The Lagos State Government yesterday said it would no longer tolerate the illegal activities of land grabbers otherwise known as Omo-Onile, just as it warned that anyone found using such to disturb public peace and illegally disposes people of their property would be prosecuted in accordance with relevant criminal laws.

The Kogi State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja, yesterday, adjourned further proceeding on the case that was brought before it by Hon. James Faleke of the All Progressives Congress, APC, till next week Monday.

Troops of 26 and 28 Task Force Brigades repelled an early morning daring attack by fleeing Boko Haram terrorists on military locations at Pulka and Bitta in the fringes of Sambisa forest.

AHEAD of the 2016 governorship election in Edo State, national leadership of All Progressives Congress, APC, led by its Vice Chairman, South-South, Mr Hilliard Ettah, has denied allegation that delegates list for the governorship primaries had been tampered with.

Religion in Nigeria produces zealots who spew gender inequality and discrimination masquerading as religious doctrine.The pursuit of power at any cost is the hallmark of many religious organisations. The Bishop of the Wusasa Diocese of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Kaduna State, Reverend Ali Lamido, recently bemoaned a situation whereby the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, “turned government houses into ATMs”.

FOREIGN Portfolio Investment, FPIs, into the Nigeria Stock Exchange, NSE, recorded a decline to N43.37 billion in January 2016, against N51.35 billion in the previous month and N99.11 billion in the corresponding month of 2015.

Oil prices rose one per cent on Tuesday with benchmark Brent prices hitting a three-month high on hopes for a coordinated approach by major producers to support prices. Brent crude futures were trading at 41.43 dollars a barrel, their highest since Dec. 9, up 59 cents on the day.

ISOKO Development Union, IDU, the apex socio-cultural organisation of the Isoko nation, has decried the spate of projects abandonment by Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, in the various communities in Isokoland.

TRIAL of the former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido resumed, yesterday, with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, producing another witness to testify before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.

Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi and his wife Rachel, have been honoured by the people of the Old Afikpo Union, OAU, for setting a number of records in the area.

Your Excellency Sir, Gov. Nyesom Wike, I am writing this letter to you with every sense of humility infused with avalanche of respect for you and by extension, high esteem for your exalted position as the number one citizen of Rivers State.

By Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA–Nigerian and Swiss government yesterday signed agreement on the reparation of illegally-acquired assets by Nigerians forfeited in Switzerland. This came as vice president Yemi Osinbajo announced the readiness of the Swiss government to return $321m stolen funds during the government of General Sann Abacha. He hinted the the government was now developing […]

EXECUTIVE Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta recently assured the international community that Nigeria is putting up plans to use strong online presence through appreciable internet connectivity, to bridge the digital gulf between Africa and the rest of the developed world. He also challenged potential investors to make substantial investment in the Nigerian broadband ecosystem and see what a return on investment such an attempt could yield.

SPEAKER of Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Hon. Francis Ogbonnaya Nwifuru yesterday accused some Commissioners appointed by Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State of incompetence, corruption and non- performance despite the efforts of the present administration towards uplifting the standard of living of the people.

CONTROLLER-General, Nigerian Prisons Service, NPS, Dr Peter Ekpendu, has ordered an investigation into allegation by four kidnap suspects in Police custody in Rivers State that a prison inmate on awaiting trial coordinated their kidnap activities from the Port Harcourt Prison with a mobile phone.