The Bayelsa Government on Saturday, said its ban on open grazing backed by law has come to stay despite reports that President Buhari has reinstated grazing routes across the country and insisted that the reported pronouncement was not applicable to the state. The state government last week seized... Read more
Half-time came with a lead from the organizing country by a close score of 5 to 3 CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The Rugby Africa Cup Repechage which kicked off on June 5 saw three competing teams: Burkina Faso, Burundi and Cameroon, completing the round robin tournament yesterday at the... Read more
Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum says that Nigeria’s current debt of over N36 Trillion is becoming clearly unsustainable and can plunge the country into avoidable bankruptcy if not checked. The forum of PDP Governors made this known at the end of their meeting at Government House, Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State... Read more
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) says it has so far reported 51 leaks from its oil production activities in the Niger Delta in the current year. This is according to data obtained from the oil firm’s spills incident PORTAL. on Tuesday. According to SPDC management, 44... Read more
African champions Nigeria say they have put behind them the loss to Jamaica and are determined to earn victory against Portugal on Sunday, in the second of their three-match programme in the Summer Series in the United States of America. Missing several key players who were held back by... Read more
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers at the early hours of yesterday kidnapped two women in Imo, immediately after first church service at different locations of Ohii and Dim na nume, Isu areas of the State, respectively. The first incident, which happened at Ohii in Owerri West local government area of... Read more
Suspected bandits have killed 12 people at Maikujera in Rabah local government area of Sokoto state. Confirming the attack, the spokesman of the Sokoto Police Command, ASP Sanusi Abubakar, said the incident happened around 4:30pm on Thursday. According to him, 12 people were killed by the assailants. He, however,... Read more
Former World No. 1 Odunayo Adekuoroye laid down the marker in the 57kg class ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, impressively claiming gold at the Poland Open on a day her compatriot Blessing Oborududu won silver at the Ranking Series tournament in Warsaw. In the qualification round, Commonwealth champion... Read more
By Baron Roy After the series of events that started in January 1966, Northern Nigeria seceded from Nigeria in July 1966 on murdering Aguiyi Ironsi. The putsch was led by Theophilus Danjuma and Muritala Mohammed. Over 200 officers of Midwestern and Eastern extraction were killed especially in a... Read more
Suspected sea pirates have abducted an operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) and four contract staff working at the Conoil field in Koluama 1 in Bayelsa. Our correspondent learnt on Monday that the five victims of the abduction incident were kidnapped while on their... Read more
