The President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Thursday, saved the request by the executive for virement of N135 billion from the 2017 budget to execute certain priority projects from being thrown out.

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike says he is not surprised with the massive development going on in Bayelsa State, a clear testimony to the performance of a governor who knows what good governance is all about.

The Consul General of the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Nigeria, Mr. Ingo Herbert has said that it is important for Nigeria and Germany to strive for the universal values expressed in both countries’ national anthems, which call for justice, peace and unity.

The Peoples Republic of China’s Consul General (CG) to Nigeria, Mr. Chao Xiaoliang, has declared that henceforth, Nigerians seeking various categories of visa to China will experience improve and stress-free visa processing, following the inauguration of China Visa Application Centre in cooperation with Visa Facilitation Service (VFS) in Lagos.

WORLD teachers day was celebrated on Thursday  with Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State saying poverty and the media are new challenges being faced by today’s teachers. Addressing teachers who turned out in their large numbers in Delta State under the aegis of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Asaba to mark the event, Governor […]

The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs & Social Development has endorsed Power Oil health project and promised to render the needed support as long as it continued in the quest to put the interest of the society first.

DELTA State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa on Thursday expressed deep sadness on the death of the Chairman of Itsekiri Leaders of Thought, (ILOT), Pa Johnson Oritsegbubemi Sunday Ayomike who passed on at the age of 90.

The Wife of the President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, on Thursday declared the increasing rate of malnutrition in the country as “a state of emergency’’.

LAGOS— AHEAD of Saturday’s 7th edition of World Decent Work celebration, Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday, unfolded plans to picket operations of companies perceived as anti-labour employers in Lagos and other states of the country including Abuja.

A prosecution witness and also investigator with Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Tosin Owobo, in the on-going trial of Christian Nwosu, an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, who was accused of receiving N30 million as bribe, yesterday, told a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos that he (Nwosu) was neither intimidated nor induced to make the statement.

LAGOS— As part of effort to complement the state government measures, Apapa Local Government has constituted an enforcement team, comprising  stakeholders, to find immediate solution to the  traffic congestion within Apapa and its environs.

To assuage the suffering of pensioners in the state and clear up a backlog of arrears that accrued over two decades, the Edo State Government has released about N430 million through the Joint Account and Allocation Committee (JAAC) in the last two months.

Food is a necessity across different socio-economic group and top brands are relentlessly creating association with it in order to gain traction, acceptance and expression in the marketplace. While that sounds like a drift, there is the likelihood that brands will continue to seek more opportunities to connect to foods, even the very unlikely ones. Currently on top-of-mind is Peak Milk’s “PECADOMO.”

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has demanded that the retirement of teachers of primary and secondary schools in the country be raised from 60 to 65 years.

As the much awaited female soccer fiesta, Women Professional Football League Super (NWPL) four begins on Monday, in Benin City, capital of Edo State, several partners willing to latch on to the tournament are in a frenzy.