MINISTER of state for agriculture and rural development Senator Heineken Lokpobiri has emerged as a leading contender as the race to become Bayelsa State governor heats up after his candidacy was endorsed by the pressure group Bayelsans Arise for Good Governance.
MEMBERS of the All Progressives Congress (APC) southeast caucus have called on the party's national leadership to review the zoning of National Assembly leadership positions as the current arrangement appears to be unfairly skewed against Ndigbo.
SENATE president Senator Bukola Saraki has been has been appointed as an International Human Rights Commission (IHRC) ambassador-at-large with responsibility for upholding human rights globally.
(1) Gubernatorial elections will hold in Kogi State in November and Governor Yahaya Bello has the cheek to stand again asking for a second term despite the fact that he owes 36 month salary arrears. This means that in his almost four years in office, he has only paid five months salaries. I think this is one insult too far and the people of Kogi State have to stand up and be counted on this one
ABOUT 200 US companies are planning to move their manufacturing operations to India from China as part of a major expansion programme to extend their activities into new growing markets.
ONDO State's Adekunle Ajasin University at Akungba-Akoko has been shut down after students staged a protest to oppose a recent decision of the school's management to bar those who could not pay their fees to sit for their examinations.
NIGERIAN Society of Engineers (NSE) leaders have challenged the federal government to increase electricity tariffs and invest the extra income generated in power plants and distribution as a way of addressing the crisis afflicting the sector.
PRESIDENCY officials have lampooned suggestions that President Muhammadu Buhari is in the UK for medical treatment stressing that he is there on holiday and is free to use his spare time as he sees fit.
ALL Progressives Congress (APC) national leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has suffered another setback in his bid to run for president in 2023 after the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (Macban) said it would not back him because he is too old.
NIGERIA'S main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is planning to agree on a new National Assembly leadership that will see Senator Danjuma Goje emerge as senate president with Senator Ike Ekweremadu as his deputy.
MINISTER of state for agriculture and rural development Senator Heineken Lokpobiri has emerged as a leading contender as the race to become Bayelsa State governor heats up after his candidacy was endorsed by the pressure group Bayelsans Arise for Good Governance.
MEMBERS of the All Progressives Congress (APC) southeast caucus have called on the party's national leadership to review the zoning of National Assembly leadership positions as the current arrangement appears to be unfairly skewed against Ndigbo.
SENATE president Senator Bukola Saraki has been has been appointed as an International Human Rights Commission (IHRC) ambassador-at-large with responsibility for upholding human rights globally.
ABOUT 200 US companies are planning to move their manufacturing operations to India from China as part of a major expansion programme to extend their activities into new growing markets.
ONDO State's Adekunle Ajasin University at Akungba-Akoko has been shut down after students staged a protest to oppose a recent decision of the school's management to bar those who could not pay their fees to sit for their examinations.
NIGERIAN Society of Engineers (NSE) leaders have challenged the federal government to increase electricity tariffs and invest the extra income generated in power plants and distribution as a way of addressing the crisis afflicting the sector.
PRESIDENCY officials have lampooned suggestions that President Muhammadu Buhari is in the UK for medical treatment stressing that he is there on holiday and is free to use his spare time as he sees fit.
ALL Progressives Congress (APC) national leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has suffered another setback in his bid to run for president in 2023 after the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (Macban) said it would not back him because he is too old.
NIGERIA'S main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is planning to agree on a new National Assembly leadership that will see Senator Danjuma Goje emerge as senate president with Senator Ike Ekweremadu as his deputy.
