Elemure Ogunyemi, a popular Ekiti traditional musician, has been described as a big blow that will bring hardship to the family.

No fewer than 1,000 young Nigerian professionals are expected to take part in an international summit organised by the Nigerian Young Professionals Forum, NYPF, on September 27 in New York, United States of America.

Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has approved N300 million for the control of erosion at Ebenator in Nnewi South Local Government Area.

IN a bid to tackle the insecurity in the country, leading Yoruba and Igbo youth organizations have agreed to come together and work for a common purpose.

At a joint press briefing, the Leader of Yoruba Youth Council Worldwide, Comrade Eric Oluwole, and National President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Wing, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, resolved to form an alliance to combat the Boko Haram insurgency ravaging the country.

A group, Peoples Democratic Party Mandate Frontiers, PDPMF, has expressed its support for former Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah, to represent Anambra North senatorial district in the Senate in 2015.

The electorate in Scotland on Thursday turned out en masse to vote in a referendum that would determine the future of Scotland as an independent nation.