•As Jaiz disburses N50m to 838 persons Minister of Mines and Steel, Arch Abdul-Hakeem Olamilekan Adegbite yesterday urged Nigerians to assist the needy through the payment of zakat. Adegbite spoke yesterday at the 6th Jaiz Charity and Development Foundation Zakat Distribution in Abuja. He stated that an egalitarian society will be attainable if human beings […]

By Ephraim Oseji People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain and former Delta State gubernatorial aspirant, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has commended the Federal Government for the construction of Warri-Itakpe rail. He, however appealed to the government to extend the rail line to Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. It will be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari, recently virtually inaugurated […]

By Levinus Nwabughiogu – Abuja Spokesman of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu has said that the lawsuit, questioning the authenticity of his name was a calculated campaign to smear his good image. He, however, vowed not to be distracted from his determination to provide more democracy dividends for his constituents, asking them […]

Former military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB has said that the corruption index in the country is worse and more pervasive at the moment than his time in power.

By Peter Duru IT has been tales of woes for commuters and motorists coming into Benue State from the southern parts of the country as the two major roads leading into the state have since become death traps due to their lingering poor state. The two major link roads – Makurdi-Aliade Otukpo and Makurdi-Naka-Otukpo – collapsed […]

THE Sultan of Sokoto, Mohammed Sa’ad Abubakar lll, has accused the elite and other influential individuals as those behind the problems of the country, stressing that they were responsible for the high rate of hatred among Nigerians. The royal father who spoke, yesterday, at the Da’awah Coordination Council of Nigeria’s third national summit on peaceful […]

Foreign Investment Network (FIN) in partnership with Forbes Best of Africa have earmarked leading lights in business, politics, innovation, leadership and the economy in Africa for honour and celebration at the forthcoming FORBES Best of Africa Award which is slated for the 6th of August, 2021.

WORRIED by the rising level of air pollution in the country, the chief executive officer of OMAA Motors, Chinedu Oguegbu, has called on Nigerians to embrace natural gas-powered vehicles.

BBNAIJA season 6 housemate, Niyi has revealed how one of the female housemates, Angel made sexual advances to him while bathing in the shower.

By Chinonso Alozie The Imo State Police Command on Friday said it has killed three bandits that attacked police station in Orsu Local Government Area of Imo State, with explosives. The State Commissioner of Police, Abutu Yaro, who confirmed this to newsmen in Owerri, said a Police Inspector died during the gun battle with the […]

Relentless and coordinated attacks on communities in Plateau State have since become ‘normal’ occurrences as the people of the state appear to have lost count of such onslaughts. While hundreds of lives have been lost in the nefarious attacks, a new dimension has now set in by way of crushing newly planted crops and setting […]

Tasks host communities on effective mgt of 3% equity By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja The Federal Government has disclosed of its resolve to again engage oil producing host communities in the Niger Delta on issues regarding the 3 per cent of operational costs allocated to them in the recently passed Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB. Minister […]

Global watchdog, Amnesty International on Wednesday claimed that its findings as revealed that 115 civilians were extra-judicially killed by security forces while 21 Police Officers were assassinated in the South east in the last four months.

Hordes of aspirants from the various political parties are on the prowl angling to succeed Governor Simon Lalong of the All progressives Congress, APC, whose two-term tenure will elapse in less than two years.

DISTRESSED patients and their relatives at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, RSUTH, Port Harcourt, on Wednesday appealed to the Federal government to resolve the grievances of nationwide striking Resident doctors so they can return to work and attend to them.