Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Wednesday, arraigned two Catholic priests, Reverend Fathers Silas Nweke and E.C. Obiorah, before a Federal High Court sitting in Awka, the Anambra State capital, for allegedly attempting to swindle some people in a cement deal. They were arraigned on 35 counts in suit no …

Presidential Amnesty Office has disclosed plans to disarm no fewer than 1,500 militants in the Arepo-Lagos axis. The Amnesty Office said the militants had opted for peace. Arepo in Ogun State is a border community with Lagos and has been an epicentre of violent and often bloody skirmishes by armed …

Solution to the leadership crisis rocking the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appears to be nowhere in sight as former federal ministers in the administration Goodluck Jonathan have distanced themselves from the recent appointment of Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as acting chairman, calling it ‘an imposition’. This is former President …

Husband of embattled former Petroleum Minister, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, the former Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Alison Amaechina Madueke (rtd), Wednesday, appeared before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of money laundering by the anti-graft agency. The former naval chief was picked up in Abuja Wednesday …

ANTHONY OMOH The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Wednesday, dismissed a fundamental rights claim filed by a former Minister of Aviation, now a Senator, Stella Oduah, against the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences …

Wife of the Governor of Lagos State, Mrs Bolanle Ambode, Wednesday, charged boat operators in the state to observe strict safety standards in their operations, to avoid sea accidents and needless loss of lives. She gave the charge at Aiyetoro, Epe, during the distribution of over 700 life jackets to …

The slide by the naira against the dollar continued, Wednesday, with the naira closing at 372 against the United States currency at the parallel forex market, as foreign exchange dealers linked the persistent fall of the currency to panic buying of the dollar and other major international currencies by importers, …

An unidentified middle-aged female passenger was on Wednesday morning found dead at one of the toilets of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. A reliable source told NAN in Lagos that the woman who was scheduled to travel abroad was leaving the country to seek medical attention abroad before her …

By Pat Reuben “The parameter for measuring success in media management is the ‘end’. In this case, we have achieved our laid down ‘end’; winning both the battle and the war!” – Uwemedimoh Umanah I knew it will come to a point of applying and soliciting for surrender when the …

Boutros Boutros- Ghali, the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations (January 1992 to December 1996) has died aged 93. As an Egyptian, many Africans were elated when he became the first ‘African’ to head the United Nations. When he also became the first Secretary-General of the United Nations to be …

From:Ruth David, Bauchi Bauchi state office of the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has sealed 98 Patent Medicine Shops in the state capital for defaults in license to operate in the state. The PCN State Officer Pharmacist Bakwa Nenlep revealed this to newsmen after two days inspection of the Patent …

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has stepped into the battle against Lassa fever, with the distribution of personal protective equipment and kits to state governments in the Niger Delta, especially those currently battling with the disease. Speaking at the presentation of the equipment and kits to the Edo State …

Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has called for the use of Nigerian languages as languages of instruction as part of strategies to correct poor performances in Nigeria schools. Governor Ahmed said this when the national leadership of the Nigeria Academy of Letters, NAL, paid him a courtesy visit at …

The Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) has thrown its weight behind the policy of speed regulation in Nigeria, saying it also supports all other safety policies aimed at creating safer road environment in the country. In a press release by Bisi Kazeem, Head, Media Relations and Strategy, while …

Newly-appointed national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ali Modu Sheriff, on Wednesday vowed to lead the party to regain control of the federal government in 2019. Mr. Sheriff said nothing would stop his party, which lost power in 2015, from ousting the current All Progressives Congress’ administration. Mr. Sheriff …

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has appealed to voters in the Benue South Senatorial District of Benue State, popularly called Zone C, who have their permanent voters card to turn out in their numbers and vote in next Saturday’s re-run election. According to statement by Tahav Agerzua, Gov. Ortoms’ Special …

By Dr. Chuks Osuji One of the statements credited to M.K.O Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the Presidential election of 1992 was, “I hate to re-sit an examination which I have already passed.” That was when he was asked to re-contest for the presidential election as a way of releasing …

From Ruth David , Bauchi Wife of the Bauchi State Governor, Hajia Hadiza Mohammed Abdulahi Abubakar, and founder of the Sustainable Women Economic Empowerment and Peace Initiative (BSWEEP) has urged Nigerians to assist the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) affected by the Boko Haram crisis in the North East geo-political zone …

The wife of the Enugu State Governor, Mrs. Monica Ugwuanyi has called on all local government caretaker committee chairmen in the state to help sensitize women and children in their local government areas about the on-going health screening exercise, the pet programme of the wife of the president of Nigeria, …

Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, has re-assigned the case file of former Chairman of DAAR Communications Plc, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, to a new judge. The Chief Judge did not give any reason for collecting the case file from Justice Gabriel Kolawole and re-assigning it …

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, will, Saturday, February 20, conduct 22 of the Appeal Court-ordered rerun elections across eight states of the federation. This is part of the 80 court-ordered elections which the commission is to conduct from January to March 2016. This information was contained in the commission’s …

Community leaders in Ikorodu suburbs, Wednesday, commended Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode for taking out time to visit the den of pipeline vandals in Ishawo and environs, saying the development would go a long way in boosting the morale of security operatives maintaining peace in the area as well …

AGENE GODWIN, Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has disbanded the Edo State Transport Management Agency (EDSTMA) in a ‘bid to sanitize and rid the roads of the unwholesome activities of some officials of the Agency.’ Speaking during an unscheduled visit to the premises of the State Ministry of …

Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige has urged the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), to support the Federal Government’s vocational skills acquisition program as well as promote trade test certificate issued by the ministry for skills export. The Minister who stated this recently when he received on courtesy …