Executive Secretary, Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD), Mrs. Sharon Ikeazor (middle), attending to a pensioner, Mr. Samuel Iwuagwu (left), during the on-going Southwest pensioners’ verifi cation exercise in Akure, Ondo state yesterday, while a PTAD offi cial watches Photo: Ernest ...

From left: Senior Programme Manager, Gani Adams Foundation (GAF), Deacon Obatungashe Israel Adebayo, Chairman of the occasion and former Ogun state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Iziaq Kunle Salako, Guest Speaker, Barrister Ahmed Dada Abbass, Speaker and the Country Representative, Africa ...

Super Eagles Coach Gernot Rohr has listed Odion Ighalo, Kelechi Iheanacho, and Victor Moses and Victor Osimhen to lead the attack in a must win double headed Word Cup qualifi ers against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroun. Other names also ...

Th ere is celebration everywhere; I hear that they are in high spirits at the villa, the baboons, monkeys, hyenas and all the various animals in this animal zoo. Th ousands and millions are most happy that our beloved Sai ...

Home-based Super Eagles have revealed that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) reneged on its promise of paying each members of the squad the sum of $2,000 should they qualified for the African Nations Championship, CHAN, slated for Kenya next year. ...

Nigeria is a major mango producing country in the world where many countries with less endowment, are earn huge foreign exchange. FRIDAY AGBOSEINA writes on the passive attention this enjoys in the country. It is interesting to know that mango ...

D’Tigress of Nigeria are on the brink of securing their third Afrobasket title ambition and a World cup ticket as they out dunked Egypt to book a quarter fi nals ticket at the ongoing 2017 FIBA Afrobasket in Bamako, Mali. ...

Defending champions, Kano Pillars have won the Kwese Premier League Savannah Conference Six play-off s to edge closer to retaining their trophy in the Final 8 at the Sani Abacha Stadium Kano next month. Kano Pillars won all their fi ...

Transactions on the fl oor of Nigerian Stock Exchange last week closed in negative trend as investors sustaied profi t taking. Specifi cally, Market Capitalization depreciated of listed equities sheds N1.04 billion to N12.126 trillion from N13.166 trillion traded the ...

Th e fi sheries output in Nigeria currently falls far short of demand for fi sh, according to the Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri because of the illegal activities of unlicensed fi shing companies. ...

In its eff ort to boost e n t r e p r e n e u r s h i p development and curb the high level of unemployment in the country, Heritage Bank Plc will be sponsoring the ...

In this report, VIVIAN OKEJEME looks at the controversy surrounding the refusal to swear in Bassey Etim as a Senator representing Akwa-Ibom North-East Senatorial District, after a Federal High Court declared him winner of the election for the seat in ...

Justice Abdulaziz Anka of a Federal High Court, Lagos has ordered the interim forfeiture of N664 million recovered from a serving Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Dr Clement Illoh Onubuogo. Onubuogo allegedly converted the funds ...

Th e Chairman of Sterling Bank Plc, Mr. Asue Ighodalo, has reiterated the bank’s commitment to providing its employees with the best possible working environment. Ighodalo disclosed this during an inspection of the bank’s new Head Offi ce Annex located ...

In every government, the provision of social amenities, such as health, education and water, is the cardinal agenda in transforming the livelihood of its citizens. In this interview, General Manager, Yobe State Community and Social Development Programme, Goni Baba Gana, ...

Police have arraigned one Suleiman Babatunde of Eleran in Oloje area of Ilorin, Kwara State, before a Magistrate Court for allegedly exhuming human corpse and for unlawful possession of human parts. Babatunde was docked before Magistrate Bio Saliu for Criminal ...

Th e Federal Government has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja, to revoke the bail it granted leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu and return him to prison. Th e federal government said that Kanu ...

Loyalists of former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo state, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff , has rejected the amnesty off er extended to it by the Senator Ahmed Makarfi -led caretaker committee A leader of the group ...

Th e Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, fi xed judgment on adate to be communicated to parties in an appeal brought by Senator GeorgeTh ompson Sekibo, challenging his removal as the lawmaker representing River East constituency at the National ...

One of the foremost and largest poultry farms in the country, Nkaliki Hatchery located in Ebonyi state is now a shadow of itself after 43 years of its establishment. Th e Nkaliki Hatchery complex regarded as largest in South east ...

Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) yesterday declared that the return of President Muhammadu Buhari to Nigeria from London after medical vacation, will ease both political and economic tensions in the country, even as it promised to continue to work together ...

Minister of Water Resources, Engineer Suleiman H. Adamu (left), and Ondo state Governor, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, during the 24th regular meeting of the National Council on Water Resources, in Akure, Ondo state recently Photo: Tidzalla Zacchaeus    

14 months after the cleanup project of Ogoni land embarked upon by the Nigerian government, and recommended by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), stakeholders appear disillusioned at the slow pace of work. Although the government has put up some ...

From left: Head of Direct Sales, Airtel Nigeria, Oladokun Oye, Vice President, Mobile Financial & Digital Services, Airtel Nigeria, Veronica Onoja, Airtel Brand Ambassador, Gabriel Afolayan and Vice President, Brand & Advertising, Airtel Nigeria, Enitan Denloye, during the launch of ...

