2015: Delta South stakeholders want Omatseye for Senate
As the battle for Delta South senatorial seat gathers momentum, indications have emerged on why the former Director General of Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Mr. Temisan...
View ArticleSenator calls for ban on importation of generators
Federal government has been called upon to ban the importation of generators into the country, “because their importers are sabotaging the economy”. Senator Victor Oyofo, who made the call yesterday at...
View ArticleNigeria, Germany to improve economic ties
Nigeria and Germany are to improve Economic and Parliamentary cooperation that would enhance the well being of the two nations. The Senate President,David Mark and German Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr....
View ArticleShareholders commend Royal Exchange financial performance in 2013
SHAREHOLDERS of Royal Exchange Plc have applauded the Board of Director for its outstanding performance for the financial year 2013. Speaking on behalf of the Shareholders, the President, Nigerian...
View ArticleEmefiele’s 100 days: Repositioning monetary policy
Three months after unveiling his plans on assumption of office, ONU OKORIE writes that analysts have scored governor of CBN, Godwin Emefiele high. The assumption of office on June 03, 2014 of the...
View ArticleCourt remands Rivers monarch in prison custody
A Federal High sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, yesterday ordered that the deposed traditional ruler of Rumuepirikom community in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Eze Anthony Owabie, be...
View ArticleJonathan’s endorsement for 2015
C ompared with what opposition political parties have done or would do to pick their respective presidential candidates for the 2015 presidential poll, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has...
View ArticleEnding insurgency
The Nigerian government has over the last two years worked on different methods of seeking an end to the bloody insurgency in Northern Nigeria which has resulted in the massacre by armed Islamic...
View ArticleIghodaro, Ebimobowei, Salami battle for top goal scorer award
Three players are presently battling to become the highest goal scorer in the Glo Premier League with 10 games to go in the season. The players are Rangers Osaguona Ighodaro, Peter Ebimobowei of...
View ArticleOsinachi vows to fire Eaglets to glory
.As CAF rules out Eaglets duo, Gabonese No. 11 He has scored a fair share of Golden Eaglets’ 81 goals in 29 matches but Ebere Christian Osinachi has sensationally vowed to bang in the goals for the...
View ArticleFamily seeks police probe of alleged rituals
The Obolo family of Ikoya in Okitipupa local government area of Ondo State has called on the state police Command to, as a matter of urgency, order thorough investigations into alleged rituals...
View ArticlePDP inaugurates Yobe caretaker committee
In readiness for the 2015 general election, the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday inaugurated a Caretaker Committee to run the affairs of the of the Party at all...
View ArticleEbola: World Bank increases affected countries’ funding to $400m
Disturbed by the alarming spread of Ebola virus disease, EVD in West Africa, the World Bank Group has announced plan to increase its financial assistance for worst affected countries to $400million....
View ArticleOur police rot or shine from the head down
We now missed the former Chief of Police Mohammed Abubakar. He is evidence that a country can be saved if we have enough behavioral change into sincere men and women that can form a quorum everywhere....
View ArticleLagos begins coroner’s inquest on Synagogue building victims
Lagos State government yesterday instituted a coroner’s inquest under the Lagos State Coroner’s System Law No. 7 of 2007 to establish the cause and manner of several deaths that followed the building...
View ArticleWho’s afraid of Adamu Mu’azu?
In the past couple of weeks there appears to be an orchestrated campaign of calumny targeted at the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu. The antagonists of the...
View ArticleEKITI BOILS
Plots and counter-plots 00As controversy continued to trail the attacks on the Ekiti state High Court and the state Governorship Elections Petitions Tribunal, Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital went...
View ArticleAPC ticket: Atiku, Buhari, others to pay N27.5m each
All Progressives Congress, APC, has come out with fees for its nomination forms for all electives offices. The party in a special National Executive Council, NEC, meeting held yesterday at its...
View ArticlePMAN plans fund raising show for relief victims
Music has been recognised as a powerful tool to drive across diverse messages to audience. In line with this, the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria, PMAN, has unveiled a plan to host a...
View ArticleAbia zoning formula: The threat within
Okechukwu Jombo, writes that the zoning arrangement for the governorship of Abia State to go to Ukwa/Ngwa axis, is raising questions that might scuttle the arrangement if not meticulously handled....
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