Osita Iheme is arguably one of the best actors in Nollywood. He is widely known for playing the role of 'Pawpaw' in the film Aki na Ukwa alongside Chinedu Ikedieze. In 2007 Osita received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the African Movie Acad...
No fewer than 60 people and property worth N790.5 million were lost in fire disasters between January and November this year in Gombe State, an official of the state has said. The official, Mr Haruna Wambai, a Fire Rescue Officer, made the disclosure i...
The Minister of Works, Mr Mike Onolememen has said the removal of oil subsidy was not to punish Nigerians but to tackle development projects. Onolememen told newsmen in Abuja that the subsidy removal would address all the imbalances that had hindered i...
The Commissioner of Police in Abia, Mr Bala Hassan, has vowed to bring to justice the killers of Mr Celestine Ozuruora, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Uratta in Aba. Ozuruora was shot dead by hoodlums while on foot patrol of the area. “He...
Ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) primaries in Sokoto State, a youth group in the state has called on the electorate to give their support to the former Minister of Sports, Alhaji Yusuf Suleiman. Alhaji Suleiman served as the Minister...
Inflow of foreign exchange from crude oil marketers and the intervention of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on the sideline were able to stabilise the naira at the Wholesale Dutch Auction System (WDAS), otherwise known as the official market. Three e...
Former sole administrator of Kano Pillars Football Club, Alhaji Kabiru Baita has called on the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) to look into the possibility of changing the venue of its AGM to Abuja. He said the call becomes necessary due to the current po...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Bayelsa State yesterday explained why it delayed in making its position known on the controversy rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), over the choice of candidate for the forthcoming govern...
Activities in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, was brought to a halt as Vice President Namadi Sambo, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Speaker Ghali Umar Na’abba, and Governors of Taraba, Gombe, Bauchi,and Sokoto states, among ot...
The federal government said it is working towards rejuvenating the existing unity schools across the country with a view to positioning them as befitting learning centres. The minister of state for education, Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Nwike disclos...
Kogi State Governor-elect, Captain Idris Wada has disclosed that party chieftains and stakeholders have put him under immense pressure, lobbying for appointments since he was declared winner of the December 3, 2011 gubernatorial poll in the state. Addr...
Former national chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo, has carpeted the recently conducted local government elections in Enugu State, describing the process as imposition rather than election. Nwodo, who stat...
The Federal Government, yesterday, directed the Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to audit all existing funds established by law to support key sectors of the economy. The funds which include the Education Trust Fund (ETF), Petroleum Develop...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday told Nigerians to get ready for a nationwide strike and mass protest in the country, following President Jonathan’s decision to remove subsidy on petroleum products by January 2012. This is coming barel...
The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has issued new operational guidelines in product supply and allocation of petroleum product import permit in the fourth quarter (Q4) and thereafter. This is even as the agency has vowed to use al...