By Egufe Yafugborhi – Port Harcourt AN Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, has fixed 28 October to determine whether the National Convention of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would be held as scheduled by the forces against embattled former National Chairman, Uche Secondus. When the matter came up Tuesday, hearing could not be […]

By Joseph Erunke ABUJA-PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has said handling the nation’s ongoing security challenges has been so tough on his administration. He, however, expressed optimism that with measures being put in place by his administration,the general insecurity would soon be a thing of the past. READ ALSO:E-Naira can raise Nigeria’s GDP by $29bn in 10 […]

By Yinka Kolawole The president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, has faulted Nigeria’s ‘imports substitution’ economic model that tends to focus more on replacing imports and saving the naira rather than deliberately pursuing value-added manufacturing. Speaking at the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria’s (MAN) Annual Adeola Odutola Lecture in Abuja yesterday, Adesina […]

Former Deputy Senate President and chairman of the appeal sub-convention committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has given reasons some aspirants vying for various positions, were disqualified from participating at this weekend’s elective convention.

By Dayo Johnson – Akure The Deji of Akureland, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi has disowned the kingmakers who installed the controversial lralepo elect, Prince Gbenga Ojo, describing them as jesters. Oba Aladelusi in a statement issued in Akure to set the record straight on the two princes laying claim to the stool said “the purported kingmakers […]

Hospital not demolished but relocated – Commissioner By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – EDO state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday condemned the planned demolition of the over 100 years old Central Hospital in Benin City which space the state government has penciled down for an ultra-modern motor park. A statement by […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Thierry Henry has weighed in on why Argentine forward, Lionel Messi seems to be having a tough start to life at the French capital club, PSG. Messi who joined from Barcelona has strugged with finding goals in Ligue 1. Henry believes his former teammate at Barca has an isolated role on the […]

Again, motorists have been urged to exercise absolute caution as they ply the roads during these Ember months so that number of road crashes could be reduced.

As Nigeria battles to mitigate the supply and distribution of petroleum products gap, a fresh indication has emerged that the country needs about $2.7 billion worth of investment to improve on the shortfall.

The FCT Police Command,  on Tuesday, paraded eight suspects who allegedly specialised in stealing vehicles and engaging in other criminal activities within the nation’s capital. Parading the suspects in Abuja, the FCT Police Commissioner, Mr Babaji Sunday, revealed that the different measures put in place by the command in recent times had led to the recovery of a […]