Senatorial candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta South Senatorial District, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has promised to work towards the enactment of a law legalising local refineries, if elected.

Sen. Aisha Alhassan, former Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development and the governorship candidate of the United Democratic Party (UDP) in Taraba, says she is confident of victory in 2019 general elections with her new platform.

The First Bank of Nigeria has earmarked about N5.2 million for the coding Hackathon competition taking place in Lagos.

—IGBO socio- cultural organisation, Alaigbo Development Foundation, ADF, has tasked ethnic nationality groups in Nigeria, clamouring for political restructuring of the country, to make haste and draw a realistic and immediate plan on how to achieve restructuring of the country before next year’s general elections.

Fibre is abundant in plant foods like fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans, lentils, nuts, and seeds. Yet, it is the one nutrient that a lot of us do not get enough of in our diet. This is such a shame because diets high in fibre are linked to reduced rates of obesity, heart disease, cancer and type II diabetes – common problems in society today.

From December 8 to 9, PropertyPro.ng, an online real estate company, will hold the third edition of its home and property festival, which the firm described as the largest real estate show in Africa, at Muri-Okunola Park, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Martha Emmanuel, re-christened by hordes of admirers and Akwa Ibomites generally as ‘Martha of the Moment’, is not just Martha by name but by deed. Like the Biblical Martha, the Akwa Ibom First Lady loves to care and so, to live up to her billings, she established an NGO called FEYReP (Family Empowerment and Youth Reorientation Programme) three years ago; a social interventionist vehicle which, according to Martha, was to “stand in the gap” for society’s downtrodden and the vulnerable. FEYReP, in more specific terms, has as core objectives; “empowering families and restoring values in our youth.”

The International Monetary Fund yesterday called for judicious use of Nigeria’s external reserves in defending the naira against the outflow of foreign portfolio investment triggered by rising interest rate in the United States and other advanced countries. 

The 2018 Open Shotokan Cup was concluded at the Teslim Balogun Stadium Lagos with Karatekas putting up outstanding performances to the delight of spectators and the Japanese instructor, Kasuya Sensei.

Hundreds of Commuters plying Wukari- Takum Federal highway were on Wednesday stranded as the bridge linking the two towns which has overtime been in deplorable state finally collapsed in the early hours of Wednesday.

A non-governmental organisation, NGO, Cadrell Advocacy Centre, has dragged Cross River State Government before a Federal High Court in Lagos over “money woman” custom, where young girls are used as collateral for loan in some areas of the state.

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), said it licensed 147 filling stations in the Federal Capital Territory in 2018.

The Ministry of Interior on Wednesday inaugurated a 20-man main organising committee to ensure a successful hosting of second edition of its Games.

Seventy-six Boko Haram terrorists, among others, trying to overrun Nigeria’s military formation in Metele, near Kangarwa in Borno were killed today.

An Abuja High Court sitting at Apo, on Wednesday, voided the expulsion of Senator Buruji Kashamu who is representing Ogun East, from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.