President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his administration will continue to guarantee the economic rights of women in the country.

At least 12 people were killed on Sunday in a double bomb blast near the Shiite shrine of Sayyida Zeinab, south of the Syrian capital Damascus, a monitor said.

A director with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Alhaji Muhammadu Kabiru Nuhu-Koko,has attributed the slow pace of the country’s economic growth to unwillingness of Nigerians to dump selfish desires for national interest.

Manchester United’s players are responsible for their indifferent form this season, and not embattled manager Louis van Gaal, according to captain Wayne Rooney.

Pro-democracy group, Campaign for Democracy (CD) has flayed the people of South South geopo­litical zone for their alleged lack of support for South-East cause.

To many calculating the figure-bearing headlines emanating from the ongoing probe by the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Crude Oil Swap and Oil Processing Agreement (OPA), so much economic attacks and sabotage appear to have been spearheaded by the same agencies and officials of government who were being paid with the nation’s tax payers’ money to manage and administer the resources.

One way to deal with economic crisis is to isolate the main elements and deal with them or go after those who caused the crisis in the first place. The worldwide economic crisis of 2007-8 (Black Wednesday) which still remains unresolved fully, was caused by several factors but mainly by banks who sold products and derivatives to people who clearly would be unable to pay or took advantage of regulations to make maximum profits in unorthodox ways such as leveraging the LIBOR rate etc. The banks sold prime mortgages to clients who had no way to pay because the mortgages had US Federal Government (Freddie May) guarantees. In some cases Governments borrowed far beyond their capacity to pay etc.

PASTOR Osagie Ize-Iyamu is a former Secretary to the Edo State government during the Chief Lucky Igbinedion administration. He was in the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) before defecting to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after irreconcilable differences with Governor Adams Oshiomhole. Now a governorship aspirant in the July 2016 gubernatorial election in Edo State, he speaks, in this interview, on the state politics.

It was an exercise laced with emotions yesterday as fiery catholic priest; Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka was escorted by thousands of catholic faithful in Enugu to his new parish at Emene, an outskirt of Enugu
urban.

THE Lion of the tribe of Ubima community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, Rt Hon Rotimi Amaechi, currently Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, had fought several battles in his action-packed political career with very big support from the people.

“Gentlemen of the press” was the title of a Broadway play in 1928. The following year, it was adapted into an all-talking film of the same title.

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State can now move into the Government House, otherwise known as Brick House, Port Harcourt, following the Supreme Court verdict which upheld his appeal challenging the nullification of his election at the Appeal Court.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), after its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting declared that hard time awaits Nigeria’s economy, saying the Federal Government targets N66.1bilion revenue from stamp duties. Olu Ajakaiye, a professor of Economics, past President, Nigerian Economic Society and the Chairman, African Centre for Shared Development Capacity Building, speaks on CBN’s assessment of the economy

Two-time former governor of the old Bendel State, Dr Samuel Ogbemudia, shocked many people, last week, particularly members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as he resigned from the party. Ever since his resignation, his New Lagos Road, Benin-City residence has become a Mecca of sort for politicians from both the PDP and the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2016 governorship election in Edo State. Ogbemudia commands respect, especially from Edo and Delta states, due to his numerous achievements as governor of old Bendel.

Hardly had the New Year begun before the entertainment scene started to rock with beefs, scandals and hilarious controversies. Some have been settled amicably while others are yet to be resolved. In no particular order, we take a look at the beefs and controversies brewing in 2016