The Federal Government has nominated former Group Managing Director, GMD, of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mohammed Barkindo, for the position of the Secretary-General of Organisation for Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, come July 2016.

MEMBERS of National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers, NAAPE, an affiliate of Trade Union Congress, TUC, in Rivers State, yesterday, disrupted operations of Bristow Helicopters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, as they protested what they dubbed lopsided conditions of service.

ABA—Men of the Police Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, stationed at Obehie Division, Abia State, have arrested three suspects for allegedly manufacturing and selling guns.

Chief Gabriel Ofotokun, a researcher in Chemical Engineering, is the President General (Interim Administration) of the Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, the umbrella body of the Urhobo people at home and in Diaspora.

WITH the gargantuan problems bedevilling the downstream segment of the oil sector, only the novice would have lived under the illusion that they would take a little time to resolve when the Buhari administration assumed office in May 2015.

The Director General, National Film and Video Censors Board,NFVCB, Ms. Patricia Bala, has expressed worries following what she called “a significant drop in the number of films submitted to the Board for classification by film makers in the country.”

LAGOS — Nigeria has recorded the first successful birth of a baby conceived from frozen egg of a 44-year-old woman, who had suffered infertility for eight years, making it the first in the country and West Africa.

THAT corruption is alive and waxing stronger in Nigeria more than most of its global contemporaries is a fact. In fact, almost all the administrations that have in place the nation have been implicated in the systemic malady. The so-called corrective military governments are not  exempted, but were only smarter in hiding the statistics of […]

The integrity of the palace of Idumuje-Ugboko in Aniocha North Local Government Area, Delta State, has suffered another challenge as the Crown Prince, Justin Nonso Nwoko, 64, was yesterday arraigned over alleged execution of documents by false pretences.

ABEOKUTA—Former president of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has described All Africa Music Award, AFRIMA, as a unifier of Africa.

LAGOS — A pension advocacy group, Pensioners Rights and Protection Alliance, PPRA, has faulted the suspension of the Director-General, Mrs. Nellie Mayshak. According to the the group, the reasons given for the DG’s suspension is untenable.

Students of White Dove School, Lekki, Lagos stood out at the 42nd annual National High School Model, United Nation’s Conference in New York, last week.