WITH the realisation that Nigeria cannot afford to depend on rain-fed agriculture considering the rate of its population growth and urbanisation, the Federal Ministry of Water Resources has continued to [...]
FIVE members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have filed a motion at a Port Harcourt High Court seeking to be heard independently in a suit filed by Rivers [...]
TO tackle the prevalence of infectious parasitic diseases in the country, the Federal Government has been urged to improve the socio-economic and environmental indices and behaviour that encourage parasite transmission. [...]
IMO State monarchs in the over 600 autonomous communities in the state at the weekend condemned the recent attack on the convoy of Governor Rochas Okorocha, saying it was unwarranted [...]
• Group not meeting Monday, says Amaechi • Tells Jang: ‘Stop impersonating me’ • Jonathan’s wife denies plot to unseat Rivers helmsman AS the crisis in the Nigeria Governors’ Forum [...]
FOR the second time in two weeks, activities of pipeline vandals on Saturday night led to heavy explosion at Alapata community area in Ido Local Council of Oyo State. The [...]
PIQUED by the seeming reluctance of Taraba State Executive Council (SEC) to declare the ailing Governor Danbaba Suntai incapacitated and confirm his deputy, Alhaji Garba Umar, as the substantive governor, [...]
THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the weekend lamented the inability of Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Ministry to comply with the provisions of Section 45 of its Act, a [...]
FOR taking bold steps to end the recurring accreditation problem confronting the Medical School of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA), the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) at the weekend commended the [...]
Nigeria Hits 420m In 2050, Rivals China In 2100 THE world’s population, according to a recent United Nations’ forecast, will increase from its present 7.2 billion to 8.1 billion in [...]
POLITICAL bickering between the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and interest groups in the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) thickened, Saturday. A coalition of groups within [...]
THE military Joint Task Force (JTF) in Yobe State on Thursday released Hassana Yakubu, one of the wives of the wanted Boko Haram sect leader, Shiekh Abubakar Shekau. A member [...]
THE Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal Friday dismissed an appeal filed by former National Secretary and National Auditor of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola and [...]
BENUE State Governor, Gabriel Suswam, has described the recent election of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum where Governor Chibuike Amaechi (NGF) of Rivers State was elected the chairman in controversial circumstances [...]
THE United Nations (UN) Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has listed Nigeria among 38 countries that have already met the internationally set hunger eradication targets ahead of 2015 to halve [...]
AMONG the 200 women recently screened for cancer-related cases in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, 10 have been diagnosed with cancer, just as the detected cases also showed that breast cancer [...]
SIX months after the launch, many prominent Nigerians are yet to redeem their pledges at the special appeal fund for victims of the 2012 flood disaster. Interestingly, some of those [...]
Babatunde Ogun is the National President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), an umbrella body of senior workers in the oil and gas sector [...]
HIGHLIFE music legend, Fatai Olanrewaju Olagunju (AKA Fatai Rolling Dollar is dead! He was aged 86. The Won Kere Si Number Wa crooner reportedly died early Wednesday at a Lagos [...]
Abiodun Owotomo is the Chief Executive Officer of Tekramspace Services Limited, an online job creation platform. In this interview with ADEYEMI ADEPETUN, he shares his idea on how online services [...]
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in partnership with the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) Tuesday kicked off an introspective anti-corruption campaign aimed at purging Customs officers of corrupt tendencies. [...]
ABIA State government has declared that destruction of crops and farmlands as a result of cattle rearing in the state has become a problem difficult to tackle. The Deputy Governor, [...]
THE Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal Monday reserved judgment in the appeal by former Chief Security Officer to late Sani Abacha, Major Hamza al-Mustapha and an aide to [...]
THE Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal Monday reserved judgment in the appeal by former Chief Security Officer to late Sani Abacha, Major Hamza al-Mustapha and an aide to [...]
• Says trend a threat to democracy • Wants parties to observe 90 days before polling day rule • Urges security agents to arrest violators WARY of the prospect of [...]
CHEVRON has unveiled plans to auction its stake in Oil Mining Leases (OMLs) 83 and 85 offshore Nigeria. The oil fields are situated in shallow water offshore Bayelsa State in [...]
BY virtue of holding the portfolio of Commissioner for Political Affairs of the African Union (AU), Nigeria can help bridge the security gaps that have become apparent in the test [...]
• Firm holds forum in Owerri Monday GOVERNOR Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has faulted the United States’ (U.S.) recent report that listed Imo as one of the states riddled [...]
POLITICAL pressure group, Taraba Justice Forum, has challenged the Acting Governor of Taraba State, Alhaji Garba Umar, to release the official medical report on Governor Danbaba Suntai to enable citizens know [...]
PROTESTING landowners, Saturday, confronted Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, who was on working visit to Kaduna State to commission power projects. Alleging that government is yet to pay for [...]
