The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has further demonstrated its commitment to its Foreign Postgraduate Scholarship Programme by attending the Graduation Ceremony of scholars from the scheme at the Coventry University, United Kingdom. Speaking at the sidelines of the graduation…
Edo leaders on Friday expressed concern over an assassination attempt targeting the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo. ‘’We are shattered by this terrible event. The assassination plot underlined the desperation of forces which retard progress in…
The management of 9mobile Nigeria has ckarofed that it not a party to a court order demanding payment of a N55billion debt. In a statement on Saturday, the telecom company said: “Our attention has been drawn to a wave of…
By Ismail Omipidan Last Wednesday, we had a seminar presentation in the class, a PhD class. A colleague of mine who presented her paper that morning made an assertion, and after subjecting the assertion to a thorough probe, the class,…
Popular American singer Sean Kingston, whose real name is Kisean Anderson, has been indicted for his alleged involvement in a $1 million wire fraud scheme. Kingston, along with his mother Janice Turner, was charged in a Miami federal court on…
Reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, on Saturday, officially rejoined the All Progressives Congress from the Peoples Democratic Party. The deputy governor, who returned to the APC in Benin, the state capital, alongside prominent members of the Dan…
The Police Command in Lagos State has demoted a police Inspector to a Sergeant for trying to extort money from a drone operator. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the demotion to the newsmen on Saturday. “The disciplinary process…
Mr Michael Oluwagbemi, Chief Executive Officer/Programme Director, Presidential Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Initiative, says 30,000 CNG conversion kits have been procured to be distributed to commercial drivers within 90 days. Oluwagbemi disclosed this at the Park-to–Park CNG Conversion Mobilisation on…
Airlines were gradually coming back online Saturday after global carriers, banks and financial institutions were thrown into turmoil by one of the biggest IT crashes in recent years, caused by an update to an antivirus programme. Passenger crowds had swelled…
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says that approximately one million Nigerian children die annually before their fifth birthday due to various sicknesses. Dr Adedolapo Fasawe, the Mandate Secretary, Health Services and Environment Secretariat (HSES), said this on Friday at…
