The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has declared three oil marketers implicated in the multi- billion naira fuel subsidy scam wanted. The trio of Abdul Afeez Olarenwaju Olabisi of Fargo Petroleum and Gas Limited, Abubakar Peters A...
The Abia Government has set up an intelligence monitoring team that will insure the security and safety of all the NNPC pipelines in the state. Chief Don Ubani, the Commissioner for Petroleum and Solid Minerals’ Development, d...
Nasarawa State government has donated N10 million to the Nasarawa State University to host the 27th Annual Conference of the Association of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (AVCNU). This is contained in a statement issued on Thursday and signe...
The Adamawa Police Command has confirmed the death of four people, including two students, from gun shots in Mubi town. Confirming the development to the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN), the command's Public Relations Officer, DSP Moh...
An Indian Court has sentenced a Nigerian Ojiakor Johnson, residence of Tilak Nagar to 10 years in jail for possessing illegal drugs and violations of his business visa. Indian Police said Ojiakor was nabbed in February last ye...
Developments in the mining sector as well as South Africa's achievements formed part of World Bank Chief Jim Yong Kim's interaction with the South African government. Speaking at a joint press conference on Thursday, Finance Minister Pravin Gor...
Why is the package price of the so-called international Hajj (organised by tour operators) higher than that of state pilgrims’ boards? And why is the VIP package of Hajj tour operators so expensive that only men of means can afford it? Since Hajj...
Recently, a workshop was organised for media practitioners by the management of the National Parks Service. OLAOLU OLADIPO, in this interview with the Conservator-General, Alhaji Haruna Tanko Abubakar, probes into the activities of the service, its cha...
When Honda Motor Company recently went back to the drawing board to modify the Odyssey for the year 2012 model, it was almost certain that the automaker, more than anything else, would make the minivan a rallying point of sort for families, friends and...
Former top military officers rose from a meeting in Otukpo, Benue State, yesterday with a resolve to contribute to peace building across the religious and ethnic divides in the country. The officers, who are alumni of the 3rd Regular Course of the Nige...
Kaduna State Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa has kicked against speculations of his ambition to run for the presidency or governorship election in 2015, saying they were the handiwork of mischief-makers. Governor Yakowa, who stated this while fielding ...
President Goodluck Jonathan and Ghanaian president, John Dramani Mahama yesterday engaged themselves In a closed door meeting yesterday over what may have appeared to be a meeting bordering on security and the Nigeria’s economy. Jonat...
Tuesday’s bomb blast in Bauchi was targeted at Glo and Airtel telecommunications companies, the police said. Addressing the press yesterday in Bauchi, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the state command ASP Hassan Mohammed Auyo, expla...
Off the political radar for some time, former governor of Abia State, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, signals in this interview with LOUIS ACHI, that the politics of a new Nigeria needs his input at different critical levels. He clarifies his conception of governan...
The family of the murdered Cynthia Osokogu arrived Lagos yesterday to take possession of her body preparatory to her burial slated for today. The burial, according to a source, will take place in her hometown, Bebe, in Ovia Agbor Area of Delta State. A...