THE Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, yesterday rejected threat by Petroleum oil marketers to embark on mass sack of workers, over unpaid subsidy claims, warning the oil marketers not to use workers as scapegoats.

The number of Nigerian pilgrims, who have died at the current Hajj exercise has risen from five to seven, officials have stated.

I believe every marriage that breaks up impoverishes and diminishes humanity. I personally feel very sad. That is why I find the breakup of the marriage of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and his wife, Olori Wuraola Zaynab, very painful. The marriage lasted barely 17 months.

FORMER WBA light heavyweight, British and Commonwealth boxing champion, Peter Oboh, who dumped his boxing career to win souls for God few years ago, is currently in court battling to save his hard earned name from being dragged in the mud.

AS Muslim faithful all over the world celebrate the feast of Eid-el-Kabir, President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to Nigerians to keep aside their prejudices and strengthen the bonds of friendship and unity in order to keep the country united.

The Accident Investigation Bureau, AIB, yesterday released a report on the Accident involving Nigeria Police Force (NPF) Bell 427 helicopter with registration 5N-POL at Kabong, Jos South LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria on the 14th of March, 2012 that killed a serving Deputy Inspector General, Operations, and said the flight crew, including the pilot, were not qualified to fly the aircraft.

Returnee Super Eagles Captain, Mikel Obi has asked Nigerians to remain calm and be relaxed when he and his teammates take on the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in the 2018 World Cup qualifier in Uyo today.

I still struggle to empty my head of incarceration-related daymares and nightmares…and find it extremely hard to summon up the courage to go home to Port Harcourt…and have not been able to bring myself to sleep in the family residence again

FOR over two hours, Ijaw youths in their hundreds, yesterday, shut down activities at the headquarters of Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, during a peaceful protest.

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Akure—A day after swearing in 18 commissioners and 10 special advisers, governor Rotimi Akeredolu yesterday announced their portfolios.

Eid-ul-Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice, is celebrated by Muslims all over the world today. It is a major festival in Islam which enjoys special significance; of absolute faith and submission to Allah, love for the kith and kin, sharing of food and peaceful coexistence. It does not only mark the climax of Hajj or Pilgrimage, the fifth pillar of Islam but it also commemorates Prophet Ibrahim’s readiness and his son, Ismail’s consent to be sacrificed following God’s commandment in a dream.

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, Chief Charles Udeogaranya of All Progressives Congress, APC, and ex Anambra Governor, Peter Obi  yesterday, felicitated with Muslims, urging them to use the period to continue to promote and abide by the core values of Islam for the sustenance of peace, progress and unity of the country.

FOR the contemporary tech-smart population, a laptop is often regarded as more than just a work tool. Many rely on the laptop for many purposes spanning social, entertainment, educational and business-related needs. This makes it imperative for the right decision to be made when shopping for a new device or a replacement unit for your old laptop.

Indications have emerged that Nigeria’s economy is rallying from negative to positive growth in the second half of 2017, if data from the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Purchasing Managers’ Index, PMI, and global rating agency, Fitch’s, are anything to go by.