The Nigerian ambassador the Ghana Amb. Femi Micheal Abikoye has urged visiting government officials to make the Nigerian embassies and foreign missions their first point of call when they travel on official trips.

The Obaseki/Shaibu Movement (OSM), a support group for the re-election of Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki and his Deputy, Rt. Hon. Philip Shaibu, has rejected the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan-led All Progressives Congress (APC) National Reconciliation Committee, purportedly constituted by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), to resolve the lingering crisis in the APC […]

The United States Democratic candidates attacked the country’s President, Donald Trump but also clashed sharply with one another during the Democratic debate, where a smaller field allowed lesser-known hopefuls to shine against the frontrunners. One day after Trump’s ignominious impeachment, seven candidates united on Thursday to declare the president must be defeated at the 2020 […]

Reappoints Agu GM/CEO Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Monday, constituted the board of Enugu State Housing Development Corporation (ESHDC) and appointed Justus Nwabueze Ugwu as Chairman. In a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Simon Uchenna Ortuanya, Gov. Ugwuanyi reappointed Mr Chukwuemelie Lambert Agu, as the General Manager/Chief Executive Officer […]

THE Labour Party was born in 1900 by trade union and socialist parents and what its leader, Jeremy Corbyn tried to do in this month’s British elections, was to return it to its origins which emphasise a social pact between the state and the people. He tried to return Britain to the path of collective welfare for all, not one of dog eat dog or every man for himself and God for us all.

Victor Ogunyinka Nigerians are sad. Good things make people angry, bad things make them angrier, there are too many suspicions everywhere. Most recent was after President Muhammadu Buhari announced that Hyundai Engineering Company Limited has submitted a proposal to establish a vehicle manufacturing plant in Nigeria. While some see it as a step in the […]

A Federal Capital Territory High (FCT) Court (No.3) Maitama has ordered the final forfeiture of twenty-five properties belonging to Shehu Yar’Adua Foundation and 24 other registered entities. The court presided over by Hon Justice Baba H. Yusuf granted the final forfeiture request by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) due to […]

Jurgen Klopp’s impact on Liverpool during four years in charge has been transformative, but the man in the opposing dugout in Saturday’s Club World Cup final has needed just a few short months to make history at Flamengo. Jorge Jesus was only appointed by the Rio de Janeiro giants in June, the arrival of the […]

 **As Nigeria records significant progress World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday said the number of cholera cases decreased globally by 60 per cent in 2018. The organisation disclosed this in a statement issued from its headquarters in Geneva entitled: “Cholera Prevention and Control Report.” The report pointed to an encouraging trend in cholera prevention and […]

Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Thursday presented a fiscal proposal of N177 billion for 2020 to the State’s House of Assembly. The 2020 budget agged “Budget of Growth.” was presented by Akeredolu to the Assembly through the Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Emmanuel Igbasan, said it reflected the current administration’s commitment to work […]