If you want to lead a country like Nigeria, you must fi rst join the Boys’ Scout. Th e Boy Scout takes you through an oath: ‘On my honour, I will do my best to do my duty to God ...

A Nigerian hacker, Obinna Obioha, has been jailed for 51months by a New York federal judge for operating a fraud scheme that swindled$6.5 million from businesses in the U.S. and elsewhere. U.S. District Judge David N. Hurd sentenced Obinna Obioha, ...

Th e Food and Agricultural Organisation’s (FAO) monthly Food Price Index for July has revealed that the high price which is the third consecutive month in July since January 2015 was driven mainly by higher cereal, sugar and dairy quotations. ...

Th e Coalition of Civil Society Groups (CCSG) has commended the positive impacts of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) anchor borrowers programme on the country’s economy through the agricultural sector. Th e coalition said the programme’s guideline has now ...

Hauwa Musa Katanga joined Kannywood in 2002 and left in 2006 when she got married in Daura, Katsina State. Some of the successful fi lms she featured include ‘Katanga’, her fi rst fi lm where she got her nickname, ‘Sarauta’, ...

Kwara state Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has rejoiced with all Nigerians over the return of President Muhammadu Buhari from his medical vacation in London, United Kingdom. He said the president’s return “has shamed who do not wish the President and ...

Ahead of the local government elections in Kaduna state and 2019 general elections, the Adolescent Girls and Women Support Group has urged stakeholders to ensure that more women participate actively in politics seeking elective positions in Kaduna state. Th e ...

Adamawa chapter of the Advanced People’s Democratic Alliance (APDA) has petitioned the state police command over alleged impostors parading themselves as executive of the party in the state. Th e petition signed by state chairman of the party, Alhaji Umar ...

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Youth Ambassadors Network and Makarfi Support Group rose from a joint meeting in Abuja to commend the party for the success of the recently concluded Nonelective National convention. A communiqué issued at the end of the ...

With few days to the celebration of Eid el-Kabir, an Islamic scholar, Professor Badmas Lanre Yusuf, has warned Muslims against obtaining loan to buy rams for Sallah festivity. Yusuf, of the Department of Islamic Studies, University of Ilorin, gave the ...

Chidima Blyden is the Director, Africa Program, Center for Civilians in Confl ict (CIVIC), a Washington DC-based Non-Governmental Organisation that advocates protection of civilians in confl ict areas across the globe, as well as prevention of civilian casualties during armed ...

Some members of the Lagos state House of Assembly have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to redouble eff orts at fulfi lling campaign promises following his return from medical vacation. Th e lawmakers, who make the calls in interviews with ...

South-east Governors Forum has welcomed President Muhammadu Buhari back to the country after his medical vacation in the United Kingdom. Chairman of the Forum and Ebonyi Governor, David Umahi, on behalf of the forum, thanked God for granting the president ...

In this piece, CHIDIEBERE IWUOHA takes a critical look at the fi erce tussle over leadership of Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), between former Deputy Speaker House of Representatives, Chief Emeka Ihedioha and Senator Hope Uzodinma, ...

Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, has emphasised the need for combined training and common doctrines by armed forces of African countries to tackle the menace of terrorism and other security challenges on the continent. Speaking at the closing ceremony of ...

President, Ebira Peoples Association (EPA) Kaduna chapter, Mr. Anabi Joseph (right), inaugurating the Zone 7 Badarawa, Malali and Ungwar Dosa new executives, in Kaduna recently Photo: Raji Saidu Onipson    

Newspapers distributors and vendors in Nasarawa state have applauded Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura for his urban renewal projects and appealed to him to consider them by mapping out strategic portions in the capital. They made the appeal at the weekend ...

President Muhammadu Buhari supporters celebrating his arrival from medical vacation, in Katsina at the weekend Photo: Ayuba Raji    

Abdullahi O Haruna, popularly referred to as Haruspice, is the publisher of World Entourage Magazine and a popular social media infl uencer. He has just concluded a fellowship with the Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI), a fl agship programme designed ...

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state, has appealed to the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation’s Investment and Technology Promotion Offi ce, UNIDO-ITPO, to assist the state to actualise its garment clusters across the 44 local government areas of the ...

Northern Youth Assembly of Nigeria (NYAN) has reiterated its resolve to support policies being rolled out by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to improve the fortune of Nigerian youths. Newly elected Speaker of the assembly, Ukasha Hamza Rahama, said in his ...

At least 21 political parties have indicated their interest to participate in the forthcoming local government elections in Kwara state, scheduled to hold November 18, 2017. Kwara state Independent Electoral Commission (KWSIEC) had earlier fi xed it for November 4, ...

Fulani socio-cultural association, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, has described the quit notice given by the Middle Belt groups to Fulani herdsmen to vacate the region before October 1, as “a big joke,” stressing that the group “has no right or ...

Governor of Kogi state, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has described President Muhammadu Buhari as “an African icon who is a nightmare to corruption.” Bello, who spoke in Lokoja through a statement signed by his Director-General on Media and Publicity, Kingsley Fanwo, ...