The Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, Wednesday, presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan approved road contracts in Bayelsa, Delta and Ondo states totalling N30.993 billion. The government also disclosed that the East-West Road is 90 per cent completed and President Jonathan would tour the road within the next 10 days …

  The dream of the wife of the governor of Anambra State, Chief Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano to touch the lives of the young and old people through her pet project, Caring Family Enhancement Initiative (CAFÉ) nears realization as she has acquired sizeable hectares of land for the establishment of Old …

  Burundi’s armed forces chief announced Thursday that an attempted coup against President Pierre Nkurunziza had failed, although the claim was quickly denied by opponents of the central African nation’s leader. There was also uncertainty over the whereabouts Nkurunziza, whose attempt to return home from Tanzania after the coup was …

  The Vatican announced Wednesday that it had brokered a treaty with the “state of Palestine,” upsetting Israeli advocates and propelling Pope Francis into the heart of yet another geopolitical fray. The treaty is expected to be signed “in the near future,” the Vatican said. Mahmoud Abbas, president of the …

Following a renewed attack in the Borno State, Wednesday, by the Boko Haram insurgents, the Nigerian Army has consequently imposed a fresh twenty-four hour curfew on the city, just as normalcy is said to have been restored in the area by the military. The curfew was announced Thursday morning by …

Delta State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal commenced formal sitting in Asaba, Wednesday, hearing the petitions filed by three candidates in the April 11 gubernatorial elections in the state. The petitioners include; Chief Great Ogboru of the Labour Party, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Mr. Paul …

All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has called for the arrest and prosecution of the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, for allegedly inciting members and supporters of PDP to violence. Rivers APC made the call in a statement issued in Port Harcourt …

Enugu State chapter of All Progressives Congress, (APC) has dashed the desperate moves by former governor of Old Anambra State, Chief Jim Nwobodo along with former Power minister, Prof. Barth Nnaji, to defect to the party, saying it was not in a hurry to admit any member of Peoples Democratic …

  First Launched Globally in1985-More than 7.3 Million Units in Global Sales Hyundai is celebrating the 30th anniversary for the iconic Sonata mid-size sedan. The Sonata made its debut in 1985 in Korea, playing a pivotal role in Hyundai’s growth and reputation. With more than 7.3 million Sonata models sold …

Experts in the Tourism and Culture sector called for caution on artificial nail fixing by women, and said that the implication could be disastrous for health. Artificial nails, also known as fake nails or fashion nails are coverings placed over woman fingernails to beautify it. Some of them are fibre …

  President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, has said that he is willing to work with any leader of the Senate, irrespective of what part of the country he or she originates from, even as he denied reports that he had pitched his support for a particular candidate. In a statement released …

Following appeals by residents of Benin City, as reported, Monday, by Global Patriot Newspapers, newly-confirmed Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has dispatched a special crack squad to stem the spate of cult clashes, kidnappings, robberies and other related vices ravaging the state. It would be recalled that Global Patriot Newspapers …

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, May 13, arraigned the Kwara State Commissioner for Information, Prince Olatunji Oyeyemi Moronfoye, and Ope Saraki, cousin to Bukola Saraki, former governor of Kwara State and Senior Special Adviser on Millennium Development Goals to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, before Justice A.O Faji of …

Sani Adamu, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Social analysts insist that one of the greatest development challenges facing Nigeria is the threat to national unity. They note that agitation for recognition by various ethnic groups, resource control, ethno-religious politics and other primordial cleavages have crept into national consciousness of some …

Nigeria Police Council has confirmed Solomon Arase as the substantive Inspector-General of Police. Arase was appointed ‎by President Goodluck Jonathan after removing the former Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba summarily in April 2015. The new IG, who spoke with State House correspondents on his new status, said that his main …

Okechukwu Emeh, Jr Contrary to all expectations in many quarters that our just concluded presidential election would plunge Nigeria into a paroxysm of political and communal upheavals – no thanks to the so-called Western analysts who had earlier predicted that the country would break up in 2015 – its outcome …

South Africa’s High Court, Wednesday, in Johannesburg halted the deportation of hundreds of African immigrants who were arrested in the wake of the recent wave of xenophobic violence. David Cote, the lawyer for Human Rights Organisation, said that the migrants, believed to number between 280 and 400, were detained at …

  National Coordinator of the Oodua People’s Congress, Otunba Gani Adams, has said the next phase of the struggle in Nigeria will be the implementation of the report of the National Conference held last year. Adams, who is also the Convener of the Oodua Progressive Union, an association of the …

Justice Valentine Ashi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has ordered the embattled chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Bayelsa State chapter, Col. Sam Inokoba (rtd), to stop parading himself as the party leader, pending the determination of the motion of notice before court. The former …

Chief of Staff, Imo State Government, Sir Jude Ejiogu, has urged members of the Destiny Organization in Owerri North local government area of the state to register with the All Progressives Congress (APC) so as to enjoy the same benefits enjoyed by bonafide members of the party. Sir Ejiogu gave …

  Ekiti State Government has described as ‘evil, wicked and insensitive’ the claims by the All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers in the state that the ‘stop and search’ operation ordered by the State Security Council to stem cases of kidnapping in the state was an orchestrated plot by the governor …

  For three days, April 30 to May 2, at the Freedom Park, Lagos, one of the leading cultural hotspots in the Lagos megacity, the Inspiro Productions organized the 3rd edition of the Lagos International Jazz festival 2015. This year’s edition was significant as it started on April 30 the …

THE Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Female Parliamentarians Association (ECOFEPA) has conveyed a letter of nomination to the Director-General, National Centre for Women Development, Lady Onyeka Onwenu as its Ambassador at a ceremony, planned for Abuja on May 18. The Bureau of ECOFEPA, which is a Network of …

  The three celebrity judges on the Nigerian Idol Season 5 television reality show, Darey ‘Art’ Alade, Yinka Davies and Dede Mabiaku at the weekend returned one of the six previously evicted contestants, Sther, to the show, thus using up their last window of opportunity to bring back on the …

Former Director-General, National Sports Commission (NSC), Chief Patrick Ekeji, Tuesday, distanced the commission from a letter purportedly from the Ministry of Works granting the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) request to purchase two luxurious buses. Ekeji’s action came at the continuation of his cross-examination in connection with the corruption charges against …