By Dayo Johnson, Akure GOVERNOR Rotimi Akeredolu weekend said that it is the turn of the state to produce the next Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Akeredolu said the law was very clear on how the position should be rotated amongst member states. He said this while receiving a delegation from […]

…Says operating in residential area is illegal Shina Abubakar, Osogbo The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Osogbo field Office, Osun State, has sealed ten Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) skid stations for operating without valid licences in the state. Its Operations Controller, Ademola Makinde, disclosed this to newsmen on Sunday in the state capital. He said […]

Mok By Dayo Johnson A solidarity walk organised by the Yoruba World Congress (YWC); an umbrella body of all Yoruba Socio-cultural and Self Determination Groups in support of Operation Amotekun, a security network recently established by Governors from Western Nigeria to wage war against the spate of insecurity ravaging the zone will hold tomorrow January […]

By Chinedu Adonu The police command in Enugu state said they have rescued nine kids from two suspected child traffickers who specialize in moving children from Plateau State in North Central zone to River State in South-South zone. Parading the two suspects in Enugu, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Ahmed Abdurrahman, said that the […]

As part of its commitment to deepen relationship with key stakeholders, Upfield, the largest plant-based consumer products company in the world and the number one producer of plant-based spreads globally, has sought the support of the Nigerian Government, while reaffirming its commitment to human and capital investment in Nigeria.

By Emma Amaize, Sam Oyadongha, Egufe Yafugborhi, Emmanuel Una and Ike Uchechukwu Governors of the six South-South states are, at the moment, disordered and ineffective to hold a meeting to take a joint decision on the setting up of a regional security outfit like the South West Security Network, ‘Amotekun’ launched, last week, by South-West Governors […]

AHEAD of the 2023 Presidency, the South-South Elders have said that there will be a crisis that could tear the country apart if the North should insist on retaining the office of the President after the expiration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure.

The Life President of Nigerian Professional Golfers Association, General Ibrahim Haruna (Rtd) and prominent legal luminary, Mr Joe Gadzama (SAN), King Alfred Diete-Spiff, the Amanyanabo of Twon Brass, at the weekend commended  the Bayelsa State Governor, the Honourable Seriake Dickson for establishing Bayelsa Golf course.

Following recent alert by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on the use of paracetamol tablets in food preparation, some Lagosians have expressed shock and disappointment. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews that the news came to them as a shock. They added that it […]

By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – A former Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo state, Godwin Erhahon Saturday opined that Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki was on a suicide mission with his continued fight with his successor and national Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole even as he called on […]

…Withholds N20.2 bn from Nasarawa, Plateau, Benue By Joseph Erunke – Abuja Between 2015 and 2018, the federal government disbursed the sum of N142.6 billion to states governments and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, for successful implementation of the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC. The money was the UBE matching grant to states as well […]

…Says judgment, a mystery By Dirisu Yakubu ABUJA – Ex-governor of Imo state, Rt.Hon. Emeka Ihedioha has said the Supreme Court judgment nullifying his election has placed the nation’s democracy on trial. Ihedioha stated this yesterday while playing host to the National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, which paid him a solidarity […]

 The last rainy season has sent packing over 46 homes as revealed by Adamawa Northern Senator Ishaku Abbo as a result of serious gully erosion in his constituency.

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has approved the restructuring arrangement of Continental Reinsurance Plc following the approval of the Company’s shareholders at a Court Ordered Meeting held in the last quarter of 2019.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy rejected his prime minister’s offer to resign and asked him to stay on the job Friday after he was caught on tape saying Zelenskiy — a former sitcom star with no previous political experience — knows nothing about the economy. In a video released by Zelenskiy’s office, the president called the […]