A University Don based in South Africa, Dr. Chinedu Thomas Ekwealor has officially declared his bid to contest for the Anambra North senatorial seat under the platform of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA.

Hernan Dario Gomez said on Tuesday that he was quitting as coach of Panama after leading the nation to their first World Cup finals.

FOLLOWING  an alleged sexual assault of a student, the Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo, said, yesterday, that it had issued a query to an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics adding that the case was already before a Joint Action Disciplinary Committee.

UYO—SENATE Minority Leader representing Ikot Ekpene senatorial district, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has urged his constituents not to be worried about 2019 elections, expressing confidence that any party platform on which he will contest for second term ticket for Ikot Ekpene senatorial district will give  Akwa Ibom victory.

MINISTER of Power, Works & Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, said, yesterday, that the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos, will be shut for three days, from July 27 to 29, and not 27 months as earlier reported.

NIGERIAN Coalition for the International Criminal Court, NCICC, has joined the rest of the world in the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Rome Statute), warning of continued violations of human rights and crimes violating international law in Nigeria.

UYO—SENATE Minority Leader representing Ikot Ekpene senatorial district, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has urged his constituents not to be worried about 2019 elections, expressing confidence that any party platform on which he will contest for second term ticket for Ikot Ekpene senatorial district will give  Akwa Ibom victory.

The Cyril Ogodo led All Progressive Congress, APC in Delta State on Tuesday condemned the swearing in of Prophet Jones Erue as the Delta State APC Chairman, by the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshoimole, adding that the National Chairman’s action is being blinded by his desire to be Vice President in 2023

WARRI—HOST  Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas, HOSTCOM,  has called for 10 per cent equity  for host communities in the Niger Delta region, saying that this will enable the communities to be actively involved in  maintaining peace in their areas.

By Nwafor Sunday Following the remarks made by President Muhammadu Buhari at the International Criminal Court, ICC, in Netherlands, Mr. Femi Adesina, Special adviser to Mr. President on media and publicity, said he is proud to be a Nigerian. In his article titled, “PMB AT ICC: PROUD TO BE NIGERIAN”, Adesina reeled out how the […]

ASABA—AHEAD of the 2019 general election, the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Delta State Council, has advised Nigerians to vote for candidates disposed to restructuring of the country, so as to ensure true fiscal federalism and the rule of law.

Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, Lauretta Onochie has said that General Overseer of the Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleiman, has ‘no business coming close to a pulpit’

The Supreme Court on Wednesday confirmed the death of former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Aloysius Katsina Alu.

ABUJA—SPEAKER of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said that Parliament will not continue to look on as confusion trails the recovery of looted funds and assets.

ABUJA—MEMBERS of the House of Representatives joint Committee on Public Accounts and Finance probing the recovered public funds and assets  from 1999-2016 on yesterday summoned the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, the Central Bank of Nigeria,CBN, Governor, Godwin Emefiele, the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu and others to explain their  roles in the distribution and disbursements of all recovered loots.