The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms Hadiza Usman, said the traffic gridlock in Apapa had affected access into the ports and killing trade facilitation programme of government.

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has commenced sensitisation of Fulani herdsmen and farmers in Edo, as part of proactive methods to prevent conflict.

NIGERIA is facing severe economic challenges that have made life brutish for virtually everybody. Nigerians labour daily to overcome these economic challenges. Beyond the obvious economic challenges, there are agitations in the South-East led by MASSOB, challenges of herdsmen in different parts of the country, the scourge of the ‘technically degraded’ Boko Haram in the North-East and the resurgence of violence in the Niger Delta over calls for rapid development, resource control, resource ownership and restructuring of the Nigerian Federation. These turbulent issues and the lack of corresponding problem-solving mechanism from government quarters have created terrifying waves in Nigeria.

An Epidemiologist with the Lagos State Ministry of Health, Dr Ismail AbdusSalam, says regular physical exercise promotes sexual performance in male and female.

Mr Philip Nyam, a Public Affairs Analyst, based in Abuja, on Monday said that the conduct and outcome of the Nov.26 Ondo state Governorship showed that democracy was maturing in Nigeria.

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has warned motorists against overloading, dangerous driving and speed limit violation in order to reduce road accidents during the yuletide.

Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha has decided to switch his international allegiance to Ivory Coast from England.

PRESIDENT Mohammadu Buhari has tasked universities and higher institutions of learning in the country to channel their time and resources on research and innovation that will enhance the nation’s economic development

Police in Lagos have arrested a 32-year-old employee of an oil company, Reuben Agboola for allegedly faking self-kidnapping so as to defraud his employer N19.5 million

Chelsea stayed top, Manchester City registered a gritty win at Burnley, Manchester United lost more ground following yet another home draw and Liverpool were left sweating on Philippe Coutinho.

Tokyo and other upcoming Olympic host cities must make an “unwavering commitment” to achieving a successful Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) urged on Monday, as cost overruns plague the runup to Tokyo’s 2020 event.

OPEC members will seek to give oil prices a boost in Vienna on Wednesday by nailing down their first output cut in eight years, although a deal is far from certain.

It’s not Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s fault that Nigeria’s economy is inextricably tied to the global price of oil, now half of its 2014 peak of over $100 per barrel.

Dangote Foundation says it has donated food items and relief materials worth N1.3 billion to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and returnees in the North-East within the past five months.

Ogun State Government said it has put measures in place to raise its internally generated revenue in 2017 to N114.34 billion from the N105.67 billion it projected in 2016. But the state in 2013, internally generated the sum of N13.77 billion, in 2014 N17.49 billion and in 2015 it was raised to a total of N34.59 billion. At the end of the current fiscal year, the state would have generated about N51 billion. Similarly the state in 2013 got the sum of N56.8 billion from the federation account. This fell to N48.9 billion in 2014 and went further down to N34.3 billion in 2015. It is likely to fall further in 2016 making it imperative for the state to look inward.