The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described as utterly tragic the accidental bombing of a civilian community in Rann, Borno State, by a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) jet, causing deaths and injuries. In a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister sent his condolences to the …

On January 7 this year, an article attributed to Mr. Simon Ebegbulem was published in Vanguard Newspaper titled: “Leadership crisis in Edo APC: The inside story”. This sappy article, which will now run an unsparing gauntlet, made several assertions – more than half of which were fallacious and indicative of …

Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari has called for more support from Nigerians and friends of Nigeria to Federal Government’s effort in reviving the North East region, which has suffered severe devastation from insurgency, stating that four years without economic activity has subjected the affected people to victimization and …

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has drawn the attention of all capital market operators to some reorganization exercise recently approved by the Commission. The SEC in a statement obtained by our Correspondent Tuesday said it has embarked on the relocation of Inspectorate Division to the Commission’s Lagos Zonal Office …

The United Bank for Africa (UBA) will be strongly represented at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), which began in Davos, Switzerland Tuesday, January 17, 2017. UBA CEO Kennedy Uzoka leads a senior executive team, at one of the most important events on the global economic calendar. …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday revealed plans of his administration to leverage on the vast economic opportunities in entertainment, tourism and arts sectors, among others to grow the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the State and promote talents in the State to compete globally. Speaking at Lagos …

Equities trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday reversed growth recorded in two prior trading sessions to close negative. The All Share Index (ASI) and the market capitalization declined, The ASI closed at 26,278.20 points, representing a decline of 0.36 percent against previous session’s 26,373.83 when the ASI …

The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr Dakuku Peterside has said the Agency will revisit the procedure of wreck removal from Nigerian waterways. The DG who made this declaration while speaking at a forum of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, said the …

The Controller of Prisons, Osun State Command, Mr. Segun Oluwasemire, has called on newly promoted officers and men of the service to make discipline and excellence their watchwords. He spoke on Monday during the decoration of seventy one (71) newly promoted officers and men of the service in Osun State. …

Collins Nweze Providing adequate funding for entrepreneurs remains a priority for Heritage Bank PLC. The lender has not only partnered the Bank of Industry (BoI) to promote wealth creation and curb unemployment among the youth, it has also secured $150 million support from the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to boost …

Workers in Enugu State Tuesday expressed delight at the humane manner in which Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has been relating with them, describing it as exemplary and worthy of emulation. The workers who spoke through the state chairman of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Comrade Igbokwe Chukwuma Igbokwe, during their “Opening …

The Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has lamented conditions of prisons in the country where “hundreds of inmates are crammed into a prison meant for a quarter of that number or where suspects spend years in prison while awaiting trial for offences that attract less severe penalties simply because …

The outcome of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s, INEC’s Retreat “must have real effect in the way we strengthen our electoral processes to achieve four cardinal principles of TRANSPARENCY, INTEGRITY, CREDIBILITY and IMPARTIALITY”. The INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, stated this Tuesday in a welcome address at the Commission’s Strategic …

AGENE GODWIN , Benin The Benin Traditional Council with the authority of the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare 11,Tuesday announced the suspension of Chief Nosakhare Isekhure, a top palace Chief for negligence of duties and usurping the powers of the traditional stool. The BTC while addressing newsmen Tuesday at the …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has directed the organisation of a Special International Golden Jubilee Polo Tournament to mark the State’s 50th anniversary in May. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the Port Harcourt Golden Jubilee Polo Tournament at the Port Harcourt Polo Club at the weekend, the governor …

Dozens of civilians have been feared killed during an airstrike by military troops on targeted Boko Haram location in the eastern part of the state. Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj. Gen Lucky Irabor while confirming the incident told newsmen in Maiduguri that the military conducted airstrike on a location …

In a few days time (January 20, 2017), the curtain will draw on the tenure of the first Black president in the United States of America, Barrack Obama. Against all expectations, Obama brightly talked his way into the White House as a stunned world applauded the sheer beauty of rhetoric. …

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Monday condemned the bombing of a mosque inside the University of Maiduguri during which a Professor of Veterinary Medicine was reportedly among the casualties. Saraki in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicly, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, decried the loss …

Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has charged judicial officers in the state to maintain discipline and uphold high level of integrity in the discharge of their duties. The Governor who gave this charge in Ilorin yesterday at the swearing-in of Acting Grand Khadi of the State Shariah Court of …

Lee Kuan Yew, the architect of the modern day Singapore, visited Nigeria a few days before the military struck on January 15, 1966. His visit was in connection with the Commonwealth Conference held in Lagos on Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. His conclusion about Nigeria in 1966 is contained in a book …

The Federal Government has unveiled a three-year Debt Management Strategy (DMS) in a bid to rejuvenate the economy and fund the N7.298 trillion budget. To be managed by the Debt Management Office (DMO), the strategy, according to experts, indicates that the country’s leadership is taking the right steps to exit …

AGENE GODWIN, Benin Residents of Benin City, the Edo state Capital have commended Governor Godwin Obaseki for embarking on massive road rehabilitation at a time when gridlocks have over taken the major roads. The excited residents who spoke to our Correspondent at the Benoni axis of the Government Reservation Area …

Gombe State Government is to procure 100 brand new Homer II buses at the cost of N1.7 billion for the Gombe State Transport Service, operators of Gombe Line fleet of transport operators. Secretary of the transport company, Alhaji Abdullahi Mohammed Umar, told newsmen in his office that Remarkable Trust Company …

BY ABDULLAHI ISAH, MAIDUGURI A Professor of veterinary medicine, professor Aliyu Mani and three others were killed(reports say the number of the dead increased to five), while 15 others sustained various degrees of injuries when a suicide bomber detonated an Improvised Explosive Device strapped on his body at the University …