The first elected civilian Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Deipreye Solomon Alamieyeseigha will finally be buried on Saturday, April 9, in his Amassoma country home, Bayelsa State.

The Rotary Club of Isolo has empowered about 20 persons with tools and equipment to further enhance local output and encourage entrepreneurship among people living within Isolo community, commissioning a one block of two classrooms at the Isolo Comprehensive Senior High School, Alabe.

The South African parliament will next week discuss an opposition motion to impeach President Jacob Zuma after country’s highest court ruled that he flouted the constitution, an official said Sunday.

The leader of Nigeria’s Ansaru jihadist group, a Boko Haram splinter group ideologically aligned to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, has been arrested, an army spokesman said on Sunday. Khalid al-Barnawi is one of three Nigerians listed by Washington in 2012 as “specially designated global terrorists”. The US Department of State in June 2012 named […]

Ahead of its National Convention billed for May 21, 2016, the National Chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff has constituted four special committees, towards the overall rebuilding and repositioning of the party.

Striking medical doctors in the employment of Osun state government yesterday suspended its seven months old industrial action .

The Ekiti State Government has said that Governor Ayodele Fayose was not borrowing money to execute capital projects, adding that the governor will continue to be transparent in his handling of the State finances.

Four persons were killed at the weekend in Ilorin, during a fight that broke out between members of the two rival cult groups over supremacy claim.

President Muhammadu Buhari and the state governors have agreed that ranches should be established to address incessant farmers/herdsmen clashes instead of grazing reserves, Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau, has disclosed.

Though it has been approved by the National Assembly, three months after it was presented, the 2016 Budget estimates can only come into effect only when assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari. But looking at the unfolding events, this appears to be a mirage. Yet, Nigerians are facing what could be called a grave economic situation. Why the delay in the presidential assent to the Appropriation Bill? What has gone wrong? This piece tries to find answers.

Professor Lawrence Anikwe Dim, a renowned Nuclear Physicist and Engineer, is the Director General of the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority, NNRA, which regulates and monitors the use of nuclear materials in Nigeria. Until his appointment, Dim was a Professor at the Center for Energy Research and Training (CERT), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. In this interview, the NNRA DG speaks of the effort of the agency to make Nigeria a safer place through proactive measures and the place of nuclear potentials in electricity generation in the country.

‎The trio, Ooni of Ife, Ojaja second, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi; the Ayangbure of Ikorodu, Oba Kabiru Adewale Shotobi and former Group Managing Director, Chams Plc, Engr. Ademola Benjamin Aladekomo will on Thursday, April 7, 2016, be conferred with Fellowship Award, at the Lagos State Polytechnic, LASPOTECH, Ikorodu, Lagos.

Leicester City match-winner Wes Morgan said desire had been the key ingredient after his side sank Southampton 1-0 on Sunday to move seven points clear in the Premier League.

A member of Sokoto State House of Assembly, Alhaji Ibrahim Kabiru (APC), has advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to relent in his fight against corruption.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has criticised Governor Ayodele Fayose over failure to pay workers salary arrears.