Gov. Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta on Monday said the government would equip the state University Teaching Hospital (DELSUTH) to handle rising urology cases in the state. Uduaghan said while interacting with newsmen in Asaba ...
The former Chairman, Board of Trustees (BOT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih, has said he would only reply the abuses allegedly hurled at him by the Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, by removing him from office at for...
Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomole yesterday said he was optimistic that the Nigeria police would fish out the killers of his principal private secretary, Olaitan Oyerinde. He spoke yesterday in Ilorin, Kwara State at the resid...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has commended President Goodluck Jonathan on the renovation work at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport. This was contained in a press release signed by the chief press secreta...
The Inter Agency Task Team (IATT) on anti graft war, made up of the EFCC, ICPC, NEITI, Code of Conduct and 17 other government agencies, has advocated a holistic national strategy to combat endemic corruption in the country. The agencies said that the ...
Following the alarming level of corruption in the oil and gas sector, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, in this interview with JULIET ALOHAN, says there is need for indicted ...
Ibrahim Idris is the Commissioner of Police, Kano State. He was formerly the Director of the International Peacekeeping Operations at Police Force Headquarters and the Mission Police Commissioner for the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and th...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is back in the news, but not for good reasons. Last week, he stunned Nigerians with his revelation that there are rogues and criminals in the National Assembly. UCHENNA AWOM, in this analysis, traces the timeline of O...
When the Bayelsa State government reached out to oil multinationals on their co-operation in the desperate need to check the problems of pipeline vandalisation, oil theft and the rising incidence of illegal refineries, many thought it would be one of t...
Chairmen of the 23 local government councils in Rivers State seem not to have had it so smooth since 21 of them were elected during the last chairmanship and councillorship polls held on Saturday, May 21, 2011. Election in Degema local government area ...
Unknown gunmen shot dead four people and injured one other while they were playing poker cards at Gidan Hamisu Gurgu relaxation spot in Gaida quarters of Kano municipality. According to an eyewitness, the gunmen came on a motorbike and took position be...
Oando Exploration and Production Limited (OEPL), a subsidiary of Oando Plc with 13 exploration and production assets, has announced that it has signed a farm-in agreement with Network Exploration & Production Nigeria Limited (NEPN) for the acquisit...
Super Eagles boss, Stephen Keshi has dropped five players ahead his commencement of preparations for the Brazil 2014 World Cup qualifier against Namibia in Calabar this Saturday. He announced that five players will not be part of the camp in the Cross ...
Wigan Athletic Victor Moses is the first foreign based player to hit the Super Eagles camp ahead of the busy schedule of qualifiers for the Nations Cup and World Cup 2014. Moses breezed into the team’s temporary abode at Excel Oriental in Lagos, ...
Akwa Ibom State governor, Godswill Akpabio has predicted that Team Nigeria would surpass all previous attempts in the Olympics at the London 2012 Olympics which begins on July 23. Sports-loving Governor Akpabio said this during a courtesy call on him b...