WARRI—Izon-Okosu-Otu, an umbrella body of select Ijaw elders led by Chief Bare Etolor, does not have the locus to discredit Chief Edwin Clark’s leadership to head the proposed Niger Delta dialogue, says Chief Wellington Bobo, the Oroupawei of Gbaramatu Kingdom.

Troubled by the near obliteration of the third tier of government by the state governments, President Muhammadu Buhari, last night, asked the councils across the country to support the amendmentof the law to free them from the clutches of the governors.

National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Bayelsa State branch, yesterday, pleaded with the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, to extend the deadline for the implementation of the speed limiting device scheduled to begin on October 1.

Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo has relieved the Commissioner for Information in the state, Dr Vitais Ajumbe of his duties. Also sacked from office are the Special Adviser to the governor on Public Enlightenment and Strategy, Mr kelechi Okpalaeke, and Special Adviser on Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Justice Odika.

Troops of the Operation Lafiya Dole has clashed with some remnants of Boko Haram terrorists in their hideouts, leaving four of the insurgents dead and one captured alive after 15 minutes gun battle around Jororo and Tombaeji villages in Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe State.

Blue Seal Water & Process Treatment Company Limited has disclosed plans to establish its first chemical blending plant in Nigeria in the next 18 months. The company also said it will commence manufacturing of equipment for water and process treatment from October 1 to broaden its range of products offering. The Group Managing Director, of […]

2016 Cabinet Retreat on the economy at the State House Conference Centre, Presidential Villa, Abuja

PORT HARCOURT— Paramount ruler of Odiemerenyi community, in Ahoada East Local Government Area, River State, Chief Isaac Oshi, has described as untrue, social media reports that soldiers attached to Total E&P invaded the community, setting some houses ablaze.

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State said, Thursday, that failure of security agencies to give sensitive information in the war against insurgency was responsible for journalists breaking stories that work against their efforts.

Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programmme, Brigadier- General Paul Boroh (retd), yesterday, charged beneficiaries of the programme not to be agents of destruction but protect the programme so as not to endanger the laudable initiative.

Former First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan has picked holes in the authenticity of the representatives of the four companies who pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges of money laundering at a Federal High Court in Lagos, presided over by Justice Babs Kuewumi.

Donald Trump released lab results Thursday from a recent medical examination, with his personal physician stating that the Republican presidential candidate “is in excellent physical health.” Both Trump and his Democrat rival Hillary Clinton have been under pressure to share more medical information since Clinton fell ill during a 9/11 ceremony in New York on Sunday and was forced to leave.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the ministry will repackage the Abuja carnival to compete viably with world class carnivals.

A top aide of former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan pleaded not guilty Thursday to money laundering charges linked to the former first lady, as he appeared in a Lagos court

Following the remarkable impact and success recorded in the Seasons 1 and 2 of its revolutionary CSR intervention tagged Touching Lives, leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has announced the Season 3 in line with its commitment to making sustainable impact on the lives of disadvantaged people and communities across Nigeria.