The Federal Government, yesterday, explained to the National Assembly why the lawmakers need to approve the $30 billion loan the country was seeking from China Exim Bank as the government plans to lay the foundation of Lagos-Ibadan and Lagos-Kano rail lines in the first quarter of this year.

IAAF president Sebastian Coe has denied that he misled a British Parliamentary committee investigating doping in sport when he appeared before it last December.

Everything happening in the world right now pinpoints the many failures of capitalism. The white underclass, betrayed by an economic system which promised a trickle-down effect if trade managers were allowed to operate without much challenge to conglomerates’ bottom line, opted for a world of barriers and suspicion, one which rejects the “other”, the migrant and “job thief”.

Experience, I believe, is the soul of achievement that leads to excellence. I have been fortunate to attend institutions of higher learning that made a tremendous impact in my intellectual development.

THE tourism industry contributed N1.7billion ($ 5.5 million), about 4.8 per cent to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP, in the third quarter of 2016. The figure is expected to fall by 7.3 percent in 2017, according to the Nigeria Hospitality Report, 2016.

Nigeria’s foreign reserve has recorded 18.2 per cent accretion since its recent uptrend, standing at $27.4 billion with the latest figures from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, for January 2017.

The Director of Lagos State Fire Service, Mr. Rasak Fadipe, said, yesterday, they recovered two bodies from a petrol tanker and a deep well on Monday.

Chelsea captain John Terry appears to have dropped a big hint over his future plans after revealing his current choice of literature on Instagram.

ONITSHA – The President- General of Umuchu Improvement Union Representatives Assembly, UIURA, in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State, Kingsley Onunkwo has decried the poor network of rural roads in the area noting that apart from Governor Obiano’s N20 million project grant to every community in the state, nothing had been done to alleviate the suffering of rural people in the area.

ENUGU- The Enugu State government has given reasons why it closed down the New Artisan Market (Goat Market) in the state capital, saying that it was occasioned by troubles associated with such markets.

THE Pan Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere has given President Muhammad Buhari nine days to forward the name of the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Nkanu Onnoghen to the National Assembly for confirmation.

The Presidential Amnesty Programme has    in Abuja signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the  Songhai Rivers Development Initiative (SRDI) to train 3,105 Amnesty Beneficiaries in modern agriculture and engage 12,400 in farms. The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Brigadier General Paul Boroh (Rtd) who  signed on behalf of the Federal […]

The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammed Sanusi II and Executive Director/CEO, Nigerian Export Promotion Council, NEPC, Mr. Olusegun Awolowo, have commended First City Monument Bank, FCMB Limited for its support for export trade in the country, describing it as laudable and impressive.

The Lagos State government has reviewed the official number plate regime so as to ensure better identification of government vehicles, saying the era of abuse of the official number plates and its negative consequences on security were over.

Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday, flagged off the distribution of 20,000 solar powered lighting systems for rural communities.