By Daniel Idonor Abuja – Piqued by the rather indiscriminate award of Nigeria’s highest honours on people of questionable characters, President Umaru Yar’Adua yesterday moved towards restoring sanity to the system when he approved the reconstitution of the Standing Committee on National Honours. According to a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President […]

CONFUSION enveloped Iwhrekan community in Ughelli South local government area, as unknown vandals early yesterday morning blew up the Nigerian Gas Company (NGC) Gas-Line at Utorogun plant.

THE Benin monarch, Oba Erediauwa, has lauded the initiatives of micro-finance banks in the country in coming to the rescue of poor rural dwellers and the less privileged in the society in the face of the global recession.
Oba Erediauwa stated this in Benin yesterday when he played host to the Chief Executive officer (CEO) of Integrated Micro-Finance Bank (IMFB), Mr. Simeon Akinteye.

By Abdulwahab Abdulah Kano -  Governor Ibrahim Shekarau of Kano State  has described the recent visit of the renowned scholar, Professor Wole Soyinka, to the state as a great inspiration to him and the state government. According to a statement from the Director of Press to the governor, Sule Ya’u Sule, the governor while receiving […]

By Chioma Obinna Any fake and counterfeit drug offender apprehended for dealing on fake and spurious pharmaceutical products faces a life sentences in India if current moves by the country’s Drug Regulatory Agency succeeds at the parliament. Presently,  India and China have been identified as the flashpoints of the battle against counterfeit drugs in Nigeria. […]