Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described the death of former Lagos State Commissioner of Sports, Prince Ademola Adeniji-Adele, as a loss not only to Lagos State and his family, but also the pro-democracy community in the country. In a tribute issued by his media office in Abuja, Thursday, the …

Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, Thursday, in Abuja commended the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNESCO) and household products manufacturing firm, Procter and Gamble (P&G) for their joint project aimed at empowering 60,000 girls and women in Nigeria. Buhari gave the commendation at the Graduation Ceremony of 7,500 Non-Formal …

AGENE GODWIN, Benin Newly-elected Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Hon, Mrs Elizabeth Ativie has thrown more light into what led to the recent change in the leadership of the House saying that the impeached speaker and his deputy were found wanting of corrupt practices in their financial …

As part of efforts to make Ebonyi the number one state in rice production in the country, Governor David Umahi has directed the disbursement of N1billion to commercial rice farmers in the state. The sum, according to him, will not be given to them in form of cash but as …

In its bid to offer more comprehensive logistics solutions that will enhance clients’ optimal satisfaction and reposition the brand to consolidate its leading position in the industry, one of Nigeria’s foremost logistics companies, Red Star Express Group has appointed new Executive Directors for the group and Divisional Managing Directors for …

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt, UNIPORT, Professor Ndowa Lale, has called on the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to quickly complete and hand over the 522 bed-space hostel, which the Commission built for institutions in the Niger Delta. Professor Lale spoke when he led a team of …

The recent report that the PDP’s National Executive Committee (NEC) has zoned the party’s chairmanship position to the North-East geo-political zone after earlier zoning its presidential flag bearer to the north in 2019 – has raised the question of whether the party has shot itself on the foot. My simple …

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State is a clinical biochemist by training, a teacher, an administrator, a witty humourist and a refuse evacuator. He was a worker in the dunghills of Aba, sweeping the streets and evacuating refuse. These were the simple elements of his profile until the twist of …

Wednesday May 4, 2016 at about 7.00pm, Boko Haram terrorists attacked Nigerian troops involved in clearance and rescue operations in Sambisa forest nicknamed “Operation CRACKDOWN”, while on harbour. The terrorists came in 5 Toyota Hilux vehicles mounted with Anti-Aircraft guns which they fired along with 81mm mortar, but the battle …

Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN has advised owners of electricity assets especially in the distribution arm of the electricity value chain to embrace new commercial behaviour suitable for operating optimally in the new commercial environment of the power sector. According to the minister, this is …

The second edition of the ANA Abuja short stories and poetry competition is scheduled to hold on Friday May 6, at the Thought Pyramid Art Centre, Libraville Steet, Wuse 2, Abuja by 4:30pm. Writers are expected to read their stories or poems at the venue. The event is being sponsored …

The Registered Trustees of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) have dragged the Federal Government to the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja over what they termed ‘failure to prevent, account for and investigate killings, raping, maiming of Nigerians and other residents, and destruction of property across the …

Former Lagos State Commissioner for Sports, State, Prince Ademola Adeniji-Adele is dead. He was aged 60. According to the former commissioner’s son, Hon, Sultan Adeniji-Adele, who confirmed the death, Thursday, Prince Adniji-Adele passed on early Tuesday, at a hospital in India. “Good morning every one, My dad Prince Ademola Adeniji-Adele …

Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has denied publications in the social media linking him with the 2019 presidential election. The publications, complete with 2019 presidential election campaign posters, according to Anietie Ekong, Special Assistant on Media to the Senate Minority Leader, are the handiwork of mischief-makers. The statement, in …

Sokoto state government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Bank of industry, BoI, for the establishment of a N2 billion industrial development fund in the state. Speaking during the signing of the MoU in Sokoto Thursday, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal said the two parties will provide a billion …

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the migration from analogue to digital broadcasting is a new dawn that will revolutionize television broadcasting in the entire West African sub-region. Alhaji Mohammed stated this in Abuja on Wednesday while addressing journalists on the roll-out of the pilot …

The Federal Executive Council ‎(FEC) Wednesday, considered 34 strategic projects on the priority programmes list of the Federal Government as contained in the 2016 budget which will be implemented once the document is passed into law. The meeting was presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, for President Muhammadu Buhari. Briefing …

President Muhammadu Buhari received the Group of 19 (G-19) All Progressives Congress, APC, party leaders in the Statehouse on Wednesday, May 2016. At the meeting were such personalities as Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, Minister …

The Senate, Wednesday, said it would pass a bill for a law that would make kidnapping in Nigeria punishable by death. The resolution followed the adoption of recommendations of the report of by the joint Committee on Police Affairs, National Security and Intelligence on the “unfortunate reoccurrence of kidnapping and …

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that Nigeria would abide by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on the disputed oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula. Buhari who spoke, Wednesday, at a joint interactive he held with President Paul Biya of Cameroon and the media in Abuja, assured his counterpart that there was …

AGENE GODWIN ,Benin Ahead of the All Progressives Congress, APC, primaries in Edo state,the state’s deputy governor, Dr. Pius Odubu has disclosed that creation of jobs for the unemployed will be his major priority amongst others Dr. Odubu made this known when his campaign train berthed at Esan South east …

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday signed an agreement for the establishment of a DNA Forensic Centre in the State. Speaking at the official signing of the agreement between the State Government and ITSI Bioscience LCC in Alausa, the State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem, said that …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will on Thursday, May 12, 2016 arraign a retired Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Sambo, before a Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja on one-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune …

World’s football governing body, FIFA, has remembered Nigeria’s late ex-international, Rashidi Yekini, four years after his death. In a statement on FIFA’s website, , Wednesday,it looked back on his memorable goal, which became historic and the subsequent celebration. Yekini, who is Nigeria’s highest goal scorer (37 goals) till date, died …

Against the expectations that the impasse surrounding the 2016 budget may be ending following the promised submission of the final document by the Senate to President Muhamadu Buhari, Wednesday, the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has disclosed that the President was still expecting the corrected …