Stephanie Linus and her award winning movie, DRY, have recently signed a deal with ARC Entertainment for the film’s distribution in the U.S. DRY is currently available on online platforms such as iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, Sony PlayStation and VUDU for viewers throughout the U.S. Produced, directed, and starring Nollywood’s …

By Chinedu Ekeke: I have read the judgement of the learned justices of the Appeal Court and can confirm that it is flawless. But the rented protesters, including those who contracted them, hadn’t read a line of the judgement they were protesting. One then wonders why a people who have …

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has stopped the sale of foreign exchange to Bureau De Change, BDC, operators in the country and permitted commercial banks to begin accepting cash deposits of foreign exchange from their customers. These decisions, announced by the CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, Monday, at a …

Corps Members nationwide have been urged to take advantage of the Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) Programme initiated by the NYSC Scheme to enable them become self-reliant after the Service Year. The Director-General of the Scheme, Brigadier General Johnson Olawumi, gave the advice in his New Year Message to …

The Editorial Board of The Citizen Newspaper has approved the appointment of Mr. Ezra Ikpeama as the new Editor-in-Chief. His appointment takes effect immediately. He replaces Mr. Malachy Agbo who was recently appointed as the Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State. Ikpeama has …

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has thrown its weight behind the efforts to re-integrate beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme. Stating its willingness to contribute to the success of the programme, the Acting Managing Director of the commission, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, said that the NDDC was by law expected …

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and close associate of President Muhammadu Buhari, Lawal Jafaru Isa, has reportedly returned $500,000 he allegedly received from the embattled former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd). Isa, it would be recalled, was arrested last week as part of an …

Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), has explained that its decision to allocate 78 per cent of the 3.1 million metric tons of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), import allocation for the first quarter 2016 to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was due to the inability of some oil marketers …

Immediate past National President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has said he left N600m in the coffers of PFN and almost completed a secretariat for the association. Oritsejafor, who spoke in Warri, Delta State, added that he also secured a land and built a 4-star …

There has been a setback in the kick off date of the 2015/2016 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season. The season which was originally billed to start on January31 will now come up on a yet to be fixed date. However it is speculated to come up after the CHAN …

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, and the Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) have called for unity among the Yoruba. The frontline monarch spoke at his palace in Ile-Ife, Osun State, when he hosted During ARG members. Oba Ogunwusi said peace was an essential nutrient that would …

Following the official declaration of Governor Seriake Dickson, as winner of the Bayelsa State Governorship election, Sunday, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), reactions have continued to greet the landslide victory of the incumbent state’s chief executive in an election almost marred by violence. The Bayelsa governorship elections started …

The 2015 season of the thought-provoking stage play, Hear Word! Naija Woman Talk True may have come and gone, but not without leaving lasting impressions in the minds of the thousands who had thronged the Agip Hall of the MUSON centre at different times to see any of the six …

AGENE GODWIN, Benin Amidst criticisms that has trailed the alleged adoption of the Edo State Chairman of the Economic Team by Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s ahead of the governorship polls, a group has cautioned against acts capable of derailing the electoral process. This is just as an appeal has been made …

NEDU MARK, Yenagoa Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially declared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate and incumbent Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson as winner of the just-concluded Bayelsa State Governorship election which re-yun was held Saturday in the Southern Ijaw local government council of the state. INEC, announced, Sunday, …

NEDU MARK YENAGOA Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has formerly declared the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the candidate of the party, Governor Seriake Dickson the winner of the Saturday, Southern Ijaw Supplementary poll. PDP scored a total of 23,081 votes to emerge winner of the supplementary Election while the …

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Sunday night lamented the reports of violence and deaths trailing the rescheduled governorship election in Southern Ijaw Local Government area of Bayelsa State. Saraki, in a statement by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu in Abuja, said it was unacceptable that …

The Situation Room, a group of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) working in support of credible and transparent elections, has condemned the violent incidents that characterized the Bayelsa State re-run election of Saturday, January 9, noting also that persistent allegations against the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the security services …

Pope Francis describes himself as “a sinner” in need of God’s mercy, in an upcoming book where he also urges the Catholic Church to focus on its mission as a grass-roots, hands-on organisation, the AFP reported. The first book of his papacy, “The Name of God is Mercy,” published on …

The Peoples Democratic party (PDP) has said that the release of the associate of President Muhammadu Buhari and APC chieftain, Brig. General Jafaru Isa (retired) by the EFCC barely eight hours after arrest while its spokesman Chief Olisa Metuh remains detained and without being charged to court since last Tuesday, …

Josephine Ugwu, the airport cleaner who returned the sum of N12 million to its rightful owner has been presented with her award as Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2015. She was on December 31, 2015 selected among a shortlist of nominees including ‎former president Goodluck Jonathan, Sen. Bola Tinubu, Attahiru …

January 12 used to be a public holiday in Nigeria. I don’t remember when it ceased to be so, but the gang that stopped the holiday probably wanted to erase the ugliest chapter in Nigeria’s history so far from the younger generation’s memory. Has “Army Day” or “Remembrance Day” truly …