IBE Kachikwu, Nigeria’s minister of state, petroleum, continues to remain in the eye of the storm as government tackles the fuel crisis. Although the agonizingly long queues, chaotic scenes, violent outbursts and endless frustration at filling stations are beginning to abate, it will be erroneous to conclude that we are out of troubled waters.

Two Russian military pilots were killed when their helicopter crashed near the central Syrian city of Homs, the defence ministry said on Tuesday, adding that the aircraft had not been under fire.

Having each seen their Champions League qualification hopes fade at the weekend, West Ham United and Manchester United approach Wednesday’s FA Cup quarter-final replay with special motivation to progress.

The Senate, yesterday, gave what it described as a final warning to the presidency on its dealings with the legislative branch of government, affirming that it would no longer tolerate the presidency blaming the legislature for its failures.

Ten months into the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State has announced that his state was now free of terror.

Lagos State Government has rescued 531 beggars, destitute and mentally-challenged persons from the streets, to eradicate any act of begging in the state.

ABUJA — The embattled National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, yesterday, opened his defence to the seven-count charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred against him.

ABUJA— The sector that contributes 57.9 per cent of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP, is at risk of closure, as the unending fuel crisis witnessed across the country has started to take its toll on small businesses in Abuja and other parts of the country, since majority of the businesses were now struggling to remain open.

Kaduna State Government, yesterday, said 347 persons were killed during the December 12 Shiite/Nigerian Army clash in Zaria.

The telecommunication and other services sectors have contributed 8.7 percent to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP in 2015, with the country’s main economic stay, oil, accounting for 6.4 percent.

The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, yesterday said it was targeting a revenue of N4.9 trillion in 2016.

Professor Alexia Thomas, Chairman, The Commonwealth Liberation Party, TCLP, UK has flayed the policies of the British Government, saying it is wicked and destructive.
In a press statement she released in London, Professor Thomas affirmed that the policies of the government are destructive to human race.

Former Presidential Adviser on National Assembly Matters, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to, as a matter of urgency, cater for the needs of the displaced people of Bakassi, the same way he had been making provisions for the Internally Displaced People, IDPs, of the North East.

Senator Matthew Urhoghide, Chairman, Senate Committee on Culture and Tourism was before now, the Publicity Secretary of the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In this interview, he spoke on the development in the Senate, the embattled Senate President Bukola Saraki and how the PDP would take over the Senate Presidency if Saraki is removed, among others.

Residents of Alhaji Aboki Street in Abaranje area of Ikotun have been thrown into confusion, following the discovery of the lifeless body of a 40-year-old resident known simply as Femi, in an uncompleted building.