Prominent Niger Delta former freedom fighter and Senior Special Assistant (General Duties), to Bayelsa State Government, Mr. Goddy Smith, has advised the Federal Government to genuinely implement promises made to the people of Niger Delta to fast tract the desired peace in the region.

It takes a people who know exactly what they want to turn around the fortunes of their country

Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has called on the Federal Government to urgently fix the East-West Road, Akpajo Junction, Police security check posts road, opposite NNPC housing estate, Intelcamp and Fugiro, along Aba-Port Harcourt Express Way in Rivers State, to arrest the wanton loss of lives and property.

The Director-General, National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, Mr Is’haq Kawu, has said that NBC’s mission is to switch off analogue completely when Nigeria has achieved up to 95 per cent access to Free Digital Television content across the country.

THE bullish stance that investors have taken on equities in the past two months remained intact last week as the market closed with N188 billion gains.

THE Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has expressed concern over the low level of credit penetration in the country which is estimated at 5.3 per cent of the nation’s adult population.

THE Senate, last week, said Nigeria’s banking sector is being run by a cartel which frustrates the monetary and fiscal policies of the Federal Government, adding that bank owners have become so strong that they now manipulate the economy. This came with Senators’ condemnation of the high interest rates which they said were “imposed by banks.”

Notorious kidnap kingpin, Chukwudubem Onwuamadike, a.k.a Evans, who was arrested, recently, by the police for coordinating several high profile kidnappings and armed robberies within Lagos, Anambra and Enugu States, yesterday, led police operatives to two houses in Ejigbo and Igando areas of Lagos state, where he kept some of his victims for months.

During the period when the President was fully in the picture, the Army, Police and security agencies tended to be deployed in a manner suggesting that the system was for some groups and against the others

Plateau United lost 1-2 to Abia Warriors in a dramatic Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) contest in Umuahia yesterday but still stay top of the log.

Funmi in missionary-style became like a butterfly, pollinating young minds with ideologically-driven knowledge and seeking to make them first class brains in the global market of ideas

FIFA U-17 World Cup winning coach, Emmanuel Amuneke has frowned at the new directive by the Nigeria Football Federation which demands that Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr must submit the list of players invited to camp to its technical committee for scrutiny before it is made public.

BANKS are anticipating increased lending and borrowing activities in the third quarter of the year, driven by expected upsurge in economic activities during the quarter.

Every fair-minded person knows that Lagos population is bigger than any other state in Nigeria but today Lagos has only 20 local governments but Kano has 44

FIFA president, Gianni Infantino was investigated by the Ethics Committee over allegations he meddled in the CAF elections that brought Ahmad and saw to the end of Issa Hayatou’s 30 year- reign.