Prominent personalities including Abia State governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu and former Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG), Prof. Anya O . Anya, will grace the end of the year dinner and seminar of Umu-Aba Connect in Lagos.

Controversy surrounding the oil spillage and subsequent fire outbreak on the damaged Abura Flowline in Udu council area, Delta State has rekindled the boundary dispute between Oghior and neighboring Ukpiovwin communities.A militant group, the Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate Group, NDGJM, had, on Monday, claimed blowing up the pipeline operated by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC, but Oghior, one of the company’s host communities, in a swift reaction, discredited the group’s claim.In the latest reaction, neighboring Ukpiovwin is contesting land ownership of the damaged pipeline point with Oghior, rekindling a boundary dispute which has been lingering between both Udu communities. Lucky Ejenavwo who expressed the community’s position at a town-hall meeting said’’.

The Federal Government during the week said it will train ex-agitators in agriculture and they will in turn produce bumper harvest in the next one year. The special adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, General Paul Boroh, disclosed this during the induction ceremony of the delegates at the Bio-resources Development Centre, BIODEC, Odi, Bayelsa State.

A former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mrs Farida Waziri, has warned the defeated 2015 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Adamawa State, Mr Nuhu Ribadu, to stop using her name “anytime he needs public attention or sympathy”. A statement by her Personal Assistant, Ms Omolara Oluremi, yesterday, […]

The Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Mr Tony Elumelu, has said the Bilateral Agreements signed between Nigeria and Morocco will help shorten Nigeria’s economic recession.

Dr Daniel Olukoya, the General Overseer of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM), on Saturday said that the MFM was the legitimate owner of the popular Prayer City located at Magboro, Ogun.

Nigeria and Morocco are in talks over a huge project to extend a West African gas pipeline to stretch up towards Europe, officials say.

To eradicate youth unemployment through skill acquisition, founder, Richard Adebayo Idowu Global Foundation, has urged participants to be optimistic by considering the lucrative angle of knowledge acquired through the Foundation.

Recent arts, culture and literary events in the country are eloquent proof of the great impact the sector could have on the economy if only artists and stakeholders are given maximum support.

A Christian channel with the inscription, Red Letter, has been debut on the satellite. The channel according to the managers, was geared towards propagating the gospel of Eternal life as well promoting salient and selected programmes on the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Students of Olaitan Zion College, Offa, Kwara State recently emerged the overall winner of the 14th edition of National Secondary School Bible Quiz competition, an annual programme of the Bible Society of Nigeria BSN in Lagos.

Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who is set to stand down next year after 38 years in power, is one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders.

A billion dollars are needed to provide aid for victims of Boko Haram jihadists in Nigeria’s restive northeast next year, the United Nations said Friday, calling the conflict “the largest crisis in Africa”.

The Federal Operations Unit, (FOU) Zone ‘C’ Owerri, of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 29 prohibited items with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N1billion and under payment recovery of over N54 million.

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