Authorities of the Nigeria Police Force have effected some changes to formations in the Force, which they claimed were aimed at reflecting current realities. In a statement issued on Tuesday by the Force spokesman, Emmanuel Ojukwu, the changes, approved by the IGP, Suleiman Abba, became necessary in “furtherance of the transformation and re-positioning of the…
No fewer than 16 passengers have been feared dead in a suicide bomb attack at a bus station in Potiskum, Yobe State. The blast occurred on Tuesday morning. The bomber, according to information reaching our news desk, boarded the bus, an 18-seater, at the motor park in the city, and detonated the explosives, when the…
Following its giant strides in the air transport business in the world, Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) has been named in the FORTUNE magazine’s top 50 World’s Most Admired Companies. The company is making the list for the second consecutive year and also the fourth time in the last five years. Fortune’s top 50 rankings…
The greatest gift of a nation is not what lies underneath its soil, but the talent and creativity of its people. One state that has a large number of talented and creative people is Delta State; with the right leadership, the state will become the cynosure of Nigeria. For the 16 years of People Democratic…
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday inaugurated the 750 MW power plant in Olorunsogo in Ifo local government area of Ogun State. The President said this was in fulfilment of one of his promises in 2011 to improve the power sector in the country. He explained that the project gulped a whooping sum of $650 million,…
Story by Nwaorgu Faustinus The chairman, correspondent chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists Imo State council, Attan Agbkwuru has called on the public to imbibe the culture of reading and giving books as a gift. Attan made the call at the launch of two literary works, ‘Ome Ihe Jide Ofor Afo’ and ‘Anthology of…
Tuesday, March 3, 2015, has been set aside for the media launch of the Nigerian Entertainment Industry Health Insurance Scheme, NEIHIS. This will take place at the Sheraton Hotels, Ikeja, Lagos by 11am prompt at the Inner Crockpot of the hotel. The scheme, which is under the direct regulation of National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS,…
Spokesman of President Goodluck Jonathan campaign team, Femi Fani-Kayode, has told newsmen that the controversial audio tape alleging the rigging of the 2014 gubernatorial election in Ekiti State is authentic and not fabricated as claimed by the President. The former Aviation Minister made this disclosure at a press conference in Abuja recently. Fani-Kayode said after…
Chairman of House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee and the All Progressives Congress, APC, senatorial candidate for Lagos West, Hon Solomon Adeola, has debunked media reports that he’s dead. The APC lawmaker was mistaken for a Labour Party candidate in Ogun State, who died this week. In a statement issued on Wednesday by his Media…
One conglomerate, which name rings a bell as a leading organization in Nigeria, is Standard Alliance Group, SAIG. SAG comprises Standard Alliance Insurance Plc, SAI, Standard Alliance Life Assurance Limited, SA Life, Standard Alliance Capital and Asset Management Limited, Standard Alliance Pension Managers Limited, Standard Alliance Mortgage Limited (Lagoon Savings and Loans Ltd.) and Standard…