People often talk of others as being a “pain in the neck” or some other ( impolite ) part of the anatomy, but never would you hear someone being described as a “pain in the chest”!

SCORES of Umuahia residents sharing Enugu Electric Distribution Company, EEDC electric transformer with Government House, Umuahia have been thrown into total darkness for upwards of one month due to inability of Abia State Government to pay accumulated electricity bill of about N100 million.

A Bayelsa State High Court, in Oporoma, has sentenced to death by hanging, one of the killers of the 11 policemen in Lobia II community of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, on April 5, 2013.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, separated the charges‎, filed against former boss of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Patrick Akpobolokemi, and eight others alongside Government Ekpemupolo (also known as Tompo

ABUJA— The Federal Government has declared Friday and Monday, March 25 and 28, 2016, as public holidays to mark Good Friday and Easter respectively.

ABUJA — Staff of the National Insurance Commission, NAICOM, have vowed to continue the on-going strike as they take their grievances against the executive management of the commission to the National Assembly and the Federal Ministry of Finance.

ABUJA — In a bid to tighten money supply in response to the sharp increase in inflation in February, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday, raised its Monetary Policy Rate, MPR, to 12 percent from 11.

The Directorate of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has said the only credible entity which can carry out in-depth investigation into the shootings and killings of unarmed Biafrans in Aba, Abia state on February 9, 2016 is the International Criminal Court, ICC based in Hague.

When the once unthinkable quarrel between former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso and his successor, Abdullahi Ganduje broke out, it was easy for the camp of the incumbent governor to cite the alleged 2019 aspiration of Kwankwanso as the reason for the spite. Beyond the quarrel in Kano, there are many other reasons insiders in the All Progressives Congress; APC, are now pushing President Muhammadu Buhari to give indication on his 2019 agenda.

KADUNA—Shuhaila Zakzaky, 23, one of the daughters of detained leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, Sheik Ibrahim Zakzaky, yesterday, spoke at a briefing in Kaduna, on the tragedy that befell IMN in its December 12, 2015 clash with Army in Zaria.