EDO State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has kicked off its campaign for the January 28, 2017 bye-election into Etsako Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives vacated by Mr. Philip Shuaibu, now deputy governor of the state.

THE Computer Professionals Reg-istration Council of Nigeria, CPN, weekend, refuted reports, saying that there was no leadership crisis rocking the agency as reported in the media.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State is set to revive the visual art with the hosting of the first Rasheed Gbadamosi Eko Art Expo.

Chelsea’s Marcos Alonso insists he is unsurprised by the form shown by Victor Moses so far this season.

UMUAHIA — ABIA State is one of Nigeria’s oil producing states. It attained this status by virtue of oil wells in Owaza community of Ukwa West Council, a rural boundary community between Abia and Rivers states. According to elderly indigenes of the community, oil exploration started in the area in 1958 and soon after, oil was found in Oloibiri, Bayelsa State. Shell Petroleum Development Company has been the sole oil firm operating in the area with scores of servicing firms until last year when Total, among others, came in to commence operations there.

DEPUTY Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has donated a tricycle to one Mr Andrew Sabage, an accident victim involving his convoy last weekend.

WhatsApp has 1 billion monthly active users worldwide as at February 2016. It is a very popular instant messaging platform that has eased the way we communicate. Nigerians are not left behind.

THE member representing Etung/Obubra federal constituency of Cross River State in the House of Representatives, Mr. Mike Etaba, has called for a cessation to the frquent communal conflicts among communities in Obubra Local Government Area of the state.

By Victor Ahiuma-Young LAGOS— MINISTER of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, said, yesterday, in Abuja that the Federal Government was working towards a new minimum wage for workers. The minister while receiving the Secretary General of the International Trade Union Congress, ITUC, Sharon Baron, who paid him a visit in Abuja, reaffirmed the commitment […]

The brutality, partisanship and lawlessness allegedly exhibited by the Nigeria Police Force in recent polls conducted in some states of the federation have been described as a disservice to Nigerians and a threat to national peace.

“In the absence of improved food processing methods and storage facilities, the fear of losing these products due to the effects of nature is one factor that may prevent farmers from engaging in their cultivation on a much larger scale than that which exists at the moment. Therefore it may be counter-productive for any farmer to heed the call of government by participating in whatever measures are introduced to boost crop production without assurances that facilities will be put in place for the storage of the products.”

A former astronaut, Claudie Haigneré has accepted to chair the jury of the DStv-Eutelsat Star Awards. Haignere, now special advisor to European Space Agency’s (ESA) Director General, is the first woman to take on the assignment, a step organisers say is “a strong incentive for students dreaming big, especially young women, to live up to their full potential.”

January 17, 2017 has gone down as a dark day, not just in the history of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) but also in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency in the North East, following the tragic, mistaken bombing of an Internally-Displaced Persons’ (IDP) camp in Rann, headquarters of Kala Balge Local Government Area of Borno State.

Like a good sports captain, Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle CON, FCA, has not only exhibited courage but also consistency in governance as well leadership of the State Executive Council.

Aggrieved members of the National Union of Textile Tailoring and Garment Workers of Nigeria, NUTTGWN) yesterday, shut the Ikeja Electricity Plc over what they termed; ‘’threat to 5,000 jobs due to disconnection of two textile companies.’’