ISOKO chapter of Host Communities of Nigeria, HOSTCOM and some ex-militants from the area in Delta State, have issued a seven-day ultimatum to Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC and the Federal Government to address what they termed the marginalization of Isoko people in pipeline surveillance contracts, else they would be forced to take action against oil and gas servicing companies in their area.

“We do not know why we were born with cancer. Did we or our ancestors wrong the gods? Even scientists have no acceptable explanation,” they ask. “Thousands of us are born every day. Right now, we have no idea how many we are. Our plight is overshadowed, perhaps because no one understands what we go through. “We have suffered much and for long, and now, we wish to let the society know what it is like to be a child living with cancer in the hope that this will bring us attention and succour.”

AS Nigeria awaits the inauguration of the eighth National Assembly, the political space has understandably become awash with speculation about who will be Senate president and, therefore, chairman of the National Assembly.

Hundreds of people have been found dead in the northeast town of Damasak, in Borno apparently victims of Boko Haram insurgents, residents and officials said on Monday. “Dead bodies were found in houses, streets and many more in the Damasak River which has dried up,” said local man Kaumi Kusur, adding the victims were buried […]

A 45-year-old commercial driver, Saturday Akpomose, narrowly escaped death last Saturday, after he was attacked by seven dogs at Ajah area of Lagos State. The timely intervention of residents and passers-by saved the driver from the dogs.

ABUJA—The National Judicial Council, NJC, has asked the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja to affirm the guilty verdict it entered against the former Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory, Justice Lawal Hassan Gummi, in 2013, after he was found culpable on acts of judicial corruption.

ABUJA—Determined to sideline the proposed amendments to the 1999 constitution, the Federal Government, yesterday, prayed the Supreme Court to issue an order of interlocutory injunction against both chambers of the National Assembly.

A group, Alliance For Good Governance, AGG, has appealed to the candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in the just concluded governorship election in Abia State, Dr Alex Otti, and other contestants who lost to concede defeat and support the winner, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, in the task of developing the state.

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen shot dead 21 persons in Bultaram village, Yobe state as they were trying to return home to recover abandoned food supplies.

ABUJA—A lawmaker, representing Owo/Ose Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Eniolorunda Omosule, yesterday, accused the Commissioner of Police in Ondo State, Mr Isaac Eke, of masterminding the planting of locally-made pistol in his residence at Idasen, Owo, in Ondo State.

KANO—A man on tricycle, yesterday in Kano, escaped death by the whiskers when a wing of the pedestrian bridge that collapsed on Sunday and killed seven persons, split his Keke NAPEP in two, yesterday.

The GAC brand of automobiles, distributed in Nigeria by CIG Motors has been described as high quality automobiles, which can stand the test of time anywhere in the world.

Rivers State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has expressed regret over alleged looting in the state’s ministries and parastatals ahead of Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s exit, on May 29.

Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi has made a most shocking admission that he does not have a team as he begins his second stint in charge of Nigeria.

In order to strengthen the soundness of the banking industry, the Bankers Committee at its last meeting agreed to publish in newspapers names of its chronic debtors. The Committe also agreed to deny such debtors access to foreign exchange. Shareholders in this interview commended this decision saying the incoming government should do a lot in the area of banking reform.