OWERRI—THE Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Ali Janga, has resumed duty  in Imo State, for the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship primaries today.

ABUJA—Almost eight weeks after the senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, opted to remain in the party after many of his colleagues had defected to Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, he is yet to be assured of the ticket of All Progressives Congress, APC, to be able to return to the upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly next year.

ABUJA—THE rift between the executive and the legislative arms of government, once again, manifested at the 58th Independence Day anniversary as the leadership of the National Assembly was conspicuously absent.

Fifty-eight years after  independence, the Nigerian health sector is  bedevilled with challenges it didn’t experience before 1960.  Each year, it has become the norm on October 1st for Nigerians to hear unending promises about plans to revitalise the country’s ailing healthcare system and provide better life espectations as a whole. Unfortunately, 58 years down the line, there are unfulfiled promises than at any time in the past

GOVERNOR Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, yesterday, alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari has damaged the country beyond control, saying Nigerians are tired of his misrule.

GOVERNOR Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has congratulated governors of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP-controlled states that emerged as governorship candidates of the party at the primaries in their respective states.

ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has called on the Federal Government to resume renegotiation with the union on the 2009 agreement over the decay in public universities or face industrial action.

Paying back these debts is putting huge pressure on Zambia’s finances; the biggest item in the budget used to be education

Oil and non-oil waste constitute serious problems in petroleum bearing communities. In this interview with Udeme AKPAN, Mr. Yolo Bakumor, Managing Director, Bayelsa State-based De-Rabacon, the winner of the maiden Shell Outstanding Achievement Prize in the 2018 Shell LiveWIRE Top Ten Innovators Awards, comments on a wide range of issues, including the need for increased plastic recycling.

Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the Osun state governorship election, Senator Ademola Adeleke has vowed to contest the result of the election and reclaim his “stolen” mandate.

UMUAHIA—Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has called for the collaborative efforts of all Nigerians to build the country of our dreams.

THE price of crude oil, yesterday surged towards $85 per barrel, the highest so far this year as a result of output shortfalls in Iran, currently being sanctioned by the United States.

Over 80 percent of big ticket risks underwritten by Nigerian insurers are exported for offshore underwriting due to inadequate capacity.

Less than a week after leaders and stakeholders of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, agreed to hold the party’s national convention in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, findings have emerged on how the controversy over the choice of venue was finally resolved.

LAWYER and former governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC,  in Edo State, Ken Imansuagbon, yesterday, defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.