Amidst protests from senators of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Senate, yesterday, screened and confirmed eight ministerial nominees including Musiliu Obanikoro whose nomination was met with stiff opposition from the three senators from his home state, Lagos. After a rancourous session characterised by intermittent fights between the APC and PDP senators, Obanikoro and the...

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday remanded a Lagos based businessman, Akintunde Smith, in prison custody for counterfeiting Alomo Bitters, a local brew. The judge gave the order after Akintunde was arraigned by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on a three-count charge of manufacturing...

Police operatives in Delta State yesterday recorded success against the men of the underworld when they foiled an armed robbery operation and recovered about N450,000 stolen at gunpoint from one of their victims in Warri. Following the rampaging nature of the suspected armed robbers, our correspondent learnt that police detectives and members of sister security...

Bauchi State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has repatriated 43 foreigners residing in the state without valid documents as part of efforts to improve security of lives and property ahead of the 2015 general elections. Speaking to newsmen while parading the affected persons, the state Comptroller of NIS, Ejukwule Usman, said that 37...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has debunked planned defection of seven of its governors to All Progressives Congress (APC). The national publicity secretary of the PDP, Mr. Olisah Metuh stated this while reacting to a statement credited to Imo State governor Rochas Okorocha alleging that seven PDP governors are set to defect to the APC....

Over the weekend, the International Women’s Day (IWD) was celebrated on March 8th. This year, the theme was ‘Make It Happen’ in order to celebrate the remarkable achievements of women all over the world, while calling for greater equality. But, as I joined women all over the world and marked IWD, while celebrating women who...

The #BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) group has called on the government to see to the prosecution of parents who were alleged to have sold their children to the Boko Haram sect. Speaking during the usual sitting protest of the group, one of its members, Elvis Iyorngurum stated that it is imperative that parents or relatives caught in...

A Court of Appeal in Abuja has turned down the appeal filed by the Niger State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and that of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against the verdict of the Election Petitions Tribunal that declared Barrister David Umaru of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the aulthentic winner...

The assistant inspector general of police in charge of Zone 7, Mr Patrick Duokumor has warned politicians against hate campaigns, saying that the police force has no interest in who wins in any election. He said no politician will be allowed to throw the country into chaos as the country will not be sacrificed for...

The vice presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) Prof Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), has noted that corruption is at the root of all the troubles bedeviling Nigeria adding that it was responsible for the escalation of Boko Haram insurgency. Osinbajo, who stated this yesterday during a town hall meeting with stakeholders, including Christian Association of...

Some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kafur local government area of Katsina State, have dumped the party for the ruling PDP. The defectors led by one Musa Yaro Sabuwarkasa, surrendered their APC membership cards. They were received by the DG of SMEDAN, Bature Umar Masari who also doubles as director general of...

The National Assembly has granted powers to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct voting in a procedure determined by the commission. The development indicates that INEC has been given the nod to use card readers for the forthcoming elections. Prior to the amendment, section 52 had prohibited the use of electronic voting machine...

Former vice president and chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar has said that his commitment to the APC and the success of its presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari and other candidates of the party in the 2015 general election is unwavering and never been up for bargaining. The former vice president made the...

The director of media and publicity, Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO), Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, yesterday reiterated his allegation that Borno State governor Kashim Shettima, was culpable in the April 2014 abduction of over 200 girls from Government Secondary School, Chibok by Boko Haram insurgents. In a statement signed by him, Fani-Kayode accused Governor...

Oando Energy Resources Inc. has completed all civil and pipeline works associated with the Qua Iboe field and associated crude delivery and sales infrastructure, with commercial oil production from the field’s reservoirs now at an initial rate of 2,150boepd gross to the partners. Oando Energy Resources holds a 40 per cent working interest in the...

The trial of senior military officers accused of mutiny during the capture of Baga in Borno State by Boko Haram began yesterday with the officers pleading not guilty to the charges levelled against them. The officers include Brig-Gen J.O. Komolafe, Cols A. Laguda, V. Ebhaleme, V.O. Ita, I.B. Maina, I. A Aboi, I.M Kabir, M.H....

The federal government should prioritise the search and rescue of the 219 abducted Chibok school girls rather than sending the minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, on a school rebuilding project in the Chibok town, community leaders said. Yesterday, the leaders of Chibok community had condemned last week’s visit of Okonjo-Iweala to Chibok town insisting...

The banking public has, since the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), introduced the Bank Verification Number (BVN) exercise as part of its cashless policy, continued to nurse concerns, apprehensions and even misconceptions about the real intention behind the policy initiative. Also, there have been fears of a possible exploitation of the initiative as well as...

The director of media and publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO), Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has said that a notice has been served the Borno State governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, to be ready for investigation and prosecution after leaving office if found complicit in the circumstances that led to the abduction of...

An Indonesian court has dismissed a legal challenge by a 42-year-old Nigerian, Raheem Agbaje-Salami, who is on death row for drug peddling. Indonesian president, Joko Widodo, had rejected clemency representations from Nigerian authorities. Judge Hendro Puspito of the Administrative Court in East Jakarta said that the court had no jurisdiction over presidential decisions. According to...