OGUN State Head of Service Alhaja Selimot Ottun has described the retired Permanent Secretary of the Bureau of Local Government Pensions, Mrs Irene Kokumo, as a seasoned professional. Also pouring encomiums on Mrs Kokumo are Special Adviser to the go...

LAGOS State Materials Testing Laboratory (LSMTL) has said it will create a database for block and clay manufacturers. General Manager Olufunsho Elulade said Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu had declared zero tolerance to building collapse, hence the need ...

Southsouth Bureau Chief BISI OLANIYI examines the performance of Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki since he took the oath of office for the second term. The governorship election in Edo State took place on September 19 last year. The Justice Yunusa M...

By Collins Nweze The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has asked Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) to commence the adoption of the contactless payment service option. The NQR payment solution, launched yesterday on Monday rs instant value by simply scanning gen...

By Jeremiah Gbolahan and Halimah Balogun   Pensioners in the energy sector under Concerned Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) Pensioners and the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (Electricity Sector) have protested unpaid gratuity of 20 years. They s...

By Simon Utebor, Yenagoa Some residents of Amarata area of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, on Monday, foiled an armed robbery attack by rescuing the victim and recovering the sum of N10m cash. It was learnt that some suspected armed robbers, who operated in ...

Burna Boy on Sunday night won a category of the Grammy, which eluded King Sunny Ade and Femi Anikulapo-Kuti. Wizkid also got a Grammy for his collaboration with Beyonce. Nigerians have been ecstatic since, writes Assistant Entertainment Editor GBENGA...

By Mike Odiegwu, Port Harcourt, Bassey Anthony, Uyo and Simon Utebor, Yenagoa Kinsmen of the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, elders and youths from the Niger Delta have distanced themselves from the declaration of Biafra by ex-agitator Alhaji Asar...

By Oyebola Owolabi, Chris Njoku, Damian Duruiheoma, Owerri, Kolade Adeyemi, Jos Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat said they felt no side effects whatsoever three days after taking the COVID-19 vaccine. This ca...

By Vincent Ikuomola, Abuja Ijaw leader Chief Edwin Clark was among the first personalities to be vaccinated by the Federal Capital Territory  Healthcare Board. The FCT commenced its own vaccination exercise on Monday with the Minister of the Federal...