Buhari visits Awujale amidst tight security …Rally global support against...
Ijebu-Ode (Ogun) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday paid a courtesy visit to the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, as part of activities marking the 40 years anniversary of the state. The...
View ArticleAm the only legal wife of Ojukwu, Bianca tells court
Lagos – Mrs Bianca Ojukwu on Monday told an Igbosere High Court, Lagos, that she was the only legal wife of the late Ikemba of Nnewi, Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu. She said this during the commencement...
View ArticleFG to deploy creative ways to fund 2016 budget
Abuja – The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen. Udoma Udo-Udoma, has said the Federal Government will deploy creative ways to fund the 2016 budget in spite of falling oil price. Udoma said...
View ArticleFashola proposes community service as penalty for traffic offenders
Abuja – Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, on Monday in Abuja proposed community service as a penalty for traffic offenders in the country. Fashola made the proposal at the...
View ArticlePDP jittery over Oshiomhole’s Central Hospital project- Aide
BENIN CITY – The nearly-completed 5-Star Central Hospital in Benin City embarked upon by Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State may have sent jitters down the spines of Leaders of the Peoples’...
View ArticleNigerian youths groan under economic depression – Elamah
BENIN CITY – The Executive Chairman of the Edo State Internal Revenue Service (EIRS), Chief (Sir) Oseni Elamah has lamented that the unemployed youths in the society were groaning under excruciating...
View ArticleOshiomhole swears-in Kassim Afegbua as Commissioner
BENIN CITY- Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has sworn-in his immediate past Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Prince Kassim Afegbua as the new Commissioner for Information and...
View Article2016: Oshiomhole hosts Edo North APC leaders
IYAMHO – Edo State Governor Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has hosted the All Progressives Congress, Edo North Senatorial Executives meeting at his Country Home in Iyamho to sensitise them on the way forward...
View Article$3bn Refinery: IPMAN awaits FG’s directive to kickstart project
LAGOS – The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) yesterday said it was awaiting the Federal Government’s directive, to commence its proposed $3 billion dollars (N495 billion)...
View ArticleFight corruption to standstill, Monarch tells Buhari
Ijebu-Ode (Ogun) – The Awujale of Ijebu Land, Dr Sikiru Adetona, on Monday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to fight corruption to a standstill to safeguard Nigeria from possible collapse. Adetona, who...
View ArticleObasanjo seeks creative ways of tackling Nigeria’s fiscal challenge
Ibadan – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday said the current fiscal challenge facing the country must be creatively addressed. Obasanjo spoke at the inaugural conference of the Ibadan School...
View ArticleNigerian Political Culture: Causes and Effects
Politics is a function of the environment in which it is practiced consequently politics is the same anywhere in the world. However the political terrain is different due to social, political, economic...
View ArticleFIRS proposes N4.96trn revenue for 2016
Abuja – The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has proposed a revenue target of N4.957 trillion for 2016. Its Executive Chairman, Mr Tunde Fowler, announced the projection at the opening ceremony of...
View ArticleKidnapping: Monarch regain freedom
WARRI – The Odiologbo of Olomoro Kingdom, HRM Josaih Umukoro Aghaza 1, who was kidnapped last week, has been released by his abductors. Confirming his release, the Police in Delta State Command,...
View ArticleFresh crisis looms as Aruogba reconstitutes CDA
BENIN-CITY-Fresh violence looms in Aruogba Community in Oredo local government area of Edo State following the reconstitution of the Community Development Association (CDA), recently. It will be...
View ArticlePolice quiz middle-aged man over explosion in Benin …As Army rule out terror...
BENIN CITY-A middle-aged man is being quizzed by operatives of Edo police command over the explosion that shattered parts of five residential buildings in Benin City, last Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Army...
View ArticleLiverpool missing an end product – Mignolet
Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet has pointed the finger at his side’s poor creative play as the reason for their defeat to Premier League leaders Leicester City. Jamie Vardy scored a double in the...
View ArticleIbenge – We beat the Brazil of Africa
DR Congo coach Florent Ibenge has described the Guinea team they beat in the semifinal of the 2016 Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) as the Brazil of African football. Speaking at the press conference...
View ArticleI am not a bad apple – Adebayor
Crystal Palace striker Emmanuel Adebayor insists he is not a bad apple and claims his new club’s fans already love him. The 31-year-old, who has played for the likes of Arsenal, Manchester City, Real...
View ArticleGiroud: Arsenal need to be more efficient
Olivier Giroud says he and his Arsenal team-mates need to sharpen up in front of goal to get their Premier League title tilt back on track. Arsene Wenger’s men played out a 0-0 draw at home against...
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