*We’ll get them, rescue victim—POLICE  By Festus Ahon ASABA—THREE days after Rev. Fr. Jude Onyebadi, Parish Priest of SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Issele-Azagba, Delta State, was kidnapped by suspected herdsmen, the abductors have reportedly demanded a N20 million ransom. The cleric, it was gathered, was kidnapped by three gunmen last Friday at his […]

By Jacob Ajom SPORTS lovers in Nigeria have a lot to look up to from January, particularly those engaged in lottery as a new lottery company, NaijaBillionaire has unveiled what gaming experts claim ‘is the biggest jackpot’ in Nigeria’s gaming history. The media conference and official unveiling of the company and its star product, Billionairejackpot […]

By Dennis Udoma UYO—Families of deceased teachers in Akwa Ibom State, yesterday, embarked on a peaceful protest, demanding payment of arrears of entitlements of dead relations by the state government. The protesters, numbering about 200, on the platform of Association of Next-of-Kin of Late Primary School Teachers, ANKLPST, demonstrated at Government House Gate, Uyo. They […]

As news reports of alleged corruption creeping into the inner cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari (which has been swirling for months) grew to a crescendo last week, he finally ordered the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, to probe all his officials implicated in corrupt practices.

By Tare Youdeowei AN Ijaw leader, Chief Beck Hitler, has said that the Ijaw nation and entire people of Niger Delta were still very proud of former President Goodluck Jonathan, even though he had left office. Hitler, who spoke yesterday in Warri, Delta State, expressed the Niger Delta’s unrelenting love and continued support for Jonathan […]

As the Federal Government continues to explore ways and means of giving succour to the North East, the Pension Transition Arrangement Directorate, PTAD, has captured no fewer than 4,370 pensioners who have never been paid their dues.

*As APC alleges disruption of registration exercise in Ebonyi By Emeka Mamah & Peter Okutu ENUGU— A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Director General of Voice of Nigeria, VON, Osita  Okechukwu, has asked Ndigbo to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term in office to pave way for a Nigerian president of Igbo […]

A total of N288.6 billion of looted funds in the previous government of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has so far been recovered by the Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, the Director-General of Budget Office, Ben Akabueze, has said.

There were indications that the Federal Government will be running a more expensive government next year, following the budget breakdown given yesterday by Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma, which indicated a personnel cost budget at seven-year high of N1.86 trillion.

*Says no jumbo allocation for foreign missions ABUJA— President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, expressed optimism that the current economic recession will end next year. Buhari, while declaring open in Abuja an induction course organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for career ambassadors-designate recently cleared by the Senate, said:  “We are optimistic that the external factors […]