he Minister of Youth and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung has congratulated Mitchell Obi who was re-elected unopposed as the African President of International Sports Press (AIPS).

The English city of Birmingham was on Thursday confirmed as the host of the 2022 Commonwealth Games after a troubled bidding process.

With dogged implementation of the Presidential mandate to Restructure, Reform and Raise revenue (3Rs), Nigeria Customs Service has recorded the highest revenue collection ever, of N1,012,259,006,779.74 with five more working days to the end of 2017.

Facebook said on Thursday it will stop flagging fake news as “disputed,” opting instead to offer up contradictory stories containing facts that have been checked.

The Federal Government has announced plans to commence a Gold Purchase Scheme early next year, aimed at increasing revenue accruable from the country’s abundant gold deposit.

The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) said that the 2.8 billion dollars Ajaokuta–Kaduna–Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project would soon commence.

The Governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has called on Nigerians to uphold virtues of peace, share good tidings and express love among themselves during the Christmas celebration.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, stated that the National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) and Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) have thrown their weights behind its efforts to address the hiccups being experienced in the supply and distribution of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise called petrol, in parts of the country.

Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Mr. Joseph Daudu, SAN, on Thursday, berated the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, describing the arrest of Chairman of Innoson Group of Companies, Chief Innocent Chukwuma, as “a reckless display of power”.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has blamed the current petroleum scarcity in the country on marketers of the product.