Despite resistance from Nigerians, the Federal Government, yesterday, insisted that the proposed increase in electricity tariffs would commence from October

Professor Bruce Onabrekpeya, a renowned sculptor, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to fast-track his efforts toward the release of the abducted Chibok girls by the Boko Haram insurgents.

Nigeria’s D’Tigers are not allowing their famous win at the Afrobasket championship in Tunisia last month to get into their heads as they aim to crown their year with the All Africa Games gold medal.

As the people of Bayelsa State prepare for the December 5 governorship election, Senator Foster Ogola, has assured that the incumbent Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governor, Seriaki Dickson, will be returned with ease, saying there were no serious contenders from the opposition

Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has faulted alleged plans by Governor Nyesom Wike to borrow another N10 billion from banks in the state, accusing him of borrowing recklessly without consideration for the present and future generations of the citizens.

A new chapter was opened in Nigeria football on Monday when the Nigeria Football Federation and Zenith Bank PLC announced a partnership for youth football development and capacity building programs.

“The fight against corruption mobilizes all of us because we want to do away with evil and injustice. But we should remember that casting the bad into the sea does not imply the sudden appearance on our shores of the good that we need.”

TO escape the wrath of President Muhmmadu Buhari, some of the over 100 Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government (MDAs) were in a rush, yesterday, to beat the deadline to open Treasury Single Accounts, TSA, with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

NATIONAL and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal panel one, sitting in Asaba, the Delta State capital, has struck out the petition by the Labour Party, LP Candidate for the Warri South constituency II, in the Delta State House of Assembly, Mr Bright Obodo against Chief Denis Omovie of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP.

THERE was pandemonium on Sunday night at Ekuigbo, Ughelli, Delta State, as a result of a shoot out by suspected members of two rival cult gangs which led to the death of two members from both sides.

The United Nations Population Fund, UNPFA, has said it was ready to partner Yobe State to promote reproductive health, restore women dignity and provide psycho-social support to Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in the state.

Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, yesterday, said the state government had earmarked over N13.6 billion to provide lunch for its estimated one million primary school pupils and improved by 500 percent the quality of meals served its 372,000 boarding students in the next one year.

Worried by the rate of road traffic accidents on the nation’s highways, the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi, has asked independent petroleum marketers to upgrade their safety standards in line with global best practice in conveying petroleum products.

On the top 10 performing stocks last week were the shares of Transnationwide Express Plc, Guinness Nigeria Plc, Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc, Evans Medicals Plc and Costain (W/A) Plc.

At least two persons were feared dead last weekend as a two-storey building under construction collapsed at Okwu Umuoma, Nekede, Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State.