Egypt Air has disclosed plans to fly to the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa. The airline’s general manager in Nigeria, Mr. Khalid El Rafie, said in an interview that Nigeria was the only country in Africa where Egypt Air stops at thre...
The last action hero is firing back; legally, anyway. Reacting to Maria Shriver's petition seeking the dissolution of their 25-year marriage citing irreconcilable differences, Arnold Schwarzenegger has filed his response asking a judge to de...
Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries had one heck of an engagement party. And besides their adorable selves, much of the credit goes to host with the most Khloé Kardashian Odom. Not only is Khloé planning Kim's big bachelorette blowout in Veg...
As Nigeria grapples with the challenge of infrastructural development, immediate past president of the Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE), Engr. Kassim Ali, has said that the government needs to trust its own professionals to handle these challenges. H...
A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday expunged Sections 140 (2) and 141 of the Electoral Act 2010, which denied the election petitions tribunals at the state and federal levels the powers to declare anybody winner in an election. In a 68-page landmar...
Following efforts to meet the September deadline for recapitalisation by all distressed banks, Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) and AccessBank Plc are to inject a total of N600 billion into Intercontinental Bank Plc. In view of the recap...
Senate President, David Mark on Thursday said the Senate would assist all anti-corruption agencies in their quest to effectively tackle head-on all issues of corruption in the country. Mark, who gave the assurance when members of the Independent Corrup...
Workers in Abia would have to wait for the review of Federal Allocation before they start enjoying the new minimum wage, commissioner for information, Chief Don Ubani, said in Umuahia. Ubani who stated this during a news briefing on the suspended labou...
The January 6, 2011 re-run Election Tribunal sitting in Asaba, Delta State, yesterday reserved judgment for July 25, 2011 in the election trial between Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru of the Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) and Governor Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered a methamphetamine production factory in Lagos and arrested two suspects. The suspects are Bernard Umezurike, 44, the alleged owner of the illegal production centre, and Polycarp Ndilobi, 41...
The chief executive officer (CEO) of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Mr. Oscar Onyema, has assured stakeholders in the nation’s capital market that The Exchange would soon become a preferred investment destination for both local and internatio...
About 61 Nigerians, including three minors, were deported from the United Kingdom yesterday. The deportees, who came aboard a chartered aircraft, arrived in the country in the early hours of the day and were received at the cargo terminal of the Murtal...
The Niger State governor, Mohammed Babangida Aliyu, has declared that many state governors would be unable to pay the minimum wage of N18, 000 if the current revenue allocation formula is not reviewed in favour of the states and local councils. Governo...
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Thursday, urged the Federal Government to investigate the ``disappearance’’ of the late Alhaji Umaru Yar`Adua when he was the sitting president. Soyinka made the call in Lagos at a Town Hall mee...
The House of Representatives, yesterday urged President Goodluck Jonathan to construct additional lanes on the Nyanya-Keffi road to reduce the regular fatal accidents along the express way. More than 20 lives were lost and several others wounded when a...