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Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has urged Nigerians to avoid peddling falsehoods, which are injurious to individuals, institutions and society at large – especially in this trying period of the nation’s development. Mr. Obi, who was reacting to an allegation that he called on Igbos to ignore …

Pursuant to its 2016 strategic goals towards improving road safety, the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has deployed 500 patrol vehicles, 50 Ambulances, 85 motor bikes, 15 tow trucks and over 20,000 personnel including special marshals, along designated routes as part of measures to ensure sanity on the nation’s highways, …

The Senate Sunday stated that it has been vindicated by the Thursday ruling of a Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Gabriel Kolawole which described the forgery case filed against its presiding officers as an abuse of court process and a decision taken against public interest. In …

Contrary to wild assumptions that the Borno State Government has received billions of cash donations in local and foreign currencies for the management of Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, the State Governor, Kashim Shettima has revealed that a lot of Nigerians may be shocked to know that a total of three …

Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Rivers South East Senatorial District in the set to be concluded legislative re-run election, has expressed loss of confidence in the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Rivers State, Mr. Aniedi Ikiowak, accusing him of being a contractor to the Ministry …

Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Babacir Lawal, has said President Muhammadu Buhari is committed to rebuilding North East ravaged by the activities of Boko Haram insurgency. Lawal made this known Saturday while speaking with newsmen in Yola. “We are very lucky in the North East because the …

The Oyo State Police Command has assured that the suspected killers of Mr. Gideon Aremu, member representing Orelope Constituency at the state House of Assembly, will soon be arrested. State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Leye Oyebade, gave the assurance through the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Adekunle Ajisebutu, in …

The Catholic Church in Enugu State, Saturday held mass rallies protesting the violent activities of herdsmen in the state. The three Catholic dioceses in the state, Nsukka, Awgu and Enugu, staged separate rallies and expressed their anger at the menace posed by herdsmen. Priests and lay members of the Catholic …

ANTHONY OMOH The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has warned foreign airlines operating in the country against the sale of flight tickets in dollar currency, saying ‘it is a flagrant contravention of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) prerequisite guiding cost of products or services in Nigeria.’ According to a release …

Militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), said Sunday, it had mounted five attacks in Delta State, since Friday. Attacks in the Niger Delta pushed crude production in the OPEC member to 30-year lows in recent weeks, although the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) last week said output was rising …

Federal High Court in Abuja has ruled that the forgery charge brought against the Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki, his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and two others by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice Mr. Abubakar Malami SAN is ‘a complete gross abuse of court …

Acting Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim K. Idris, Friday, disclosed that he has already conducted on-the-spot assessment and evaluation of security situation in some flash points in the creeks of Delta State. A statement by Police Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, DCP Donald Awunah, quotes the IGP as making the …

When I first wrote about a “stomach revolution” as the real threat to Nigeria, I was simply stating the obvious. A little earlier, I had predicted that famine would descend on most Nigerians soon. Both predictions are now being fulfilled, unfortunately. in almost all radio programmes I’ve listened to, in …

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN has said that the sector which is still in transition, has good opportunities for sound business judgement at various segments in electricity value chain, adding that the present administration is also determined to tackle local content initiative being canvassed …

The Lagos State Government on Friday said that from July 1, 2016, it would commence a total enforcement against street trading and street hawkers, saying that the law banning their activities across the metropolis would take its full course. Speaking at a live interview session on Television Continental, the State …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike on Friday led the entire State Executive Council on a condolence visit to the family of renowned international author, Late Captain Elechi Amadi. The governor stated that the late author is an international figure who used his literary works to shape lives and encourage …

Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, Friday, posited that the Nigerian movie industry, also called Nollywood, played a very important role in the country’s economy. Adeosun said this in Abuja during the film industry stakeholders’ workshop aimed at restructuring and reinvigorating Project ACT Nollywood. The Project ACT Nollywood is a …

Sierra Leone’s Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Major-Gen Alfred Nelson-Williams has been kidnapped in Kaduna state, according to High Commission officials. Maj-Gen Nelson-Williams is understood to have been abducted where he was travelling to attend a graduation ceremony at a military base. Sierra Leone’s Information Minister Mohamed Bangura told the …

Tens of thousands of children in northeast Nigeria will die of malnutrition this year unless they receive treatment soon, said the United Nations (UN), Friday, after reaching areas of the country previously cut off from aid by Boko Haram violence. Over the last year Nigeria’s army, aided by troops from …

Kenya Airways Ltd., sub-Saharan Africa’s third-largest carrier, has said it expects to begin receiving payments of outstanding fares from the Nigerian government within a month, Chief Executive Officer Mbuvi Ngunze said. The company is one of several international airlines owed $600 million in foreign-denominated revenue held by the Nigerian government, …

ANTHONY OMOH Following the terrorists’ attacks at Brussels Airport and Tuesdays devastating attack at the Atatürk Airport in Turkey, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has advised all airport users, passengers and airline operators, to be security conscious. The authority made this known this afternoon following a review of …

The annual Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange (WSICE) will hold from July 13 to 14, 2016. The event traditionally coincides with the 82nd birthday anniversary of the Nobel laureate, Professor Oluwole Akinwande Soyinka, who is the grand motivation behind the project, and after whom it is named. The WSICE is …