THE United States and China have sealed the agreement on what has been dubbed as the ‘first phase’ of the long-debated trade deal, putting a brake on the ongoing trade tensions between the two superpowers.

Women and youth wings of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP have commended the Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde over the appointment of Olugbenga Obalowo and Diji Odegoke as Caretaker Chairmen Ibarapa East Local government and Ibarapa North East LCDA respectively. Drumming support for the duo caretaker chairman and sole administrator nominees of the local […]

The jailed Kuje Correctional Centre, Ahmed Abdu A Federal High Court sitting in Gwagwalada, Abuja has sentenced an officer with the Kuje Correctional Centre, Ahmed Abdu for engagement in employment scam. The Correctional Centre staff was in  2004 charged by the the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for defrauding one Adamu […]

A BILL FOR AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROHIBITION OF HATE SPEECHES AND FOR OTHER RELATED  MATTERS  A BILL FOR AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROHIBITION OF HATE  SPEECHES AND FOR OTHER RELATED MATTERS    PART I – PRELIMINARY SECTION  Short title. 2. Interpretation.s  PART II – DISCRIMINATION TO WHICH ACT APPLIES  Ethnic […]

THE National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, has commenced moves to reduce the rate of boat accidents across the country with a view to making water transport a preferred mode of transportation in Nigeria.

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Ali Pantami, has expressed the resolve of the Federal government to move the nation’s economy to a digital economy. He stated this during the launching of an Information Technology and Innovation Centre by the National Informational Technology Development Agency (NITDA) at the University of Portharcourt (UNIPORT). Pantami  […]

Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has said that he will complete projects he initiated before he leaves office in 2023. A statement by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr Makut Macham, said that the governor made the pledge while inspecting ongoing “legacy projects” across the state. “We want to complete the projects during […]

“They forced their way in at around 2am. They raped us. And when they left, they stole our phones and money.” In those simple words, Sarah describes the nightmare that she and her flatmate endured when two armed men broke into their apartment in Port Harcourt, Nigeria’s oil hub. Who the men were was, and […]

SHIPPING lines in Nigeria have increased charges for shipment of Roll-up Roll-off (RoRo) and other containerised goods in response to delay in return of empty containers.

NIGERIA’s indigenous terminal operator, Ports and Cargo, operators of terminal C at the Tin-can Island port, Monday commissioned cargo handling equipment valued at over €20 million (N7.2 billion).

Hamper dealers in Enugu on Tuesday decried low patronage of items as 2019 Christmas celebration draws nearer. A NAN correspondent who visited the markets and shopping malls in Enugu metropolis, reports that many hampers in decorated raffia baskets and plastic bowls are yet to be sold. The markets visited include Obgete Main Market, Garki Market, […]

LAST week, I discussed the entitlement of Nigerian citizens to liberty, and particularly when charged with the commission of an offence, the right of the person to presumption of innocence and bail. This week, I intend to discuss the rather unfortunate trend in the prescription of very harsh, near impossible conditions imposed by judges in our courts for the grant of bail. I will equally give a brief highlight of what operates in other jurisdictions in terms of bail and conditions for its grant.

Having emerged as Governor in what was ultimately a popular manner, indeed in all its most consequential ramifications, legendary unionist and impactful man of the people, former Edo State Governor and current Chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomole, had nevertheless somehow managed to deteriorate into the utterly deplorable ethos whose antithesis his emergence had hitherto so succinctly represented.

ABUJA — The National Assembly has retained the N3. 327 billion which the executive proposed as travel expenses for President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in the federal government’s 2020 budget.

THREE of the four kidnapped crew members  of the oil tanker Elka Aristotle have been released, however, the fourth crew member, a Filipino national has died, European Products Carriers Ltd., managers of the Greek-flagged vessel, informed.