Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo state, is contemplating dumping the ruling party. In a statement issued on his behalf by Simon Ebegbulem, his spokesman, the national chairman said the governor wants to create crisis in the party before making ...

First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced its sponsorship of the Georgian Cup of the Kaduna polo tournament for the 100th year. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the bank said the decision to continue its support of the tournament is due to its commitment to the growth and development ...

Crisis is allegedly brewing in the Senate over the employment slots allocated to  the lawmakers  by some federal agencies. Some aggrieved senators have vowed to resist the sharing method  allegedly adopted by the leadership of the Senate to allocate  the slots. Investigations by our correspondent revealed that  the agencies  gave ...

The Consumer Price Index released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday showed inflation index rose to 11.24 per cent in September, barely a month after the border closure. The 11.24 per cent represents an increase of 0.22 per cent when compared to the 11.02 per cent recorded in ...

The Nigerian government has vowed to recover over $62 billion it claims as arrears of profits due it from 1998 under the production sharing contracts (PSCs) between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and its joint venture partners. The international oil companies have taken the matter before the Federal High ...

Teach us to number our days is a popular saying when birthdays are been celebrated, but it is very few who could say they have gained any sort of wisdom apart the unnecessaries. It will be right to say one of the few is Seyi Tinubu, the son of one ...

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has a plan to spend N4.5 billion to repair State House buildings in 2020. The Federal Government intends to spend a total of N58,446,014,724 in the presidency during the year, according to details of the Appropriation Bill he presented to the National Assembly on Tuesday. A perusal ...

The campaign council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State, on Saturday, said the array of personalities in the campaign council and the swell of support across the state can only mean it is only Governor Yahaya Bello that can defeat himself in the November 16 Governorship election. ...

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State is in a fix on how to handle a petition against its governorship candidate, Senator Douye Diri, over his failure to declare his assets before the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) while he served as Deputy Chief of Staff ...

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) of Ghana, James Oppong-Boanuh, has advised prison inmates to watch Emmanuel TV, the television station of Pastor TB Joshua, so as to be both ‘informed’ and ‘reformed’. According to a report in The Ghanaian Times, Oppong-Boanuh made this assertion while presenting food items, a flat ...