Former Chelsea striker Samuel Eto’o will not be making a comeback to the Cameroonian National Team ahead of their World Cup qualifier against Nigeria in August 2017.

GOVERNOR Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has approved the dismissal of no fewer than 662 workers from the state public service for allegedly forging their West Africa Secondary School Certificates, WASC.

The Federal Government yesterday gave all domestic and international airlines operating in Nigeria January, 2017 deadline to automate their payment of charges to aviation agencies.

By Dennis Agbo ENUGU—ENUGU State House of Assembly, ESHA, Tuesday passed the Bill for the regulation of outdoor structures for the display of signage, hoarding and advertisement in Enugu State and for other connected purposes into law. Thus, outdoor advertising would be regulated to ensure environmental aesthetics of the state and also yield revenue for […]

DIRECTOR of Statistics, Delta State Ministry of Economic Planning, Mr. Joe Odhogbi, has decried the dearth of statistical data, contending that it is impossible for government to judge the progress recorded in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals, MDGs.

Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State, yesterday, presented to the House of Assembly, a budget of N115.5 billion tagged “Budget of Economic Recovery and Inclusive Growth” for 2017 fiscal year.

THE Federal Government has, for a long time, demonstrated the scriptural allegory of “the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing”. Perhaps, it has to do with its ponderous, oversizeded nature, which has led many commentators to recommend a serious downsizing or devolution of powers to enable governance run smoothly and produce desirable results.

“It was always a matter of time before we would realize the dangers of an economy that is largely based on oil revenue. This dependence coupled with the huge cost of running and maintaining our political structure was always a recipe for disaster.”

Wife of the Vice President, Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo has urged Nigerians to consciously show compassion for the bereaved in order to save them further emotional harm.

THE emergence of Minister of Sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, as national publicity secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, did not come to many a

Osun State House of Assembly has directed the state government to set up a committee to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of an Osun state-born member of National Youths Service Corp NYSC, Ifedolapo Oladepo in Kano State.

Some Borno State local government areas, believed to be vulnerable to polio due to the refusal of some parents to allow their children participate in immunization, have pledged to support new rounds of campaigns to end the disease.

The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, has appealed to Kwara State government to use the N75 billion recently released to the state, being excess deduction from the state’s federation account for Paris loan debt, to offset the nine months salaries owed its members.

By Nwabueze Okonkwo ONITSHA—A member of the Board of Trustees, BoT of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Rommy Ezeonwuka has called on the aggrieved members of the state  to drop their grievances against the suspended state chairman of the party, Chief Norbert Obi and work   towards returning Governor Willie Obiano for a second term […]

The Zone 5 Police headquarters in Benin has arrested 14 suspected oil thieves and pipeline vandals who specialize in breaking petroleum products distribution pipelines and siphoning the products at Obazagbon Village, in Uhunmode Local Government Area of Edo State. At the end of the operation which took place at about 2. 30 am last week, jerry cans filled with a total of 700,050 litres of petroleum products were recovered as well as vehicles used for the operation.