A group of Igbo youths, the World Igbo Youth Congress, WIYC, has called on the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, and other notable Igbo leaders to intervene as bodies and as individuals in the dispute between Governors Rochas Okorocha of Imo State and Willy Obiano of Anambra State, respectively.

A newly registered body which co-ordinates the activities of Fulani cattle rearers in the country, General of Gan Allah Fulani Development Association, GAFDAN, has commenced issuance of identity cards to herdsmen as part of efforts aimed at ending the incessant clashes between them and farmers.

Jose Mourinho took a swipe at his old club Chelsea as the Manchester United boss accused the Premier League leaders of lacking style.

PRESSURES on the external sector seem persisting as outstanding foreign exchange demand on Forwards Contracts is now put at about USD4 billion despite several auctions by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to bring it down.

We can say that compared to previous years, 2016 was a good year for agriculture in terms of harvest and necessary policy support. The bumper harvest recorded in 2016 accounted for part of the growth coupled with the right statements being made about government support for agriculture.

Founder and General Overseer of Christian Central Chapel International, CCCI, Cross River State, Bishop Emma Isong, has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s good intentions alone cannot take Nigeria out of the current economic recession, saying intelligent people and good policies will.

Against the backdrop of intense speculations surrounding the 10-day vacation of President Muhammadu Buhari to the United Kingdom and the repeated assurances by presidential aides and other government officials that all was well with the President, it is not surprising that Nigerians would engage in a long and anxious wait for his return to the country to resume work today as slated.

THE Federal Government has said that it secured a grant of over $600,000 from the African Development Bank AfDB, for predevelopment study towards the conversion of six out of the 23 Industrial Development Centres, IDC, to Industrial Clusters in the country.

THE President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, has said the prevailing activities of the Fulani herdsmen had over the years led to the killing, maiming, raping of Igbo people and destruction of their farms.

Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has tasked practising surveyors in the country to contribute meaningfully to the process of nation building in order to complement the administration’s efforts at filling the gaps in the provision of infrastructure.

NEIMETH International Pharmaceuticals Plc has lamented the low share price of the company as traded on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE.

THE crisis over the Eze Ndigbo leadership in Ondo State deepened weekend as the Deji of Akureland, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi issued a month notice to the erstwhile bearer of the title, Gregory Ilohehika to consider accepting the title of “Igbo Leader” (Onyendu Ndigbo) in place of the proscribed Eze Ndigbo title

Six years after a former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, fled the country, his Oghara country home in Ethiope West Local Government Area, has turned to a “political Mecca,” as the governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, politicians and other Deltans, trooped there to visit the erstwhile governor.

Over 100,000 Nigerians are diagnosed with cancer annually; an average of 240 Nigerians die every day or 10 every hour

FORTE Oil Plc, one of the Nigeria’s topmost indigenous major oil marketing companies, evolving from African Petroleum Plc and British Petroleum, has demonstrated again its impressive record of good corporate behaviour.