The Presidency has advised leaders of the Centre for Democracy and Development, CDD, to stop misleading Nigerians “with blatantly false propaganda and misinformation to serve ulterior motives.”

DELTA State governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, yesterday, said that he had no axe to grind with his predecessor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan.

BUJA- The Solid Minerals sector in Nigeria is seen as one with huge potential in all ramifications, with President Muhammadu Buhari reiterating on the need to diversify the economy and revenue sources.

THE House of Representatives has tasked electricity distribution companies, Discos, to intensify efforts to collect debts being owed by government agencies and parastatals, instead of complaining about their inability to do so.

THE crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, has taken a new twist as the state Commissioner for Oil and Gas, Mr. Saturday Uwuleikhue and some members of the party in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of the state, have suspended the party’s chairman in the council, Mr. Matthew Ehigie, for alleged anti-party activities.

There are strong indications that the Ministry of Youth and Sports has concluded plans to scrap the office of the Director General of the ministry.
Source at the ministry told Sports Vanguard that the committee set up by the Permanent Secretary, Christian Ohaa to look into how to harmonise the operations of the ministry and those of the Sports Commission recommended that other directors be retained except the office of the Director General, currently occupied by Alhassan Yakmut.

WE are not easily carried away by the argument that new arrivals to a party should not show interest in the forthcoming gubernatorial race. Comrade Adams Oshiomhole rightly maintains that all aspirants must have a level play ground so that it will be to each according to his works.

Nigeria’s failure to attain its true potential was, yesterday, put on the lack of core values and the dominance of corruption in the ruling class.

THE House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee on Failed Rail Contracts, yesterday, unearthed 169 ghost companies that registered as contractors with the Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC, for projects valued at N1 trillion.

Management of First City Monument Bank, FCMB, Limited has described employee health as key priority even as they pledged to execute programmes that would promote healthy living for employees and their families. Speaking during the bank’s Health Week, the Divisional Head, Human Resources and Strategy, Felicia Obozuwa, said the Health Week was one of the initiatives instituted to promote a healthy lifestyle for employees and their family members.