NEDU MARK, Yenagoa Barely six weeks to the governorship election in Bayelsa state, Governor Seriake Dickson has maintained that the 2016 politics is not based on guns, but on exercise of the permanent voter’s cards by the electorate in the state. Governor Dickson who stated this, over the weekend, in …

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has affirmed his faith in the miracle of God and utmost adherence to diligence to bail the state out of the present economic situation which is also affecting the entire country. The governor referring to the biblical miracle of five loaves and two fish …

Kwa‎ra State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has described the late matriarch of the Obafemi Awolowo family, Chief (Mrs) Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo as a major driver in the national quest for good governance and democratic ethos, through what he called her uncommon support to her husband. Governor Ahmed who made …

BILKIS BAKARE Unlike widows, widowers are often neglected and left alone to painfully bear their cross. Universally, it is a common practice to empathize with widows. This is due to the conviction that men are the bread winners in all families. So, when the head of the family dies, it …

Being the Goodwill Message by the Director of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr. Benjamin Ezra Dikki, at the formal launch of the Guild Of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) on Thursday, October 22, at the Eko Hotels & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen. On behalf …

The Sokoto State Government has said it will establish three micro-finance banks as well as a Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency in the state to boost the enterprise sector. Speaking when he received members of the Small and Medium Scale Rice Millers Association in Sokoto Tuesday, the state Governor …

BILKIS BAKARE Despite the national and international outcry against gender-based violence, the crime still continues and is even attaining a worrisome dimension. Recently in a separate attack in New Delhi, India, two girls; a two and half year-old and another five year-old, were raped. The two and a half year-old …

Head of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, Mr. Yuli-Yoel Edelstein has called for the establishment of parliamentary groups between Nigeria and Israel. Edelstein who told a high-powered Nigerian delegation of the National Assembly led by Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara that both countries shared similarities, said …

Rasak Musbau In recent time, street trading and begging have become common sight on Lagos streets and highways. They are now some of the misuses plaguing the public open spaces in Lagos with up to a million street traders existing in the state. The worrisome side of this is that …

The Starwood Hotel and Resorts has announced the appointment of Mr. Nouman Irshad as the new General Manager for the Abuja Sheraton Hotels. Irshad succeeds the South African, Mr Boris Bornman. According to a statement by Mr. Hassan Ahdab, the Vice President, Regional Director of Operations Africa & Indian Ocean …

A sudden surge in the water level of River Benue has left over 300 houses and huts submerged, with many families rendered homeless in Makurdi, the state capital. The unexpected flood, which also swept away property and valuables worth millions of Naira, may have created a major humanitarian crisis in …

It was an unlocking of creativity and talent as sixty pupils from several schools in Lagos and Port Harcourt gathered to paint, and battle for prizes in the Yojus Painting Star contest themed: ‘Our Beautiful World’, last Saturday, at the NAN Media Centre, Iganmu, Lagos. At the second edition of …

The Supreme Court, Tuesday dismissed the suit filed by Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, challenging the jurisdiction of the state governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja to hear a petition filed against his election by the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate in the April 11 gubernatorial poll, Dakuku Peterside. …

The Rivers State legislative election petition tribunals, Monday, nullified the election of the Speaker of the state’s House of Assembly along with those of 19 members of the assembly out of the 32 members of the state House of Assembly. The four tribunals, in separate judgments, upheld the petitions by …

Chad, who are Nigeria’s Group G opponents in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, have sacked their French coach Emmanuel Tregoat and replaced him with former Cameroon defender Rigobert Song. Sitting bottom of the group behind Egypt, Nigeria and Tanzania, the Football Federation in Chad gave Tregoat the boot …

The Presidential Committee on Reconstitution of Government Boards of Parastatals is to be headed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Engineer Babachir David Lawal. Inaugurating the committee on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday, Lawal read out the terms of reference of the committee to include; …

About 50 Nigerians in Bauchi State have regained full sight after benefitting from a Free Eye Surgeries programme sponsored by Nigeria’s most innovative telecommunications operator, Etisalat in partnership with Charity for Cheer Foundation and the State Government. The programme, a CSR-based intervention initiative designed to support the company’s host communities …

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Sunday led other Nigerian leaders to pray for peace and stability of the House in Jerusalem, Isreal. A statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Turaki Hassan, said the Speaker was in Isreal for a special …

The 3rd Idowu Sobowale International Conference, 2015 holds Tuesday, October 27 and Wednesday, October 28, 2015. The conference, with the theme “Globalization, Media Entertainment and National Development,” will hold at the African Leadership Development Centre, ALDC, of Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State. The keynote presentation for the conference, which is …

Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has tasked newly-sworn-in commissioners to see themselves as servants of the people and shun all acts that will be inimical to the unity and progress of the state. The event, which held without prior notice, fanfare and in a near-empty hall at the Government …

The newly crowned Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN), Miss Unoaku Anyadike, has pledged to work with the Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano to tackle the ecological problems facing communities in the state. Miss Anyadike gave the indication on live television while answering questions ‎on what she would do …

Twenty-nine years after the murder of renowned journalist, Dele Giwa, a retired police chief, Chris Omeben, who conducted the investigation, has spoken out about the unresolved murder, calling it the most frustrating case of his career. Giwa, the founding Editor-in-Chief of Newswatch Magazine, was killed through a parcel bomb at …

Telecoms giant MTN Nigeria has been fined a record $5.2bn by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for non-compliance with a deadline set by the NCC to disconnect all non-registered SIM cards. The move follows accusations by mobile phone users that the regulator had failed to bring operators to account for …

Processed meats – such as bacon, sausages and ham – do cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), adding that its report indicated 50g of processed meat a day – less than two slices of bacon – increased the chance of developing colorectal cancer by 18 per cent. …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared the verdict of the Rivers State Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja, as ‘completely bizarre, unacceptable and part of the script by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to manipulate the will of the people,’ further claiming that the ruling ‘showed clear bias against …