President Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday, said all efforts to achieve political stability and maintain peace in Africa will continue to receive the country’s full support. Buhari made the remark while speaking at an audience with Special Envoys of President Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The President, in …

Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, was agog, Wednesday, as Governor Seriake Dickson, took his campaign to Ovom, Swali, Onopa, Amarata and various communities in the metropolis. Indigenes and other residents of the communities in the Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state, trooped out to receive the governor and his …

Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, Wednesday, announced the various committees and their heads to oversee relevant issues arising on the floor of the house. This is as the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) predictably dominated the headship of the committees. The list as read by Saraki during Plenary has Senator …

President Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday, scrapped the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P). The president also ordered the Presidential Committee and workers of the agency to close operations. The President’s order was delivered to the SURE-P Committee through a letter from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the …

Chief Reuben Fasoranti, Wednesday, formally withdrew his earlier letter of resignation as national leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere. He took the decision to withdraw the letter at a meeting held in his Ijapo, Akure residence. Pa Fasoranti had thrown the organization into panic when he announced his resignation, …

Idang Alibi With the confirmation, last week, of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees which included Rotimi Amaechi and Babatunde Fashola, Nigerians, especially the people of Rivers and Lagos states, will heave a huge sigh of relief. The machinery of Buhari’s government, it is hoped, will now move more smoothly and …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has secured the conviction of one Nura Musa for dealing in counterfeit currency. The 30-year-old convict was arraigned before Justice M.G. Umar of Federal High Court, sitting in Bauchi, Bauchi State on July 3, 2014 on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has formally arraigned in court the former Benue State Governor, Mr. Gabriel Suswam, for money laundering and embezzlement floowing days of interrogations. The arraignment of Suswam, who ruled Benue State from 2007 to 2015, follows the filing of a nine-count charge largely bordering on …

Nigeria’s non-oil exports earnings have dropped by $261 million (N52.2 billion) in the second quarter of this year, the Nigerian Export Promotion Council has said. It said the non-oil export dipped to N78.2 billion ($391 million) in the second quarter of 2015 from N130.4 billion ($652 million) recorded in the …

South African lawmakers plan to summon MTN Group Limited officials to explain why the company was fined $5.2 billion by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for failing to disconnect customers with unregistered phone cards. The fine is “a worrying issue,” Nkhensani Kubayi, chairwoman of Parliament’s telecommunications committee, said by phone …

Protesting local government workers pensioners in Edo state, Tuesday, demanding the payment of their pension‏ arrears

The Enugu State Waste Management Authority (ESWAMA) has denied allegations by the Civil Rights Realization and Advancement Network (CRRAN), that its staff attacked and injured two security men at a residential house in Enugu while carrying out an enforcement operation. A statement signed by the Managing Director of the Authority, …

AGENE GODWIN, Benin AT least six persons including two policemen and a private security man were killed, Tuesday evening, when dare-devil armed robbers invaded two banks located in Igarra, headquarters of the Akoko-Edo local government area of Edo state. As at the time of this report Tuesday, the entire Igarra …

NEDU MARK, YENAGOA As Bayelsans prepare for the December 5, 2015 governorship election, a frontline youth group in the Niger Delta, United Niger People for Dickson, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to set up panel of Inquiry to investigate the wanton killings and destruction of property that characterised the …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that it would commence the distribution of the Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) to the electorate in Kogi State from November 6 to November 11 while that of Bayelsa State is expected to be between November 13 and 19. The INEC’s Deputy Director …

He cannot forget September 12 in a hurry. It was a Saturday, his peace was shattered the moment operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) invaded his Ikoyi, Lagos, residence and arrested him. His crime? He was being picked up on the allegation of ‘419’, he was told. …

Rivers State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed ‘shock’ over statements credited to the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors’ Forum, Rochas Okorocha of Imo State that ‘the APC is hell-bent on taking over Rivers and Akwa Ibom States.’ State Chairman of the PDP, Bro …

Apple iStore has reiterated its commitment to offer up to 50% of the current iPhone value when you trade in your iPhone for a new one on any cash purchases at iStore in Ikeja Mall. Most exciting about this offer is that, Apple loyalists can trade-in up to two Apple …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, Tuesday, presided over the State Security Council meeting with an assurance to the people of the state that the government will increase security surveillance across the metropolis and continuously raid identified hideouts of criminals. Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, who spoke to Government …

The Debt Management Office (DMO) has said it restructured the N575.516 billion bank loans owed by 23 states into Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) Bonds. Director General of DMO, Dr. Abraham Nwankwo, who disclosed this in Lagos, Tuesday, said the move was part of the short term stabilisation package approved …

The Centre for Social Justice, Tuesday claimed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) spent N11.66bn to finance the 2015 presidential election. Lead Director, CSJ, Eze Onyekpere, a lawyer, gave the figure while releasing a report on the campaign finance and the use of state …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has cleared Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc and its directors of all allegations levelled against the financial services provider by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC). CBN’s decision was communicated in a letter addressed to the executive secretary/chief executive of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) dated …

A bloody fight was on Tuesday averted in Bayelsa State as suspected political thugs in the All Progressives Congress, (APC) attacked the campaign convoy of Governor Seriake Dickson. Bayelsa state governorship election has been scheduled for December 5. The incident happened at the popular Swali market in Yenagoa Local Government …

The Lagos Theatre Festival has selected the works of four playwrights including; Bode Asiyanbi, Atinuke Aweda, Paul Ugbede and Olubunmi Familoni, to be performed as part of the activities lined up for the UK/Nigeria 2015–16 programme, which the festival is a part of. Their manuscripts will now be transformed into …

Outstanding debts to oil marketers by the Federal Government has hit a whopping N470 billion, arising mostly from a backlog of unpaid subsidy claims since August 1, 2014 till date. This is as the marketers insist they require in excess of $2 billion dollars to pay off their foreign suppliers, …