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The NNPC said that the recently submitted draft Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) would go a long way in transforming operations in the oil and gas industry if passed into law. Mr Fidel Pepple, the acting Group General Manger, Public Affairs Division of NN...
The Bauchi State Government has assured residents of the metropolis that the planned review of the city’s master plan is in their interest. The Commissioner for Lands and Housing, Alhaji Aminu Hammayo, gave the assurance in an interview with the ...
Pupils of Anwar-Ul-Islam Primary School, Apongbon, Lagos Island, were on Monday forced to vacate their classrooms following massive flooding of their premises. They were forced to relocate to a yet-to-be inaugurated building in a junior secondary schoo...
The Sokoto State Government completed 23 road projects at the cost of N7.9 billion between 2007 and now, the Governor, Alhaji Aliyu Wamakko, said on Monday. Wamakko made the statement at Fanare in Wamakko Local Government Area when his Kano State...
The police in Delta say they have arrested one Daniel Okpobusa, Vice Principal of Elume Grammar School, Sapele in Delta, for allegedly killing Mrs Rosemary Ojuederie, the Principal of the school. The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Charles Muka, wh...
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) says it has removed N2.7 billion worth of sub-standard products from the Nigerian market since it launched its zero tolerance campaign. The Director-General of SON, Dr Joseph Odumodu, made the announcem...
Popular Nollywood actress, Bimbo Akinsanya, was on Monday discharged and acquitted of conspiracy against a general overseer by an Ikeja Magistrates' Court in Lagos. The presiding magistrate, Mr Olufemi Isaac, discharged the 34-year-old actress base...
Twenty six police recruits undergoing training at the Police College, Kaduna, have been arraigned at a Chief Magistrates' Court, charged with forging certificates. The recruits, arrested during screening, are Habila Ayuba, Shuaibu Simon, Salisu Har...
Business tycoon, Femi Otedola may have acted alone in the purported video tapping of the $620,000 bribe offered the suspended Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad Hoc committee that investigated the federal government’s fuel subsidy regime...
The former co-owner of a Houston-area home health care company, Mr. Princewill Njoku, has been sentenced to 108 months in prison in Houston for his participation in a $5.2 million Medicare fraud scheme. This was announced by the Department of Justice, ...
The Deputy National Chairman, Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Mustapha Saliu, in this interview with Ruth Yamta and Kingsley Opurum, speaks about the ongoing alliance discussions between CPC and ACN, he also discusses some strategies his party w...
The Heads of State and Government of Economic Community Of West Africa States (ECOWAS) has called for support to Nigeria in its fight against the Islamic terrorist group, Boko Haram. The supranational body called for this support at the 41st Ordinary S...
Chibuzo Ukaibe takes a look at the intricacies that may play out as Supreme Court delivers its judgement on who is the legally recognised person between Barrister Bassey Dan-Abia and Honourable Eseme Eyibo, to represent Eket/ Esit Eket/ Ibeno/Onna Fede...
Hon Isa Muhammad Ashiru represents Makarfi/Kudan federal constituency in the House of Representatives. Speaking to Ruth Choji, the deputy chairman, house committee on appropriation discusses the insecurity and other developmental problems facing the co...
The echoes of the just concluded senate retreat in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State will continue to revibrate. UCHENNA AWOM in this dairy writes that perhaps the Senate President’s outburst will remain the high point of the event. To some people the seeming...