Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and Dr Olurotimi Badero are among dignitaries expected at the “Why I am Alive” event.

By Jimitota Onoyume,Warri Delta State Chief Judge , Justice Marshal Umukoro  has urged Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC to connect Ogwashi-Uku  Custodial Centre of the Nigerian Correctional Services in Aniocha-South local government area  to the national grid . Making the appeal in Ogwashi-Uku  at the end of  the Judge’s Delivery visit round the five Custodial […]

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged world powers on Tuesday to help it resettle 1 million Syrian refugees very soon, accusing governments of moving more quickly to guard Syria’s oil fields than its children. Erdogan, whose country hosts 3.7 million Syrian refugees, the largest refugee population worldwide, said more than 600,000 should voluntarily join around 371,000 […]

Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, has responded to President Donald Trump’s call for the top United States court to stop impeachment. “The president is not a lawyer,” she said in an exclusive interview, adding: “He’s not law-trained.” In a wide-ranging conversation, she also said poor women were victims of restrictive abortion access. The US […]

By Gabriel Enogholase, Benin Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has reaffirmed his government’s commitment to ensuring improved road infrastructure in the state, saying that his administration was in dialogue with the Federal Government to improve the experience of commuters on the Benin-Lokoja Road during the festive season. He disclosed this in Benin yesterday when […]

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) board chairman Lee Sang-hoon was sentenced to 1-1/2 years jail on Tuesday for sabotaging legitimate union activities, a South Korean court said. Lee and about 25 other defendants were charged with sabotaging union activities by subcontracted workers at Samsung Electronics’ repair unit, Samsung Electronics Service Co Ltd. ALSO READ: Pakistan’s Musharraf […]

Democrats and Republicans will grapple on Tuesday over the rules of engagement for a historic vote this week in the U.S. House of Representatives, where President Donald Trump is likely to become the third U.S. president to be impeached. In what is widely expected to be a marathon meeting, the House Rules Committee will decide […]

  President Buhari on Tuesday charged the Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) to ensure the presentation of the 2021 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly in September 2020. The President gave the directive when he signed the 2020 budget at the State House, Abuja. He said: “I am confident that all Federal Ministries, Departments, and […]

Commuters in Nigerian Cities paid more on transportation in the month of November. A transport Watch report released on Tuesday by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS indicates that the average fare paid by commuters for bus journey within the city increased by 0.62% month-on-month and decreased by -0.21% year-on-year to N192.05 in November 2019 from N190.86 in October 2019.

By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenegoa Bayelsa State government will launch the State Higher Education Loan Scheme, as part of its efforts to ensure sustainable funding for students in tertiary institutions. The scheme which is the first of its kind in the country will give indigent students of the state extraction in tertiary institutions the opportunity to […]