Anioma Congress, the apex socio-political organisation of Delta North senatorial district, Delta State, has denied media reports that it had endorsed a particular aspirant for the 2015 governorship position.

A former Vice Chancellor of University of Benin, UNIBEN, Prof. Andrew Onokerhoraye, has described as baseless, the reasons given by the institution for stripping him of his appointment as Professor Emeritus .

ADO-EKITI—The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has vowed to see to the inauguration of Chief Ayo Fayose as the next governor of Ekiti State later this month, saying the party would not be deterred by what it described as the antics of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Nigeria will be through with the testing ground for home made satellite by 2015. The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Abdu Bulama made this promise in Abuja during a familiarization tour to the National Air Space and Research Development Agency, NASRDA and National Biotechnology Development Agency, NABDA.

DominicIorfa stormed out of the Golden Tulip Hotel, venue of the Elective Congress of the NFF the moment he saw the handwriting on the wall. Delta FA Chairman Pinnick Amaju Melvin had been declared the winner of the elections after he sailed through with a run-off votes of 32 over Iorfa’s eight votes and Taiwo Ogunjobi’s four votes.

At 54, Nigeria has come of age as a mature sovereign nation. As the country marks another independence day today, stakeholder’s say the sector has witnessed some level of improvement especially in the area of polio which has been successfully reduced by 95 percent between 2013 and 2014.

PORT HARCOURT— Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Dr. Steve Oru, has called for collaboration between his ministry and the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, in the development of the region.

The West African Gas Pipeline Company, WAGPCo, said it has opened its pipeline to be accessed by independent gas shippers to maximize the asset potential, which has remained underutilised for years.

BABS approaches every October 1 with trepidation. The day means many things to him and brings back a lot of mixed memories

GOogle’s Developer Relations Manager, Mr. Chukwuemeka Afigbo, has said that if universities produce quality developers, the shortage of locally relevant content on the web will be a thing of the past in Africa. According to him, a lot of the startup tech companies today who are looking to expand their businesses are having issues finding young affordable talent for hire.

The Head of EU Delegation to Nigeria, Amb. Michel Arrion, has said that the EU-Nigeria bilateral trade volume is set to grow to N17 trillion (€80.8 billion) by 2015.

SEnator Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN, is the Senate Leader and represents Cross River Central Senatorial District. In this interview he speaks on the progress of the country as an independent country, efforts being made to amend the constitution, the role of the legislature in our democracy among other issues.

She is remarkably one of a few born in that period that can today still give the message of hope in the midst of failing aspirations. Senator Remi Tinubu, born nine days before Nigeria’s attainment of independence from Britain 54 years ago today, believes the dreams of the founding fathers can still be realised despite the present challenges.

A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship aspirant in Delta State, Mr Peter Okocha, has said that he was contesting to render qualitative service and uplift the quality of life for the people of the state.

He added that his entire life has always been devoted to e

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, yesterday assented to the N159.3billion 2015 Appropriation Bill as passed by the State House of Assembly.