Dennis Udoma, Uyo Akwa Ibom State University in Mkpat Enin Local Government Area has been closed down following students’ protest over the closure of the institution’s portals on Tuesday. Global Patriot Newspapers gathered that the protest was as a result of the university’s failure to extend the deadline for payment …

The 13 man Investigative Committee on Arms Procurement, set up by the Office of the National Security Adviser, NSA, has found that N643,817,955,885.18 (Six Hundred and Forty Three Billion, Eight Hundred and Seventeen Million, Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand, Eight Hundred and Eighty Five Hundred Naira and Eighteen Kobo and …

A Nigerian man and his wife have been convicted in a London court, of charges bordering on keeping another man, a compatriot, as slave for 24 years at their home The couple, Dr. Emmanuel and wife, Antan Edet, a nurse, from Perivale, north west London, were found guilty of three …

Immediate past Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Lamorde, has been flown out of the country for medical treatment, according to his legal aides. Lawyer to the former EFCC Chairman, Mr Festus Keyamo, at a meeting with members of the Senate Committee on Ethics, said …

As a way of strengthening the capacity of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and other law enforcement agencies, instructors from the Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) also known as German Federal Criminal Police, Tuesday, November 17, 2015, commenced an 8-day training programme for operatives of the EFCC and other securities agencies …

General Ishola Williams (rtd) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to “replace the Ministry of Women Affairs with a Ministry of Family Affairs if the government is to effectively address the root causes of violence and Internally Displaced Persons in the North-east of Nigeria.” General Williams was speaking, Tuesday, at a …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday commiserated with the French Government over last Friday’s terror attacks in Paris which killed more than 120 people. Governor Ambode, in a condolence letter sent to the Ambassador of France to Nigeria, Mr. Denys Gauer, described the dastardly act as an attack …

State Governors of the South East geo- political zone have called on activist groups like the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to continue to toe the line of peace as the only way to ensure economic development of …

The Super Eagles defeated the Swaziland national team by 2:0 at the packed Adokie Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt to seal a place in the African qualifiers’ for the FIFA 2018 World Cup in Russia. The score-line also means the team will bag the sum  $US 40, 000 promised them …

The Lagos State Government has charged allottees of state lands, particularly those within Victoria Island, Ikoyi, Lekki 1 & 2 and Abijo Residential Schemes, to take physical possession and develop the plots allocated to them on or before December 14, 2015. This is also as the state government has commenced …

Airtel Nigeria has announced plans to embark on a strategic restructuring intended to fully reposition the business and ‘reinforce its competitiveness in the market place.’ A statement by Mr. Emeka Oparah, Director, Corporate Communications & CSR, Tuesday, explained that the exercise, ‘which is focused on aligning the company’s structure with …

NEDU MARK, Yenagoa Police authorities in Bayelsa state have confirmed the abduction of one Mrs. Beauty Siasia, the 72 year-old mother of former International and coach of the National U-23 team, the Dream Team, Samson Siasia, by unknown gunmen in Odoni community of the state. The command said Madam Beauty …

Chairman of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), Dr. Frederick Fasehun, has advised the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, to embark on citizen-friendly projects in the administration of the three portfolios thrust under his care by President Muhammadu Buhari. “Fashola and all other ministers in …

Being text of remarks by National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, Tuesday, during a press conference at the PDP National Secretariat, Abuja. Gentlemen of the Press, recall that the PDP in welcoming the new cabinet advised them to get focused and reduce the flip-flops …

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has told staff of the ministry to ‘remain focused as the days ahead will be tough and full of challenges. Mohammed who said this during a meeting with all Directors and Heads of Units of the Ministry in Abuja, Tuesday, told the …

NEDU MARK, Yenagoa Joint Military Task Force (JTF), Codenamed; Operation Pulo Shield (OPS) in Niger has raided militants’ hideout in Bayelsa State and recovered four AK 47 assault rifles and two pump action guns. Commander, OPS, in Yenagoa, Major General Alani Okunlola, made this known on Tuesday while briefing Journalists …

Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has sworn-in the second batch of Commissioners for the State Executive Council with a call on the political class in the state not to politicize the N20bn bond his administration wants to secure from the capital market but focus on the capability of the …

ANTHONY OMOH In an effort to grow the agricultural sector and aid diversification of the nation’s economy, ABX World, a Nigerian  courier/cargo firm, in collaboration with Arik Air and Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCOL) plan to make no less than $52.2 billion from  Nigeria’s agro-allied products exports to markets across …

AGENE GODWIN, Benin Irked by the recent comments credited to the state governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on the Esama of Benin kingdom, Chief Gabriel Osawaru Igbinedion, hundreds of women from across the state under the aegis of the Concerned Edo Women, have stormed the streets of Benin City in a …

A section of the Oil Marketing and Trading (OM &T) companies have accused the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) of operating a regime of secrecy in the quarterly allocations given to marketers to import petro. The operators also appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to probe the agency over allegation …

ANTHONY OMOH The controversy surrounding what can be described as the most expensive 4.5kilometre stretch of Runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport at a whooping cost of N65billion is yet to be abated and will be revisited quite soon if information making the rounds is anything to go by. However, …