Honey moon over, PDP tell Buhari
ABUJA – Disturbed by concerted efforts by the All Progressive Congress led Federal Government to emasculate them, Peoples Democratic Party legislators in the Senate yesterday, withdrew their support...
View ArticleReps Move To Probe EU Ban on Nigeria’s Dried Beans Exportation
Abuja – The House of Representatives has mandated its Committees on Agriculture, and Commerce and Industry to investigate the extension of ban of the exportation of Nigeria’s dried beans into European...
View ArticleGrazing Reserve, Ranches Commission bill scale 1st Reading in Senate
ABUJA – Much touted and largely obnoxious grazing reserves, proposed to be established in all states of the Federation, yesterday, scaled its First Reading in the Senate of the Federal Republic. Also...
View ArticleFormer Deputy Governors Forum Elects New Executive
BENIN CITY – The Forum of Former Deputy Governors of Nigeria (FFDGN) recently in Benin City elected a new eight-man executive to pilot its affairs during which the former Deputy Governor of Edo State,...
View ArticleDon’t vote for a candidate with court case, says Oshiomhole
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has enjoined the electorate not to cast their votes in the forthcoming governorship election for any candidate who has a case of fraud before a law court....
View ArticleObaseki shot, hospitalized in Benin
BENIN CITY-A gang of armed men suspected to be robbers have invaded the private residence of one Ernest Obaseki who was shot and dispossessed of his valuables during the bloody attack in Benin City. It...
View ArticleYou have our support, Edo market women tell Obaseki
Market women on the Second East Circular area of Benin City have pledged to support the governorship standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Godwin Obaseki for the September 10,...
View ArticleAttack on Edo lawmaker: Residents call for arrest of armed bandits
BENIN CITY – Residents of 6B, Iluobe street, off Ben-Oni road G.R.A. Benin City, the private residence of Hon. Patrick Iluobe, the Minority Leader Edo State House of Assembly, have joined others to...
View ArticleAMCON takes over Silverbird TV, Cinemas, Ben Murray – Bruce reacts
Lagos – Assets Management Company of Nigeria, AMCON, on Thursday, took over all assets owned by Silverbird Group- Silverbird Galleria Limited, Silverbird Promotions Limited, and Silverbird Showtime...
View ArticleCelebrating The African Child: The GPI Benin Example …Graduate 159 Girls...
June 16th every year is celebrated all over Africa as a day of the African Child. This is a day set aside to honour those who participated in the Soweto uprising in South Africa in 1976 where thousands...
View ArticleSupporters Club plead support for Super Eagles’ World Cup qualification
Lagos – The Nigeria Football Supporters Club (NFSC) has urged fans to offer necessary support to the Super Eagles to excel in their group matches of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers. The club’s...
View ArticleNFF says will engage experienced coach for World Cup qualification
Lagos – The Director of Communications, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ademola Olajire, says the football house will engage an experienced coach to guide the Super Eagles’ during the 2018 World Cup...
View ArticleSERAP says freezing of Fayose’s account lawful
Abuja – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), an NGO, says the freezing of Gov. Ayodele Fayose’s account by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) is lawful under...
View ArticleMultiple militant groups will not hinder dialogue with Niger Delta region – IYC
Yenagoa – The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) on Sunday assured that multiplicity of militant groups in the Niger Delta region would not obstruct the ongoing talks on renewed attacks on oil facilities in...
View ArticleResuscitating cocoa production to boost national economy
As Nigeria continues to experience an economic slump because of the fall in crude oil prices in the international market, stakeholders are expressing concern on how to initiate realistic ways of...
View ArticleTransforming economy via technology application
The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, recently noted that introduction of technology to the programmes of many sectors including agriculture, would transform the country’s economy....
View ArticleNiger Delta: Challenges, prospects and future
The Federal Government in 2008 created the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs to coordinate its efforts aimed at promoting infrastructural development, environment protection and youth empowerment...
View ArticleProtecting Nigeria’s economy against recession
In September 2015, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) warned that Nigeria might experience economic downturn by 2016 if proactive measures were not taken to guard against it. CBN Governor Godwin...
View ArticleManaging Vesicovaginal Fistula (VVF)
Medical experts say Vesicovaginal fistula (VVF) is a subtype of female urogenital fistula (UGF). VVF, they add, is an abnormal fistulous tract extending between the bladder and the vagina that allows...
View ArticleGunmen release expatriate contractors kidnapped in Niger Delta – police
Abuja – Seven contractors, including three Australians and a South African, have been released unharmed four days after they were kidnapped by gunmen in southern Nigeria, local police and a state...
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