By Marie-Therese Nanlong Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong has congratulated the President of Evangelical Church Winning All, ECWA President, Rev. Stephen Baba Panya over his re-election for another term as well as his appointment as the Chairman, Board of Trustees, Bingham University. The Governor also felicitated with the cleric on the occasion of his 58th […]

By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The police in Kaduna state, Wednesday confirmed the abduction of students of a private university, Greenfield University in Kaduna. ASP Mohammed Jalige, the Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, said the exact number of students that were abducted from the school was yet to be known. He said a roll […]

By Godfrey Bivbere Some fees and charges collected by shipping companies and terminal operators from Nigerian shippers have pitched them against the nation’s Port Economic Regulator, PER, the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, NSC, for over a decade now. But the importers and exporters are still subjected to the huge cost arising from the charges while Nigerian […]

By Ugochukwu Alaribe, Umuahia President of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, Abia State chapter, Mr Ikechi Nwaigwe, has said that the bill seeking to delist local governments from the Constitution is inimical to the entire 774 local government workers, political office holders as well as the rural populace and won’t succeed. The […]

The Senate, on Wednesday, mourned the demise of Senator Bode Olowoporoku when it held a minute silence to honour the deceased who died at his residence on March 24, 2021, after a brief illness at the age of 76. This followed a point of order raised on his demise by Senate Biodun Olujimi (PDP, Ekiti […]

The Lagos State chapter of All Progressives Congress has appointed Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila and the three senators representing Lagos State, Oluremi Tinubu, Solomon Adeola and Tokunbo Abiru, Central, West and East Senatorial districts respectively, into membership list of the Governor’s Advisory Council, GAC of the party.

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics, SSANIP, the Yaba College of Technology, Yabatech, the chapter has decided to shelve its proposed strike to honour and give room for the newly-inaugurated Governing Council to resolve the issues it has with the management of the College.

BENIN CITY – AS part of its efforts to improve primary education, the administration of Governor Godwin Obaseki said not less than N6b including counterpart funding have been spent in providing infrastructure for public primary schools in the state in the last three years.

• Involve retired security experts —Bishop Onuoha • Train, fund them well, work with ESN —Iwuanyanwu • Forward exco bill to Houses of Assembly for legal backing —former Abia deputy speaker • Personnel must not be owed —COSEYL • Proliferation of security outfit will not save Nigeria —Ohuabunwa • Create clear, organised structure and central […]

By Udeme Akpan THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Tuesday, increased the daily loading of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS across the country from 550 to 1,661 trucks in order to eliminate long queues in Abuja and other parts of Nigeria. A statement by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru, quoted […]

BENIN CITY – THE Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba and the member representing Etsako Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon Johnson Oghuma Tuesday engaged in war of words of projects in Etsako which the two are laying claim.

Governor of Delta State Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has congratulated his Senior Political Adviser,Rt. Hon. Funkekeme Solomon, on his 59th birth anniversary.

By Ike Uchechukwu The Cross River State Commissioner of Police Sikiru Akande, has restated his avowed commitment to do everything possible to make sure that he and his team nipping all form of crime in the bud before it even happens with proactive intelligence gathering and technology. He further added that he and his team […]

Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC, has tentatively fixed the conduct of elections in the 20 Local Governments and 35 Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, in the state for July 24, 2021, as clearly stated by the 1999 Nigerian Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Unity Bank Plc has recorded 67 per cent growth in its total assets to N492.02billion in the year ended December 2020 from N293.05 billion in the corresponding period of 2019.