…..Your administration did well in AAUA -Olubaka Incorruptible and tenacious traditional rulers from Akoko South west local government area of Ondo state, have  assured the state Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, of another four years. The monarchs made the disclosure why playing host to the campaign team of Akeredolu who visited the palace of the […]

Democratic White House hopeful Joe Biden released his tax returns for the last four years Tuesday just hours before he debates President Donald Trump, who faces criticism for paying almost no federal tax. The former vice president and his wife Jill Biden, an educator, paid $299,346 in federal income taxes for 2019, according to forms […]

Democratic White House hopeful Joe Biden released his tax returns for the last four years Tuesday just hours before he debates President Donald Trump, who faces criticism for paying almost no federal tax. The former vice president and his wife Jill Biden, an educator, paid $299,346 in federal income taxes for 2019, according to forms […]

A nursery school teacher in China has been sentenced to death for poisoning dozens of children, one of them apparently fatally, in an act of revenge against a colleague. A court in the central province of Henan said Wang Yun put sodium nitrite into porridge being prepared for her colleague’s students after a falling out with the […]

By Emma Amaize NATIONAL Chairman of Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, Air Commodore Idongesit Nkanga (retd.) said the Water Resources Bill was unnecessary and even when it is re-gazetted, it will still fail. His words: “The people of South-South region have rejected the bill from the beginning and we still reject it because we do […]

In a bid to broaden and enhance the efficacy of the Federal Government’s whistleblower policy, there should be an expansion of the scope of the current framework to include issues of public safety, security, gross mismanagement of the rights of people, and waste of resources, among others, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. The […]

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Following the suspension of the proposed strike for 14 days by organised labour on Monday, over Federal Government’s electricity tariff hike and increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, Civil Society Organisations Tuesday, reacted and expressed their views about the decision. The Convener, Coalition In Defence of […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sympathy for the victims of the Hadejia floods Which destroyed over 100,000 hectares of rice farms in Jigawa State. President Buhari decried the tragedy that also claimed lives, lamenting that “this level of destruction as a result of a natural disaster is unprecedented and devastating.” […]

…20 vehicles destroyed, motorcycle burnt By Dayo Johnson – Akure Another political violence erupted in Ipele, Owo council area of Ondo state as political thugs injured no fewer than ten persons, destroyed vehicles and other property in the town. In all no fewer than 20 vehicles were destroyed, several motorcycles burnt. The two major political […]

By Mike Eboh The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, on Tuesday, said it is focusing on growing the nation’s domestic gas utilization for balanced economic growth. In a statement in Abuja, Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari, restated the NNPC’s commitment to the aggressive implementation of the Nigerian Gas Master Plan as […]

Nigeria has developed a safer, cheaper test kit to detect the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Details later…

By Tordue Salem – Abuja The Speaker, House of Representatives on Tuesday disclosed that, the House has 713 Bills pending second reading as a result of COVID-19-induced glitches in the system. He made the declaration in his address to his colleagues at their resumption from recess on Tuesday. He said that it was because of […]

By Festus Ahon – Asaba The 326-kilometre Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail line and Railway Ancillary Facility Yard at Goodluck Jonathan Railway Complex, Owa-Oyibu, Ika North East Local Government Area, Delta State has been commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari. In a virtual inauguration of the rail line, Tuesday, Buhari directed the Federal Ministry of Transportation to link all the […]

By Onozure Dania A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has adjourned the hearing of a suit seeking for the reversal of the ban placed by the Lagos State Government on the operations of commercial motorcycles and tricycles, popularly known as Okada and Keke Marwa, respectively, in parts of the state, till December 15, 2020. […]

By Emmanuel Elebeke The  Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has inaugurated a 15-member Evaluation Committee for the assessment of the 2020 Telecommunications based research from Academics in the Nigerian tertiary institutions. The Committee is head by Prof. Mu’azu Bashir, a professor of Computer and Control Engineering and Head of Computer Engineering Department at Ahmadu Bello University. […]