Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has called for the establishment of a Pipeline Protection Agency, PPA, to monitor and secure the nation’s pipelines from vandals, who have been inflicting economic damage on the nation.

AS the Holy Bible puts it in the Book of Ecclesiastes, ‘to everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven’.

Minority Whip of the Senate, Senator Ganiyu Solomon, yesterday, officially declared his intention to seek nomination as a candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to contest the 2015 governorship election in Lagos State.

AS the Ebola virus grips an unprecedentedly wide swath of Africa, many are asking whether it is time to begin administering untested drugs and vaccines.

Newly elected President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Melvin Amaju Pinnick, on Tuesday stormed the training session of the national team, who are preparing for a game against Sudan on Saturday, declaring that he will bring the much desired changes to Nigerian football.

THE National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), may have failed in its responsibilities if the paucity of ICT usage in government continues without remedy. This is apparently what the agency has realized of late.

On September 30, 2014 America recorded its first case of Ebola Virus Disease. The source of this unwanted guest to the American soil was himself a guest to America from one of the countries at the centre of the disease. He was Liberia’s Thomas Eric Duncan who was visiting Texas

As speculations over the future of Coach Stephen Keshi with the Super Eagles continue to make the rounds, the former Nigeria international has sworn to revive the team’s dream of qualifying for the Afcon 2015 tournament in Morocco.

October 1,2014 was supposed to be a day of joy, being the 54th anniversary of Nigeria’s independence and the first day of the month. But for residents of Itamaga in the Ikorodu axis of Lagos State, it turned out to be a very tragic day that would not be forgotten in a hurry.

THE Senate and upper legislative chambers in many democracies are referenced by the longevity of its members. However, cultural differences, rotation, intra party power fights among other issues make Nigeria an exception.

The Nigerian Geological Survey Agency, NGSA, is saddled with the responsibility of finding mineral deposits and provision of available geosciences information in the country, but this agency has not performed to expectation. In this interview with Gabriel Ewepu, the newly appointed Chairman of NGSA Board, Chief Chinedu Maduagwu, speaks of the urgency to repackage and reposition the agency for higher productivity.

The Special Task Force, STF, has arrested 80 suspected terrorists in Rikkos area of Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State.

AFTER a long period of speculation, former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, yesterday decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

There were indications, yesterday, that community leaders in Ikorodu area of Lagos and landlords connived with hoodlums to vandalise Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, pipelines.

The Nigerian police is currently investigating the murder of a middle-aged woman, identified as Silifat Yakubu.