Month: February 2016

THE Federal Government has pledged not to revoke any inherited contracts “ in the interest of Nigerians”. Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola who made the...

Abuja—Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Aisha Jummai Alhassan, has called on the Ministry of Petroleum Resources to accelerate plans to stop gas flaring for it to be...

AWKA—Former Press Secretary to the Head of State during the military regime of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Utokoneze of Achalla Kingdom, Anambra State, Igwe Alex Nwokedi, has challenged the Federal...

Exporters under the aegis of Association of Metal Exporters of Nigeria, AMEN have called on the Federal Government to intervene in the solid minerals sector and tap the abundant benefits...

LAGOS — At a period refining operations averaged 26 per cent, three of Nigeria’s five refineries received about 9.5 million barrels of crude oil in 2015, but processed about 7.2...

MAIDUGURI—Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State, yesterday dismissed media report credited to Senator Kaka Bashir Garbai that three local government areas of Abadam, Mobbar and Kala Balge, were fully under...

IN fulfillment of its promise to deliver 10,000 units of affordable and quality homes for middle-income Nigerians by 2020, Alpha Mead Development Company (AMDC), last week, unveiled the completed Show...

STAKEHOLDERS in the forest sector, have urged governments at all levels to invest heavily in the sector because of its huge potential in addressing the nation’s emerging environmental, social and...

Syria-Turkey border (CNN)Tantalizingly close to Turkish soil, thousands of Syrian refugees fleeing an upsurge in violence have gathered at their neighbor's border. They can see Turkey's flag fluttering in the...

Farmington, New Hampshire (CNN)Eight years after they drew inspiration from Barack Obama's insurgent campaign, some of the very voters who helped elect the first African-American president are standing behind a...