AGAINST the backdrop of invitation extended to him by the Nigeria Police to explain his alleged forgery of Senate Rule,Deputy Senate President,Ike Ekweremadu has said no amount of intimidation from any quarter would deter him from carrying out his legislative functions.

By Henry Umoru ABUJA- AGAIN, the national  leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has vowed  to reclaim power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the next general elections coming up in 2019. Speaking with Journalists Monday in at a meeting with North-central members of PDP, Chairman of the North-central sub-committee, Hon. Emeka […]

Oil and gas firms that borrowed huge amount of money at high interest rates from financial institutions in the country would be forced to relinquish some of their stakes to the banks if they hope to continue in business, Vice President, FBN Capital, Ms. Rolake Akinkugbe, has declared. Akinkugbe, in an article in: The Oil and Gas Year, warned that marginal fields’ operators that are yet to commence production on their fields will be the worst affected.

#BringBackOurGirls, BBOG, Monday revealed the things they were going to discuss with President Muhammadu Buhari when they meet with him on the 8th of July, 2015.

A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has directed parties in the suit filed by an indigenous oil service company, Arco Group Plc against Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited, NAOC, to maintain status quo pending the determination of the applications before it. Justice Lambo Akanbi’s order was sequel to an oral application by the lead counsel to Arco, Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, asking the court to prevail on parties from doing anything that would jeopardise the case.

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned the twin explosions that rocked Jos metropolis and killed 44 persons and injured others.

Fresh facts have emerged in the Ikorodu banks robbery operation where N80 million was reportedly carted away a fortnight ago, following the discovery that 12 members of the gang were recruited from the Niger Delta region.

Contrary to several official pronounce-ments, the deadline for bank customers to enrol for the biometric verification number (BVN) was extended by four months till October 31st.

The FIFA official who picked the sites for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup games is suspended from all football-related activities for seven years.

Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Idiat Oluranti Adebule, Monday, played host to Mrs. Ruth Uche and her set of twins, who were abandoned by her husband, Mr. Benjamin Uche.

Lagos State Governor, Mr, Akinwunmi Ambode has appointed Mr. Michael Kolawole Akindele as the new General Manager for the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA.

Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has assured that he would not fail in fulfilling all his electioneering campaign promises aimed at bringing development and giving a new lease of life to all and sundry in the state

Honda Motor Co’s says it has begun the building of cars in Nigeria by retooling part of its factory that previously made motorcycles.

As many as 13 operational challenges have been identified as requiring urgent attention by the new President Mohammadu Buhari’s administration, if it is to reverse the current downturn bedeviling Nigeria’s petroleum sector Among them are incoherent joint venture, JV, and production sharing contract, PSC, arrangements; crude oil theft; pipeline vandalism; low level crude oil exploration; mismanagement of crude swap arrangement; and absence of a coherent policy guiding allocation and transfer of oil blocks.

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a comprehensive relief package valued at over N400bn to put an end to the lingering crisis of unpaid workers’ salaries in the country.