A legal practitioner, Mrs, Jayne Eriata and 1,430 others have dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), before a Federal High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State, over alleged denial of access to permanent voters’ cards by the commission before the last general election. Eriata and others, who are …

A lecturer at the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, FUOYE, Dr. Opeyemi Enoch, has become the fourth egghead to resolve one of the seven Millennium Problems in Mathematics; the156-year old Riemann Hypothesis, one of the most important problems in Mathematics. The Kogi State-born mathematician had, before now, worked on mathematical models …

Ekiti State governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has accused the Federal Government of plotting to use funds from the controversial e-payment solution, Remita to raise money for the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the Kogi and Bayelsa States governorship elections, even as he described the Treasury Single Account (TSA) policy …

The Nigerian equities market last week remained volatile in three trading days of the week as investors continued to sell off their holdings across sectors, fuelling speculations that recovery may not be in sight. At the close of trades last week, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) All-Share Index (ASI) depreciated …

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has disclosed that the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company recorded the highest number of consumer complaints between January and March this year, in its third quarter report. According to NERC, 30,084 customers tabled various complaints about the power firm during the period. The latest edition of …

Oil prices edged up, Monday, due to heightened political and security tensions after Friday’s deadly attacks in Paris claimed by Islamic militants, but a global glut of crude supplies capped rises. Front-month Brent crude prices were up 55 cents, or 1.2 percent, at $45.02 a barrel at 1143 GMT. U.S. …

Telecommunications firm, MTN, has disclosed that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has agreed to extend the deadline given to it to come up with the sum $5.2 bvillion for failure to cut off non-registered lines on its network before a deadline issued to all mobils operators to do so by …

Africa’s biggest youth event, The Future Awards Africa has announced the ambassadors for the 10th anniversary – a stellar cast of past winners of the awards across business, development, governance and the creative industries. The 10 selected ambassadors are international recording artiste Bukonla ‘Asa’ Elemide (Nigeria), music producer Michel ‘Don …

NEDU MARK, YENAGOA The Police in Bayelsa state has confirmed the killing of one Mr.Ebikabowei Umbu aged 37 and the abduction of a popular Ijaw musician Pereama Freetown. The victim was shot dead by unknown gunmen few weeks ahead of the governorship election in the state billed for December 5, …

Nearly 40 Nigerian companies showcased their potential for offshore materials and services in the oil and gas industry at an exhibition organised in Lagos by the deep-water subsidiary of Shell in Nigeria, Shell Nigeria Exploration and production Company Limited (SNEPCo.) The exhibition, the 4th in the series aimed to raise …

Top Nigerian sports official, Paul Bassey, has been designated by football’s world governing body, FIFA, as match commissioner for Tuesday’s 2018 World Cup qualifying cracker between the Red Devils of Congo and Walya Antelopes of Ethiopia in Brazzaville. The highly –respected Bassey, who is also a CAF General Coordinator and …

By Willie Nwokoye (Principal Secretary to the Governor) Probably induced by sworn opposition, the Nigerian social media have spewed the allegation that immediate past Governor of Anambra State handed over N75 billion in liquid cash to Governor Willie Obiano in 2014. This has induced the general imagery that the huge …

Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday invited members of the Organised Private Sector and entrepreneurs to take advantage of the rapidly growing business climate to invest in the State. The Governor who spoke during the celebration of Lagos State Day at the 2015 Lagos International Trade Fair held …

Several Kalashnikovs have been found in an abandoned car believed to have been used by some of the Paris attackers, French judicial sources say. The black Seat car was found in the eastern Paris suburb of Montreuil on Sunday, suggesting some of the attackers got away. Earlier, the first of …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it is aware of a plot involving ‘of clandestine meetings involving the Presidency, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and some security forces wherein the agencies were ordered to use official and unofficial means necessary to ensure victory for the All Progressives Congress …

On November 17, 2015, the Yar’Adua Foundation, in partnership with the European Union, will host the premiere of the documentary film “Nowhere to Run: Nigeria’s Climate and Environmental Crisis” at the Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja between 6 and 8pm. At this high profile event, the Vice President of the Federal …

A delegation of federal elected and appointed officials of Adamawa State origin led by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Engr. Babachir David Lawal paid a courtesy visit to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar at his Jimeta-Yola residence in Adamawa State over the weekend.

Being remarks by Atiku Abubakar, GCON, former Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria and Founder, American University of Nigeria, Yola, at the 10th Founder’s Day Celebration of the University, at Yola, November 14, 2015. In a way it is difficult to believe that this is the 10th Founder’s Day of …

Wife of the Lagos State Governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode has urged children without limbs and other physically challenged persons not to allow their situation to deter them for aiming high in life. She gave the charge at the presentation of cheques of N1.5million each, to five pupils of different nursery, …

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu state has charged Nigerian Breweries PLC(Ama Breweries in Enugu) to assist his government in the completion of the International Conference Centre in the state capital as part of its contribution to the growth of the economy of the state. The governor equally charged the company …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has assured the people of Rivers State that his administration will enhance the quality of health care delivery in the state through its programme to develop quality health facilities. In a message to mark this year’s World Diabetes Day, Governor Wike stated that his …

Despite claims, Friday, by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation that it has begun a 24 hour fuel supply in its depots nationwide to battle the current scarcity, nationwide, reports indicate that the fuel scarcity has intensified with the products selling for up to N400 in parts of the country. The …

The Defence Headquarters has dismissed reports credited to the National Orientation Agency (NOA) of an imminent Boko Haram attack in some South-Western states of Nigeria. This is contained in a statement released to newsmen in Abuja on Saturday by the acting Director of Defence Information, Col. Rabe Abubakar. Abubakar said …