Abia State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has granted Dr. Alex Otti, governorship candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in last April’s elections, extension of time to inspect electoral materials used for the poll.

Moon sighting is a subject that encapsulates the unity and if otherwise, the disunity of a Ummah. According to reports, some group of Muslims have already fixed a date for the commencement of Ramadan without regard to the rules and practice of the Prophet which we profess to follow. Fasting in the month of Ramadan is an act of worship and not in origin, a political matter or one directly related to the practical systems of Islam.

Immediate past Secretary to the Niger State Government, Alhaji Saidu Kpaki has described report that the past administration secured N2.9 billon loan and his office received N600 million on the eve of it departure as untrue, baseless and a figment of the imagination of its author.

THE uniqueness of the 2015 Democracy Day celebration in Nigeria, was not lost on the people of Bauchi State, who saw it as an avenue to chart a new direction for the state

The Bauchi State Government is to resume payment of workers salary after three months of non-payment by the immediate administration, according to the Secretary of the state transition committee, Aliyu Tilde.

A 31 years old man, Musa Ocholi, was yesterday arraigned before a Tinubu Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly stealing N293,000.

Shareholders of National Salt Company of Nigeria, NASCON Plc have commended the Board of Directors for declaring N1.32 billion dividend for the financial year 2014 , just as they advised its Board of Directors to strengthen the research and development unit of the organization in order to achieve optimal result and operation.

The Nigeria Export Promotion Council, NEPC has said it is considering an investment policy that will give incentives to prospective foreign investors through a package in its proposed investment policy. Chief Executive Officer, NEPC, Mr. Segun Awolowo stated this while speaking at a seminar to flag off the first Iran solo exhibition in Lagos.

The Federal Government has called on Nigeria Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, NACCIMA, to come up with blueprints that can aid the government to stop food imports into the country. President Muhammadu Buhari made the request during the 55th annual conference of NACCIMA with the theme ‘Policy Consistency in Agricultural Value Chain: A key to Social Economic Development.’ It took place in Calabar, Cross River State.

London is projected to welcome 18.82 million international visitors in 2015 putting the capital ahead of Bangkok in the Mastercard’s annual destinations cities index. It’s the second year running that London will be topping the Global Destinations Cities Index, which provides an in-depth ranking of the 132 most travelled cities from around the world.

THERE seems to be no end to the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State.

But certain developments within the nation’s Muslim community in the last three decades show a clear gulf indicating that the religious leaders have apparent irreconciliable views on certain fundamental matters concerning Islam. In 1981, the Maitatsine uprising, reportedly traced to religious extremism, virtually overran Kano and some other parts of the north while disagreements relating to the adoption of the Muslim Shariah legal system resulted in bloodbath in Kaduna in 2000.

The need for a change in our society, cannot be overemphasized. That is why the feeling and expectations of Nigerians are high today as President Muhammad Buhari takes over the baton of leadership. Nigeria, as we all know is currently mired in great challenges. The challenge of indiscipline, the challenge of corruption, terrorism, kidnapping and other form of insecurity; of favoritism, of ostentatiousness, of get-rich-quick of various kinds of impunity to mention a few.

AS part of efforts to enhance electricity in the nine member states of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, the commission has embarked on the distribution of transformers of various capacities to communities in the region.

Following the relocation of the Command and Control Cantre of the Army High Command to Maiduguri, Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General KTJ Minimah has paid an operational and morale boosting visit to troops in the frontline fighting war against Boko Haram terrorists in Borno and Adamawa States.