The immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Kayode Fayemi, yesterday debunked claims of financial recklessness levelled against his administration, saying that the state is indebted to the tune of N36.317 billion as at October 15, 2014, when he left office, against an indebtedness of N57 billion.

Associates of All Progressives Congress, APC leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu are lining up three possible running mates for Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) should the former head of state prevail in the forthcoming presidential nomination convention of the party.

On Wednesday, October 15, 2014, former military head of state, retired Major General Muhammadu Buhari, made his much awaited declaration to run for the presidency on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, at the Eagle Square, Abuja. It was the fourth time since 2003 when he broke into the quadrennial vocation of seeking to rule Nigeria again.

The people of Ikara Community (near Ologbo), Ikpoba/Okha Local Government Area of Edo State, have vowed to jointly rebuild their community that has been ravaged by oil pollution following ruptures in the oil pipelines of the National Petroleum Development Company, NPDC, passing through the community.

NIGERIANS and their democracy are unique. If elsewhere people delight in the capacities of their government to deepen their liberties, broaden opportunities, our democracy is delivered as structures, visible and tangible. We call them dividends of democracy.

By PETER EGWUATU Fitch Ratings has upgraded Togo-based Ecobank Transnational Incorporated’s (ETI) the holding company of the pan-African Ecobank group) Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘B’ from ‘B-’ and Viability Rating (VR) to ‘b’ from ‘b-’. Fitch further stated that the bank’s outlook is stable, stressing that its IDRs was based on its intrinsic […]

Amid judicial controversy of all sorts including a pending court case questioning his eligibility due to indictment and subsequent impeachment in 2006, Ayo Fayose was on Thursday sworn in as Ekiti State governor for the second time.

Nigerian editors will file out tomorrow to honour their former president, Dame Oluremi Oyo, who passed away on October 1, 2014, aged 62.

A renowned environmentalist, Chief Philip Asiodu, has stressed the need for citizens in the country to pay serious attention to measures geared towards mitigating potential threats of climate change, especially in a coastal city like Lagos State.

Goods and property estimated at about N1 billion were yesterday consumed by a raging fire that gutted a two-storey building at Lobo Extension, Owerri.