Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State received in audience  the Emir of Kano, His Highness, Muhammad Sanusi II, Sarkin Kano, during the Emir’s visit to the Governor in Benin City, Wednesday.    

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has called on job seekers to beware of the recent recurring activities of internet fraudsters who are parading themselves as members of the Corps to anxious job seekers in Nigeria, or as agents, with the aim of extorting money from them. The Head Media …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed December 5 as date for a supplementary election to determine the winner of the inconclusive Kogi State governorship poll which held Saturday. The Commission also said it will allow the All Progressives Congress (APC) to fill the vacancy created by the sudden …

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that some former government officials have started voluntarily returning to the Federal Government’s coffers, part of the public funds they acquired illegally. Buhari confirmed this during a question-and-answer session he had with members of the Nigerian community at the Nigerian House on Tuesday in Tehran, …

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), pursuant to its mandate as the Designated Authority (DA) for the implementation of the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code has shut Obat Oil and Petroleum Limited Jetty at Ibafon for non-compliance with the provisions of the Code. A statement …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Tuesday, slashed the benchmark interest rate to 11 percent from 13 percent, its first reduction in the cost of borrowing in more than six years, in an effort to stimulate growth in Africa’s biggest economy. The bank also reduced the cash reserve ratio for …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed December 5 as date for a supplementary election to determine the winner of the inconclusive Kogi State governorship poll which held Saturday. The Commission also said it will allow the All Progressives Congress (APC) to fill the vacancy created by the sudden …

It will be joy unlimited for Sister Titilayo Dorcas Ogunyombo and Brother Johnson Bamidele Jmaka when they step out on Saturday November 28, 2015 to be joined in Holy Matrimony. The families of late Wole Ogunyombo of Ikenne-Remo, Ogun State and Johnson Bamidele Jmaka of Kogi State have, therefore invited …

Being the paper by H.E. Erelu ’Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi, the UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, Co-Founder, African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) at the Women’s celebration in honour of Mama H.I.D. Awolowo Monday, November 23, 2015 in Lagos. It gives me great pleasure to be here, as part of celebrations of the life …

Former President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, has described the untimely death of the Kogi State All Progressives Congress ( APC) candidate Prince Abubakar Audu as ‘a  devastating blow to the political class.’ Senator Mark in a condolence message to the government and people of Kogi State, signed by …

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has stressed the need for Nigerians to positively change their attitudes in order to achieve a paradigm shift in the way they do things, in line with the change mantra of the Buhari Administration. The Minister made the call in his speech …

Today marks the birthday of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Tukur Buratai. As Nigerians from all walks of life unanimously shower encomiums on the exceptional soldier, Global Patriot Newspapers, in this profile, celebrates the man well decorated in the military. Buratai, undoubtedly has led by example in …

ANTHONY OMOH President of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, in a hand shake with Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika at the world aviation governing body headquarters in Montreal, Canada. The Federal Government has stated that it will support Dr Olumuyiwa Bernard Aliu, President …

AGENE GODWIN, Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has called on the Federal and State Governments to join hands to fight quackery in the medical profession. Oshiomhole, spoke, Monday, during a visit of the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, to him in his office. The Governor who noted …

ABDULLAHI ISAH, Maiduguri Borno State government, Monday, re-opened all Day secondary schools within the state, following the military success in the fight against insurgents in the Northeast and the gradual restoration of peace back to the state. It would be recalled that public schools in Borno state were closed on …

Renowned activist and Chairman of the June 12 Coalition of Democratic Formations, Mr Alfred Ilenre, Tuesday, lauded the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode for his timely intervention to save his health condition. Ilenre who was at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in Alausa Secretariat, said he deemed it …

The World Health Organization (WHO)’s failure to sound the alarm until months into West Africa’s Ebola outbreak was an “egregious failure” which added to the enormous suffering and death toll, global health experts said, Monday. A specialist panel convened by Harvard’s Global Health Institute (HGHI) and the London School of …

Suspended FIFA vice-president and UEFA president, Michel Platini could be facing a life ban from football, according to his lawyer. The suspended Uefa chief is serving a 90-day suspension on corruption charges alongside another suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter, while Fifa’s adjudicatory committee considers its verdict. Platini’s lawyer Thibaud d’Ales …

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has lined out further fines for telecommunications firm, MTN in addition to the outstanding $5.2 billion it slammed on the South African-based firm for flouting a deactivation of unregistered SIM deadline. The NCC in its quarterly compliance monitoring and enforcement activities report has issued a …

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar 111, Monday, expressed worry over the increasing agitation for a Biafra republic by some Igbo groups, adding that the northern traditional council would soon send a delegation to Igbo leaders in the South East over the issue. The Sultan spoke at the second …

Former Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Werinipre Seibarugu, weekend, lost over 2000 of his kinsmen as they defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at a campaign rally held in Gbarain and Ekpetiama clans of Yenagoa Local Government Area of the …