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  The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has mourned the death of a frontline Nigerian leader and former Nigerian Representative in the United Nations, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Sule, who passed on Monday at 88, describing him as a forthright leader with a generous spirit. Fayemi said …

  Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, senator representing Rivers South East Senatorial District, has declared that perceived challenges that may crop up in furtherance of his willingness to contest the 2019 governorship election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will not make him defect from the party as being rumored by …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has secured $2billion discounts in the last one year from renegotiated Upstream contracts being executed by its various service providers. The Corporation said the feat was achieved in the quest to continually drive down the high cost of production in the industry. This was …

  Chairman of Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh has called on the Igbo to see the future in a brighter, knowledge-driven society buoyed by wider access to information and changing dynamics in the nature of media consumption, culminating in the lowering of barriers for wealth creation and sustenance in the …

CHINEDU WOSU IN PH Ahead of the 2019 governorship election in Rivers State,the Peoples Democratic Party[PDP] faithful in Bonny local government Area has been charged to remain focused and united so as to key into the laudable programmes and activities of the party. Chairman of the party, Bro Felix Obuah …

Elected representatives and political office appointees from Gombe South have called for an immediate ceasefire in the lingering communal clash involving two prominent chiefdoms, Kaltungo and Tangale. The crises which started Friday 23rd June 2017, according to the Gombe State Police Commissioner, Austin Iwar during a press briefing on Thursday …

CHINEDU WOSU, YENAGOA Bayelsa state command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Monday said the command has secured the conviction of three persons to various years in prisons for possessing various hard drugs. The command said among those convicted include two female and one male who would …

 Hon Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has described the death of Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule as a monumental loss to the African continent. Dogara, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media & Public Affairs, Turaki Hassan,  said although the late Dan Masanin Kano,  was …

The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji (Dr.) Abdulfatah Ahmed, has approved the composition of a Judicial Commission of Enquiry into Iloffa/Odo-Owa communal clashes.  According to a statement released in Ilorin, the state capital and signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Isiaka Sola Gold, the Commission is composed as …

As part of its strategic expansion drive, Nigeria’s leading composite e-commerce outfit, Yudala, is launching 15 luxury wines and spirits stores nationwide to cater for the sophisticated lifestyle of Nigerians. Yudala’s CEO, Mr. Wole Ogundare made this known to the Press over the weekend. The stores, which will be rolled …

The Centre for Values in Leadership’s 38th CVL Leader Without Title Leadership Tribute Colloquium in honour of Elder Nat Okoro @ 86 and Chief Chamberlain Oyibo @ 76 held at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, NIIA, Victoria Island, Lagos recently. The two honorees contributed to the immensely to the development of Nigeria by …

CHINEDU WOSU, YENAGOA The Joint Military Task force, code named Operation Delta Safe, OPDS, in the Niger Delta has raided an arms manufacturing hideout and arrested 18 notorious armed criminals who specialized in manufacturing illegal and locally made arms and ammunition in Ughelli, Delta State. The command said the suspects …

All Progressives Congress national stalwart, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has described Danmasanin Kano, Alhaji Maitama Sule, who died on Monday in Cairo, Egypt at the age of 89 as a de-tribalised Nigerian. He said his death was not only a loss to his family and Kano State but also to …

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara,  has said with the  deployment of the Armed Forces to more than 28 States of the Federation in peacetime, Nigeria is effectively permanently in a state of emergency. This is just as he added that rather than complement civil authorities …

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in continuation of its drive to ensure liquidity and stability in the foreign exchange market, has injected the total sum of $195 million into various segments of the inter-bank foreign exchange market. A breakdown of figures released by the CBN on Monday, July …

  Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the inability  of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct  free and fair elections is the most potent threat to the unity of Nigeria.   The governor also declared  that the repeated use of the security agencies to rig elections …

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has received with deep shock the news of the death of elder statesman, the Dan Masanin Kano, Alhaji (Dr.) Yusuf Maitama Sule, and said that with his death, Nigeria has lost a great nationalist. Saraki, in a statement by his Special Adviser, Media and …

The General Manager for Production at Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), Tayo Oginni, has said making amendments to the NLNG Act would lead to double taxation since gas suppliers to NLNG already pay the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) 3% levy. Oginni disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing international media correspondents …

Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has described the death of Dan Masanin Kano, Alhaji Maitama Sule, as a great loss, saying the deceased has impacted the nation positively in various spheres of human endeavour. In a statement issued in Sokoto Monday by his spokesman, Malam Imam Imam, Tambuwal described the late …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Hon. Dogara Yakubu, Speaker, House of Representatives, urging him to use his “leadership position to take without delay all necessary measures to withdraw the bill to grant full and complete amnesty to suspected looters and allow them to …

  A frontline politician and Chieftain of the All Progressives Change (APC) in Bayelsa State, Famous Danumiegha has called on Governor Henry Seriake Dickson to be bold enough to implement all the white papers on the various verification exercises ‎conducted so far.‎    According to him, he conducted an independent …

Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari left for London, United Kingdom on Sunday, July 2, 2017, to visit her husband who is on medical vacation. According to a statement by Suleiman Haruna, Director of Information to the Wife of the President, she will convey to the President the …

In a bid to meet the yearnings of its customers, Yudala, Nigeria’s pioneer online and offline e-commerce outfit has extended a nationwide mega sales event tagged Yudala Tech Week – a massive promotion offering millions of Nigerians a chance to enjoy rock-bottom prices and free delivery on a wide range …

Former Minister of Aviation and frontline contender in the November 18, 2017 Anambra governorship election Chief Osita Chidoka, says the time has come for Anambra state to have a government that is not afraid but bold and fearless enough to speak out for the people and defend them against unwarranted …