An aspirant in the November 6 Anambra governorship election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Ifedi Okwenna, Monday, promised to build a new state capital befitting the South-East state. Okwenna who made the pledge shortly after obtaining the Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms at the party’s secretariat,  Abuja, also called […]

THERE was tension in Ikot Afanga community in Essien Udim LocalGovernment Aarea of Akwa Ibom State, yesterday, as hoodlums burnt another Police Inspector alive inside his house.

By Obas Esiedesa The Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Mr. Lamido Yuguda has described the non-interest capital market sector in Nigeria as one that is unique and full of potentials to facilitate the objective of deepening the financial system and spurring the growth of the Nigerian economy. Yuguda, according to a […]

…Gets $114bn in NLNG revenues …OPTS calls for fiscal incentives …Stakeholders pressure NASS on PIB By Obas Esiedesa President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday launched an ambitious plan by Nigeria to entirely power its economy with gas by the year 2030. Nigeria, the sixth largest gas country and ninth in gas export, consumes very little of […]

Abuja—Operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted illicit drugs worth over N2 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos.

LEAP Africa, one of Nigeria’s foremost non-profit leadership development organization is pleased to announce the appointment of three new members to its Board of Directors. Coming from diverse backgrounds and sectors, the new board members; Adesola Sotande-Peters, Micheline Ntiru and Amal Hassan bring years of experience and leadership to the work that LEAP Africa does […]

“In the past few years, Nigeria’s current Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has defied the normal expectations by spearheading a number of projects aimed at making life a bit easier for people in a country where daily existence is hard.” These were part of the opening paragraphs of a UK Guardian’s article today on the impact […]

By Abdulmumin Murtala – Kano Kano state Executive Council has approved the release of N8.98 billion for the construction of Muhammadu Buhari Interchange at NNPC Mega station Rotary Intersection, Hotoro, along Maiduguri Road in the Kano metropolis. The state commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, disclosed this to newsmen at a meeting held in Kano […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu has ordered security agencies to identify sponsors and leaders of kidnappers and bandits especially in the north and take them out. President Buhari said his administration would not tolerate a situation where the criminal elements dictate the pace in the fight against insecurity and gave the marching orders to the […]

AKURE—Principals in Public Secondary Schools and parents of students sitting for the 2021 West African Examinations Council, WAEC, yesterday, disagreed over directive by the Ondo State government that fees paid, on behalf of their wards must be refunded.

…says Nigeria sets to stop barite importation By Gabriel Ewepu THE Federal Government, Tuesday, disclosed auctioning of bitumen blocs across the country to investors in third quarter of 2021. This was made known by the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc Olamilekan Adegbite, while receiving the Australian High Commissioner to Nigeria, John Donnelly, at […]

IBADAN— GOVERNOR ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, weekend, urged Christians to get involved in the 2023 general elections, if they desire a total transformation of Nigeria. He noted that only about 20 per cent Christians voted in the 2019 general election, out of the 65 million members of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN.

  Delta GovernorDr.  Ifeanyi Okowa, has expressed sadness at the passing of Mrs Omatsola Williams. Williams, Commissioner for Women Affairs and Community Development in Okowa’s first term, reportedly died on Sunday night in Benin City, Edo, after a brief illness. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba, the governor […]

RESIDENTS of Eket Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, are thrilled about the recommencement of works on remodelling of strategic junctions/roundabouts in Eket metropolis, Phase I and 2, which started about five years ago, but with the seeming delay, they want Governor Udom Emmanuel to finish the project before his tenure expires. We’re worried by […]

Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has called  for urgent action to end  violence against women’. AbdulRazaq made the call during the North-Central Zone meeting of the 65th UN Commission Status of Women held in Ilorin. He specifically tasked women to evolve workable strategies to eliminate violence, gender inequality as well as promote women and girls […]