Last Friday’s raid of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may have prompted the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi to appoint an acting managing director of NAMA as its top management are still with the anti-graft agency facing questions. …

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Tuesday, announced dates for the 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB said it would conduct the examinations between February and March. According to a statement by its Head of Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin in Lagos, the Computer-Based Test (CBT) exam which …

President Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday, told the visiting team of British Members of Parliament (PMs) at the State House, that his government was starting all over again to rebuild the economy. The British Members of Parliament (MPs) were led by Anambra State-born Hon. Chi Onwurah to the State House, Abuja. President …

Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVC) has moved to clear the air on the controversial sack of 13 vice chancellors of tertiary institutions by the Federal government recently, saying, saying it was a wrong impression. The group made the clarification via a statement signed by its Secretary General, Prof. …

Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh has expressed confidence on his team winning the crucial 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) double-header in March with the Egyptian national team, the Pharaohs. While remaining upbeat on securing the maximum points in the clashes, Oliseh said the North Africans are no longer as …

The acute scarcity of foreign exchange, especially the United States dollar, has caused further slide in the value of the naira, Tuesday, as the Nigerian currency slumped to 252 against the American money at the parallel market. The local currency had weakened to 345 at the parallel market on Monday, …

AGENE GODWIN, Benin Shock gripped residents in Eyean quarters in the Aduwawa area of Benin City when a middle-aged man brutally hacked his wife to death. The man, Ekukpe Henry, was said to have murdered his wife Patience Ekukpe, aged 30, over unresolved family issues. The gruesome murder happened at …

Federal Government has pledged to continue to respect human rights provisions in its fight against insurgency in the country. The Minister of Interior, retired Lt. Gen Abdulrahman Dambazau, made the pledge on Tuesday in Abuja when Mr Netsanet Belay, Africa Director, Research and Advocacy, Amnesty International, paid him a courtesy …

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has approved new procedure for the disposal of seized and overtime goods to address irregularities on the past procedure, including fake online auctions. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja by the Special Adviser, Media, to the Minister of Finance, Mr Festus …

Wife of the Vice President, Dolapo Osinbajo, has called on Christians to be fervent in praying for successful rebuilding, removal of failure and stagnation of the country. Osinbajo made the call during a one-day inter denominational programme organised by the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Abuja,Tuesday. The theme …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Engr. Roberts A. Obuoha, a Director in Project Management Department of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. He was picked up for attempting to bribe the EFCC Zonal Head (South-South), Mr. Ishaq Salihu. The suspect who is under investigation with the …

The National Commission for Refugees (NCR) has distributed relief materials to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and returnees from Cameroon Republic being sheltered in Gamboru Ngala of Borno State. The relief materials distributed include mobile clinic, foodstuffs, building materials, primary school materials and household items like bedding materials or bed …

Today, Wednesday, February 17, 2016, Abia State would stand still in a great celebration. From the rolling hills of Arochukwu, the cashew farmlands of Umuneochie, the rocky grounds of Lokpanta, the table lands of Ngwaland to the thick rainforest of Ukwa, it will be celebration galore. Men will roll out …

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Tuesday, February 16, 2016 appointed Senator Ali Modu-Sheriff from Borno state the new National Chairman of the party to replace Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu. According to a statement by Richard Ihediwa, Special Assistant to the National Publicity Secretary of the …

The Nigerian Army has continued its offensive operations of destroying all Boko Haram terrorists’ remaining camps and enclaves around Alagarno and Sambisa forests. According to Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, Acting Director Army Public Relations, on Tuesday, troops of 81 Battalion and 251 Task Force Battalion patrol team, cleared Boko Haram …

The Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC) has come out strongly in defence of President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent expression of frustration with the activities and performance of the judiciary on the prosecution of his government’s anti-corruption campaigns. The President’s comment was roundly criticized by not a few selfish lawyers, blank …

Federal Government and the World Bank have earmarked over $100 million for girl-child education in five northern states, according to an official of the bank, Dr Tunji Adekola. Speaking at the formal flag off of the project in Sokoto Tuesday, Adekola said the initiative will be implemented under the Nigeria …

Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has called for more support from the Federal Government in the area of infrastructural development, especially federal roads, in the state. Governor Ahmed made the call when he received the Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN, at Government House, Ilorin, …

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated has announced leadership change in its Ghana Subsidiary with the appointment of Mr. Samuel Ashitey as Managing Director for the Group’s recently combined region, Central, Eastern, and Southern African (CESA) Countries, consisting of 18 subsidiaries Mr. Samuel Ashitey Adjei, the current Managing Director of the Ghana Subsidiary, …

Government of the State of Osun, Tuesday, described as mere blackmail the protests by the striking doctors saying that the government has made more than enough concessions for them to have shifted their positions and reason with the government. The Government called on well-meaning Nigerians to objectively examine the issues …

ABDULLAHI ISAH, Maiduguri Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Borno State Command, has arrested a man, Bukar Ladan for defrauding Internally Displaced Persons, (IDPs) by selling fake relief material forms worth N27 million. At a press conference held at NSCDC headquarters in Maiduguri, the commandant, Alhaji Abdullahi Ibrahim said …

Sokoto State Government will ensure access to quality education for a total of 1.7m primary school and out of school children under the new Northern Education Initiative Plus (NEI+) policy. To be funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the policy will reach 1.6million primary school children …

PAUL OMO BENDE Being an illiterate in idoma vernacular I apologise for using a Yoruba verb as the most active word in the title of this article targeted at the voters and elites of the industrious and wise Idoma/Igede nation located in the Benue South senatorial constituency of Benue State. …

President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Tuesday, received Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in the State House, Abuja.

I am not a soccer buff, as they say, but I follow soccer enough to be able to intelligently comment on issues around the round-leather game. Sports pages are some of the first that I not only read in any newspaper but that I also study to some extent. On …