The Peoples Democratic Party stakeholders in Abia State faulted a former governor of the state, Chief Orji Kalu, over his claim that he funded the state for the first six months into his tenure as governor in 1999. While giving his testimony at the resumed hearing in a case of …

Our nation fell into the hands of political tricksters, economic swindlers and young men who wanted to be rich without working during Babangida’s reign of deceit in the mid-eighties. As government self-serving commercialisation and liberalization policy ceded ownership of thriving public enterprises to favoured members of the military junta and …

Salmot Badru, a former deputy to ex-Governor Gbenga Daniel of Ogun (2007-2011), on Tuesday led over 1,000 supporters into the All Progressives Congress in the state. Badru, who was a deputy governor in the state on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, declared for APC with followers who were …

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, refused to grant the motion filed by Mr Omoyele Sowore, Convener, #RevolutionNow protests, challenging his detention for 45 days by the Department of State Security. Justice Nkeonye Maya, who declined all applications by Counsel to Sowore, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, sent the case …

Deputy President of the Senate, Sen.Ovie Omo-Agege, has congratulated the people of Delta on the 28th anniversary of the creation of the state. Omo-Agege in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Yomi Odunuga, commended the people for sustaining prevailing peace in …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will distribute 49,819 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in Bayelsa so as not to disfranchise some people during the Nov. 16 gubernatorial poll. Mr Monday Udoh, INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Bayelsa, said this in Yenagoa on Tuesday, during an election stakeholders …

Nigeria Agip Oil Company(NAOC), an affiliate of Italian oil giant, Eni, says it has discovered a significant quantity of gas and condensate in the Obiafu-Obrikom fields in Oil Mining Lease, (OML) 61, onshore Niger Delta. In a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, the company said the gas and condensates were …

As the people of Delta mark the 28th anniversary of the creation of the state, the Speaker of the State Assembly, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori, has urged the residents to continue to live peacefully with one another. In his congratulatory message in Asaba to mark the anniversary at Tuesday’s plenary of …

Dr Bessie Eziechila, the Consultant Paediatrician with Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Jabi, says two years is the normal duration for breastfeeding for the advantage of both child and mother. Eziechila told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday that “two years is the complete, adequate period and ideal …

The Lagos State House Assembly has set up a committee to investigate the purchase of 820 buses by the government of former Governor Akinwunmi Ambode. The House said it was important to investigate the purchase of the 820 buses out of the 5,000 buses proposed by Ambode for mass transit …